Album artwork for Lost Themes by John Carpenter
Album artwork for Lost Themes by John Carpenter

John Carpenter has been responsible for much of the horror genre's most striking soundtrack work in the fifteen movies he's both directed and scored.

The themes can instantly flood his fans' musical memory with imagery of a menacing shape stalking a babysitter, a relentless wall of ghost-filled fog, lightning-fisted kung fu fighters, or a mirror holding the gateway to hell. The all-new music on Lost Themes asks Carpenter's acolytes to visualize their own nightmares. As is Carpenter's style, repetition is the key to the thundering power of these tracks, their energy swirling with shredding chords, soaring organs, unnerving pianos and captivating percussion. Horror fans will be reminded of Carpenter's past works, as well as ancestors like Mike Oldfeld's Tubular Bells and Goblin's Suspiria.

"They're little moments of score from movies made in our imaginations. Now I hope it inspires people to create films that could be scored with this music."
- John Carpenter
John Carpenter

Lost Themes

Sacred Bones Records
Album artwork for Lost Themes by John Carpenter
LP +

$24.99

Sacred Bones 15 Year Anniversary Edition

Vortex Blue Vinyl

Released 11/25/2022Catalog Number

SBR123lp-C7

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Album artwork for Lost Themes by John Carpenter
CD

$13.99

Released 02/03/2015Catalog Number

SBR123

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John Carpenter

Lost Themes

Sacred Bones Records
Album artwork for Lost Themes by John Carpenter
LP +

$24.99

Sacred Bones 15 Year Anniversary Edition

Vortex Blue Vinyl

Released 11/25/2022Catalog Number

SBR123lp-C7

Learn more
Album artwork for Lost Themes by John Carpenter
CD

$13.99

Released 02/03/2015Catalog Number

SBR123

Learn more

John Carpenter has been responsible for much of the horror genre's most striking soundtrack work in the fifteen movies he's both directed and scored.

The themes can instantly flood his fans' musical memory with imagery of a menacing shape stalking a babysitter, a relentless wall of ghost-filled fog, lightning-fisted kung fu fighters, or a mirror holding the gateway to hell. The all-new music on Lost Themes asks Carpenter's acolytes to visualize their own nightmares. As is Carpenter's style, repetition is the key to the thundering power of these tracks, their energy swirling with shredding chords, soaring organs, unnerving pianos and captivating percussion. Horror fans will be reminded of Carpenter's past works, as well as ancestors like Mike Oldfeld's Tubular Bells and Goblin's Suspiria.

"They're little moments of score from movies made in our imaginations. Now I hope it inspires people to create films that could be scored with this music."
- John Carpenter