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Artist: John Carpenter. 2016 release from the filmmaker and musician. More electric and acoustic guitar help flesh out the songs, still driven by Carpenter's trademark minimal synth. Last Sunrise. Persia Rising.
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelSbon, Sacred BONES
UPC0616892359944
eBay Product ID (ePID)4046061507
Product Key Features
Release Year2016
FormatCD
GenreRock
ArtistCarpenter, John
Release TitleLost Themes II
Dimensions
Item Height0.38 in
Item Weight0.19 lb
Item Length5.63 in
Item Width4.97 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Distant Dream 1.2 White Pulse 1.3 Persia Rising 1.4 Angel's Asylum 1.5 Hofner Dawn 1.6 Windy Death 1.7 Dark Blues 1.8 Virtual Survivor 1.9 Bela Lugosi 1.10 Last Sunrise 1.11 Utopian Facade 1.12 Real Xeno (Bonus Track)
Notes2016 release from the filmmaker and musician. The musical world of Lost Themes II is also a wider one than that of it's predecessor. More electric and acoustic guitar help flesh out the songs, still driven by Carpenter's trademark minimal synth. This manifests itself brilliantly in songs like lead single "Distant Dream," which hitches a familiar Carpenterian beat to an expressive drum performance and rides it to a thrilling conclusion. The eerie "Angel's Asylum" let's an ethereal synth line command the first three-quarters of the song, before turning over the melody to an acoustic guitar, and "Virtual Survivor" delivers a blast of the sci-fi menace that characterized his great scores for films like Assault on Precinct 13 and They Live. Lost Themes II delivers eleven compelling new tracks for which fans can continue to score the movies in their minds.
Lost Themes II brilliantly picks up where last year's Lost Themes left off, offering similar moods and reminding one of the glory days of Carpenter's films, although this album sounds more 80's than 70's in comparison (a good thing, I'd say).
Distant Dream and Angel's Asylum are the clear stand-outs tracks here, drawing in the listener with a brilliant blend of electro-ambient and progressive rock, keeping it both moody and eerily beautiful. The album as a whole possesses these qualities, although there are some tracks that get a bit repetitive (Dark Blues and Virtual Survivor almost sound like the same song in two parts).
Overall, if you are a fan of John Carpenter then you will love this album. Also recommended for anyone with an interest in synthwave or retro soundtracks.