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‘El Paso, Elsewhere’ Soundtrack Gets Vinyl Release for March 2024
If you dug the soundtrack to Strange Scaffold’s El Paso, Elsewhere, and you’re a fan of vinyl, then you’ll be happy to hear that Lost In Cult Records, Black Screen Records, and Strange Scaffold are teaming up for El Paso, Elsewhere: The Album. Available now for pre-order from Black Screen Records’ store, the 11-track album will ship out in March 2024, and brings the original rap songs of LAKE SAVAGE and RJ Lake to life in “glorious 140g, black Re-vinyl”.
The vinyl soundtrack for El Paso, Elsewhere will feature art of main characters Draculae and James Savage, with a limited 1st press exclusive gold-foiled deluxe sleeve. In addition to the record, fans will be able to explore what happens after the events of El Paso, Elsewhere with the included Diaries of James Savage – an exclusive archive of the main character’s thoughts and feelings within the liner notes. Excerpts from the original script and never-before-seen concept art from Demente Animation Studios will also be included in the package.
“El Paso, Elsewhere had to be a rap record as much as it had to be a game,” explains composer RJ Lake. “This is probably the most lavishly mixed thing I’ve ever made, full of weird, intricate beats, layered vocals from both myself and [El Paso, Elsewhere developer Xalavier] Nelson, lyrics that go everywhere from bleak to so-party-that-you’ll-die to totally ridiculous, loads and loads of genre switch ups, and Absolutely Zero Subtlety. For El Paso, Elsewhere, I made a full score, but that’s not what this is. This vinyl is a f*cking album, and it’s sequenced like one. Play it loud.”
El Paso, Elsewhere (which we loved) is available now on Xbox One, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam. You can also check out the soundtrack on LAKE SAVAGE’s bandcamp.
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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