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Waxwork Records Announces Incredible 2015 Subscription Package

Published

9 years ago

December 9, 2014

Horror-centric label Waxwork Records has announced details for their 2015 subscription package and it’s chock full of incredible soundtracks that you’ll be dying to get your hands on! The subscription will include the soundtrack to the 1974 sci-fi thriller Phase IV, the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D., this year’s renowned Starry Eyes, and the incredibly rare score for Clive Barker’s Nightbreed! There are also plans for a fifth “very special release” that will be announced in the future.

That’s five LPs for a total of $180 (includes shipping) and that includes “subscriber-Only colored wax”, “surprise exclusives including merchandise, apparel, digital downloads, enamel pins, patches, and more”, and no worries about loading up the site when a title goes on sale!

To sign up, simply point your cursor here and get in on the fun!

Below is a sample of the soundtrack of Phase IV.

RELEASE DETAILS FOR EACH TITLE:

PHASE IV

Never before released in any format, and what is highly regarded as a holy-grail for soundtrack enthusiasts, Waxwork and Paramount Pictures are honored to announce the definitive soundtrack release of the 1974 mind bending science-fiction masterpiece, PHASE IV. Directed by the late, legendary poster artist and graphic designer Saul Bass, PHASE IV has gained a cult following influencing numerous films such as BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW. The bizarre, psychedelic synth driven score is sure to please.

STARRY EYES

Imagine if David Lynch, Roman Polanski, and David Cronenberg came together to make a movie. That movie would be STARRY EYES. Waxwork is excited to release the fantastic synth-laden score composed and performed by Jonathan Snipes (ROOM 237). The film has been regarded by TIME and BLOODY DISGUSTING as one of the best horror films of the past decade. We couldn’t agree more.

C.H.U.D.

Never before released in any format, we are thrilled to bring you C.H.U.D.! With the assistance of the film’s composers, Waxwork has recently unearthed the LOST master tapes featuring every musical cue from the 1984 cult-horror-classic. By painstakingly restoring the 30 year old tapes, we are beyond stoked to bring you the brooding synth score for the first time, ever. Did we mention that Ghoulish Gary Pullin is handling art duties? So, stay away from manholes and watch your step in NYC, because “They’re not staying down there anymore!”

NIGHTBREED

Hard to find and prohibitively expensive, the score to NIGHTBREED composed by Danny Elfman is regarded as his darkest masterpiece. Directed by the legendary Clive Barker, NIGHTBREED is ambitious, over the top, and fantastic. We are ecstatic to finally bring to you this newly re-mastered, obscure gem with jaw-dropping packaging artwork. Even more details to come on this very special release as we pull them from the darkest reaches of Midian.

Related Topics:C.H.U.D.Clive Barker Danny Elfman Nightbreed Phase IV Starry Eyes vinyl Waxwork Records

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Music

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

Published

2 weeks ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

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…