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Pre-orders Now Live For SPACELAB9’s Vinyl ‘Splatterhouse’ Arcade Soundtrack

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1 year ago

March 10, 2023

While Namco’s 1988 sidescroller Splatterhouse had its soundtrack released back in Japan, that was a long time ago, and it’s also out of print. Luckily, the folks at SPACELAB9 have teamed up with Bandai Namco to remedy that with a brand-new vinyl that you can pre-purchase now from SPACELAB9’s website, with an expected August 2023 ship date.

The $34.99 LP contains 40 tracks from the arcade version of the game, which was composed by Katsuro Tajima and Yoshinori Kawamoto, who went on to compose music for titles such as Star Fox Assault, We Love Katamari and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. And for those who love variants, the soundtrack is available in two SPACELAB9 website-exclusive variants: “PUSTULENT” GREEN/PURPLE SPLATTER VINYL and 140g “MOULDERING MANSION” PURPLE/BLACK HAZE

The Splatterhouse: Original Video Game Soundtrack LP comes in two spacelab9.com-exclusive variants for $34.99 each: the 140g “PUSTULENT” GREEN/PURPLE SPLATTER VINYL and 140g “MOULDERING MANSION” PURPLE/BLACK HAZE VINYL. As for the packaging, the gatefold jacket features new artwork by Shagrat, and liner notes by Rob Strangman, owner of the longtime online source for the Splatterhouse series, West Mansion: The Splatterhouse Homepage. If that’s not enough, the LP also includes a bonus 9″ x 11″ double-sided Halloween Decoration with custom artwork by Shagrat, available exclusively from SPACELAB9.

Obviously, something like this is going to go fast, so head on over and reserve your copy. You can get a taste of the game’s soundtrack from SPACELAB9’s SoundCloud.

Thanks to RelyOnHorror for the heads up!

Meanwhile, if you’re looking to play the original arcade version, you can do so via the Nacmo Museum, which is available on the Nintendo Switch.

Mike Wilson

Writer/Artist/Gamer from the Great White North. I try not to be boring.

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

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1 week 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…