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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE THING – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE -FEATURING MUSIC COMPOSED BY ENNIO MORRICONE, PRODUCED AND ARRANGED BY ALAN HOWARTH AND LARRY HOPKINS COMING FROM BSX RECORDS
http://buysoundtrax.stores.yahoo.net/jocathmufrmo.html
SRP: $15.95
LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 UNITS
LISTEN TO A SOUNDCLIPS FROM the score for "THE THING "
http://buysound.solo.net/The%20Thing%20Audio/02%20-%20Main%20ThemeDesolation.mp3
http://buysound.solo.net/The%20Thing%20Audio/05%20-%20Humanity.mp3
http://buysound.solo.net/The%20Thing%20Audio/15%20-%20Bestiality.mp3
BUYSOUNDTRAX Records is proud to announce the release of a new recording for the 1982 horror classic, THE THING – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE, featuring music composed by Ennio Morricone for the film directed by John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK), written by Bill Lancaster, starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Donald Moffat, Wilford Brimley, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, Thomas G. Waites, Joel Polis and T.K. Carter. For this new recording, the music has been produced and arranged by Alan Howarth and Larry Hopkins.
THE THING is a 1982 remake of the 1951 classic THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD. Both films were based on the classic story written by John W. Campbell Jr. THE THING tells the story of an American scientific expedition located at a remote research station in the Antarctic who have their routine interrupted by a crazed Norwegian who storms into their camp chasing a snow dog, firing shots at it with his rifle. Unable to reason with the Norwegian, they kill him and save the dog, not knowing that the dog is the host for a destructive alien-form that is able to mutate into other life-forms by infecting them and taking them over at the genetic level. As the scientists begin to unravel the mystery of the new organism they’ve discovered and its potential threat, tension builds as they begin to distrust each other. With no way to communicate with the outside world, can they survive long enough for help to arrive or will some… thing else be waiting in their place?
The music for THE THING was composed by the great Ennio Morricone. Prior to THE THING, director John Carpenter had gained a reputation as a director who also composed the music for his own films and had begun collaborating with sound designer and fellow composer Alan Howarth on the music for his films. With the enormous success of HALLOWEEN and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, he found himself working for Universal on his first big studio film. Working with a larger budget at his disposal, Carpenter was able to hire one of his musical idols to score the film. The movie’s final soundtrack, though, would be a combination of both Morricone and Carpenter’s sensibilities. Characteristically, Morricone did not compose his score to picture. He composed many pieces of music inspired by the film he’d watched and by the directions he’d received from Carpenter. The music would be edited to fit the film as Carpenter wanted. During the post-production process, Carpenter decided he needed more music for the film and worked with collaborator Alan Howarth to produce some additional electronic music.
The original 1982 soundtrack release for THE THING featured Ennio Morricone’s score for the film, including a wealth of music that ultimately did not get used in the film. For this new release of music from THE THING, the music has been produced and arranged by Alan Howarth and Larry Hopkins, to include newly recorded renderings of the Morricone music (including recreations of the tracks not used in the film) and Howarth has also provided new performances of the music he produced for the film with John Carpenter, making their premiere appearance on this album. The music is presented in a sequence closer to film order.
Alan Howarth, in addition to being a composer, is an accomplished sound designer and editor, having worked on films such as STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, POLTERGEIST, TOTAL RECALL, ARMY OF DARKNESS, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA, STARGATE and many others. He has been a frequent music collaborator with John Carpenter on his films beginning with ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK in 1980 and including HALLOWEEN II & III, CHRISTINE, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, THEY LIVE and PRINCE OF DARKNESS and Alan has scored many films on his own, including THE LOST EMPIRE, RETRIBUTION, HALLOWEEN 4 & 5, THE DENTIST, HEADLESS, BOO! And, most recently, EVILUTION and BASEMENT JACK.
THE THING – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE is a limited edition release of 1500 units. The first 100 copies will be autographed by composer Alan Howarth.
For a limited time (the first 100 copies), customers who also purchase HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS – LIMITED EDITION with THE THING – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE will receive both titles autographed by Alan Howarth.
Autographed copies of HALLOWEEN 4 are only available with the purchase of THE THING – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE.
THE THING – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE will begin shipping on October 14th, 2011 and can be ordered at www.buysoundtrax.com. The retail price is $15.95.
For a limited time (the first 100 copies), customers who also purchase HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS – LIMITED EDITION with THE THING – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE will receive both titles autographed by Alan Howarth.
Autographed copies of HALLOWEEN 4 are only available with the purchase of THE THING – MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE.
01. Main Title* 1:45
02. Main Theme - Desolation 4:29
03. Humanity 2 2:42
04. Despair 4:46
05. Humanity 6:51
06. Shape 3:18
07. Burn It* 1:27
08. Solitude 5:32
09. Fuchs* 2:27
10. To Mac's Shack* 2:52
11. Wait 6:21
12. Sterilization 3:42
13. Eternity 5:26
14. Contamination 1:01
15. Bestiality 2:55
16. Main Theme - End Credit 4:34
Total Time: 60:45
Original Score Composed by Ennio Morricone except
*Music by John Carpenter in
association with Alan Howarth
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I was so elated to see this I bought it before I realized it was a re-recording. Listened to the samples and the sound quality is pretty nice. Worth having nonetheless. One of the finest horror scores ever.
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Sounds pretty great, actually. If I can get my bank card sorted methinks I'll be picking this up.
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ain't no thang.....
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I believe that this is completely re-recorded - and it sounds great (from the clips)!
Personally, I prefer it when re-recordings attempt to recreate as faithfully as possible the originals (unless there is a specific goal to do something different). And from the clips, the re-recordings come pretty close. I would ask whether it is a re-recording with live orchestra or a recreation of the orchestra using samples?
And it is great to hear some of the music that John Carpenter wrote being included.
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YOR liked the sound clips too, very close to the originals!
Just one question: anybody knows in which scene the track BESTIALITY were suposed to play?
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YOR liked the sound clips too, very close to the originals!
Just one question: anybody knows in which scene the track BESTIALITY were suposed to play?
The doggie sequence, believe it or not - I think I tried to sync it up years
ago, and it somewhat worked, just don't recall the exact points.
I hope someone tries this and posts a report if it's worth getting. Not touching
the sound clips, think it's a waste to bother, personally.
Glad your back YOR, love the gimmick, funny stuff dude. Huzzah for the loincloth!
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GoblinScore, you mean the first dog transformation? When the Thing dog start to clone all the dogs and end torched by Childs?
YOR is glad to know someone likes him here!!
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I have the Varsese CD but ordered this nonethless. The Carpenter work is most appealing and a very cool addition, thanks BSX
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