Song Of The Day: John Carpenter – Night

John Carpenter- photo courtesy of Kyle Cassidy

It’s getting dark outside. It’s late at night, you’re all alone, and you can’t shake the feeling that something bad is coming down the pipeline. You wonder if maybe it’s the ominous synthesizer music that brings on this feeling and then it hits you – you are a character in a John Carpenter film!

At least that’s the feeling I get while listening to “Night,” a track off of Carpenter’s upcoming debut album of non-soundtracks recordings, Lost Themes (out February 3 on Sacred Bones records). While it’s not actually the theme to one of his films, it’s certainly of a piece with the scores Carpenter penned for such classics as Halloween, Prince Of Darkness or They Live! Give it a listen and fill your head with imaginary scenes from films Carpenter never actually made.

And as a bonus, enjoy the video for “Big Trouble in Little China” from Carpenter’s cheese-tastic old band The Coup de Villes, also featuring Nick Castle (who played Michael Myers in the first Halloween) and Tommy Lee Wallace, the writer and director of Halloween III: Season Of The Witch, which, let’s face it, was the best of the Halloween movies. Silver Shamrock!

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