JOHN CARPENTER, CODY CARPENTER AND DANIEL DAVIES

Firestarter OST SACRED BONES

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Horror master continues to burn. Now that John Carpenter has effectively given up making films, music seems to be taking up more and more of his life. Last year saw the third volume in his Lost Themes series, in conjunction with son Cody and godson Daniel Davies, alongside the score for Halloween Kills, the latest in the ongoing slasher franchise. The trio have wasted no time in getting back to it, shaping the soundtrack to a new film version of Stephen King’s pyrokinetic sci-fi horror Firestarter. Carpenter’s signature moves are in evidence here: jarring synth lines, recurring motifs, sudden spasms of ruptured noise, a pervading sense of imminent peril. It carries echoes of previous scores, particularly Halloween, Escape From New York and Assault On Precinct 13. But Firestarter feels like…

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