Label: Sacred Bones
Released 5/3/2024
It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. In the years since, Carpenter, Carpenter, and Davies have released close to a dozen musical projects, including a growing library of studio albums and the scores for David Gordon Green’s trilogy of Halloween reboots. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
Track listing:
- My Name Is Death
- Machine Fear
- Last Rites
- The Burning Door
- He Walks By Night
- Beyond The Gallows
- Kiss the Blood Off My Fingers
- Guillotine
- The Demon’s Shadow
- Shadows Have a Thousand Eyes