The Music of John Carpenter: Lost Themes III: Alive After Death (2021)

Among the many things we'd been looking forward to in the year of
2021 was the release of Lost Themes III: Alive After
Death, the third collection of John Carpenter's
original, non-soundtrack musical compositions. And, now that it's
here, we can safely say -- and Chris DOES say so, more than once
-- that this album is an absolute banger! We got to hear a lot of
these tracks when they were released as singles last year, but
your humble hosts and Carpenter aficionados think this album is
best enjoyed in its entirety. Nick and Chris do another
track-by-track review and commentary of this Sacred Bones Records
release, and along the way, we imagine the cinematic visions this
music might inspire, consider the locked-in groove that Carpenter
and his band (son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies) have
established over several albums, and even figure out the correct
pronunciation of Moog! Plus, Chris braves the brutal world of
Australian horror filmmaker Greg McLean, Nick has a bloody good
time with an Italian slasher-movie classic, and we celebrate
another one of our favorite cinematic composers, Trent Reznor.