Music
John Carpenter To Release Album Of “Lost Themes”
Horror director John Carpenter is pretty much beloved by the community. His films have become classics, mainstays that are foundations for any horror fan. With movies like Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, and more, Carpenter has cemented himself as the man behind some of the very best films that the genre has to offer.
But his influence doesn’t just hit film, it also hits music. Think of the amazing themes he has crafted for his films over the years. The Halloween theme is beyond iconic, the music from The Fog incredibly unsettling and eerie, the music for Big Trouble In Little China playful and exciting. The man is pretty much the full package for horror fans and it’s worth recognizing all that he does for a film.
At the Beyond Fest this year, Carpenter revealed that he will be releasing an album of “lost themes” in early 2015. No additional information was offered but that little tidbit is enough to get me amped up. Now, let’s just hope for a vinyl release!
AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.
The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.
Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24.
Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”
Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.
The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.
The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.