{"product_id":"vinyl-john-carpenter-lost-themes-iv-noir-colored-vinyl-tan-red","title":"John Carpenter - Lost Themes IV: Noir (Colored Vinyl, Tan, Red)","description":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ein one of Hollywood's great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs,\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emade in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. In the years since, Carpenter, Carpenter, and Davies have released close\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eto a dozen musical projects, including a growing library of studio albums and\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe scores for David Gordon Green's trilogy of Halloween reboots. With Lost\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThemes IV: Noir, they've struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe film noir genre for inspiration.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"soundtracks for the movies in your mind.\" On the fourth installment in the\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eseries, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by,\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewhat makes these songs \"noirish\" is sometimes slippery and hard to define,\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eand not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerican noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003esomething you understand instinctively when you hear it, as in connected in\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ean emotional way.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe trio's free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a welloiled 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethat's helped power one of the most productive stretches of John's creative life,\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eand Noir proves that it's nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.","brand":"mysite","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58363684454725,"sku":"SBON336C3.1","price":5.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/8881\/6197\/files\/john-carpenter-music-vinyl-records-john-carpenter-lost-themes-iv-noir-colored-vinyl-tan-red-843563171950-sbon336c3-1-41046603923708.jpg?v=1782303935","url":"https:\/\/midnightukvinyl.com\/products\/vinyl-john-carpenter-lost-themes-iv-noir-colored-vinyl-tan-red","provider":"MIDNIGHT GROOVE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}