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Varèse Sarabande Is Bringing ‘Grindhouse’s “Planet Terror” Score to Record Store Day!

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Varèse Sarabande announced today three album releases for Record Store Day on April 21, 2018, which included  Krush Groove featuring tracks by LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Kurtis Blow, Run-DMC and more; cult classic Grindhouse: Planet Terror never before been available on LP; and Tangerine Dream’s epic release Zeit.

Grindhouse: Planet Terror was part of the double feature film release between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino that starred Rose McGowan, who sings on three tracks exclusive to this soundtrack.  The score is composed by Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell (The Crow, Sin City), and Carl Thiel (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series), with additional songs by Chingon and Nouvelle Vague.  The album has never before been available on LP and will be released on opaque white vinyl.

After selling-through on all copies of Tangerine Dream’s debut album as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday 2017, Varèse Sarabande returns with Tangerine Dream’s third album – their breakthrough record Zeit. Each side of this double-LP features only one epic song, varying in length. This release has been pressed, appropriately enough, on Tangerine-colored vinyl.

This long out of print soundtrack LP to the classic hip-hop film Krush Groove includes appearances from the biggest acts of the 80’s: LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Kurtis Blow, Run-DMC, and more.  This re-issue of Krush Groove features the limited edition cover used only by record clubs at the time of the original release, and was never available to record stores.  This release will be pressed on Orange/Blue Haze vinyl, giving the record a graffiti-look in the two primary colors of the jacket.

Planet Terror Tracklist:

SIDE ONE
1. Grindhouse (Main Titles) (Robert Rodriguez)
2. Doc Block (Robert Rodriguez & Carl Thiel)
3. The Sickos (Robert Rodriguez & Graeme Revell)
4. You Belong To Me (Rose McGowan)
5. Go Go Not Cry Cry (Robert Rodriguez & Rick Del Castillo)
6. Hospital Epidemic (Graeme Revell & Robert Rodriguez)
7. Useless Talent #32 3:11 (Rose McGowan)
8. His Prescription … Pain (Robert Rodriguez & Carl Thiel)
9. Cherry Darling (Robert Rodriguez)
10. The Grindhouse Blues (Robert Rodriguez)
11. El Wray (Robert Rodriguez)
12. Police Station Assault (Robert Rodriguez)
SIDE TWO
1. Dakota (Robert Rodriguez & Carl Thiel)
2. Zero To Fifty In Four (Robert Rodriguez)
3. Fury Road (Robert Rodriguez)
4. Helicopter Sicko Chopper (Graeme Revell & Robert Rodriguez)
5. The Ring In The Jacket (Robert Rodriguez & George Oldziey)
6. Killer Legs (Robert Rodriguez & Rick Del Castillo)
7. Melting Member (Graeme Revell & Robert Rodriguez)
8. Too Drunk To Fuck (Nouvelle Vague)
9. Cherry’s Dance Of Death (Chingon)
10.Two Against The World (Rose McGowan)

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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…

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