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 Posted:   Apr 19, 2016 - 4:40 PM   
 By:   MikeP   (Member)

Sorry if this has been posted before, couldn't find a thread, but the OOP album is being reissued on with a few extra tracks from a label with the worst name ever, " We Release Whatever The F*ck We Want" . Apparently the LP is sold out but the CD is available now ( or soon ) .


http://wrwtfww.com/album/dark-star-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-extended-remastered-cd


LIMITED CD EDITION
With mini-poster, Japanese obi, and WRWTFWW Records logo sticker

01. Music, Sound Effects And Dialogue Excerpts Part 1 (Remastered) 25:10
02. Music, Sound Effects And Dialogue Excerpts Part 2 (Remastered) 25:51
03. Martin Segundo and the Scintilla Strings “When Twilight Falls on NGC 891”
04. Alan Howarth - Doolittle’s Solo (Remake)?
05. Dominik Hauser - Benson Arizona (Remake)

WRWTFWW Records is ecstatic to bring back the original motion picture soundtrack for John Carpenter’s Dark Star (1974) with added bonuses that are sure to satisfy all cult sci-fi soundtrack completists of the galaxy (and further).

This limited edition CD contains a remastered version of the original motion picture soundtrack consisting of incidental music, sound effects, John Carpenter’s synth experimentations, dialogue excerpts, and vintage interferences extracted directly from the film roll, as well as "Ode to a Bell Jar" remade by loyal Carpenter collaborator Alan Howarth (Escape from New York, Christine, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live…), the fan favorite "Benson Arizona" remade by Dominik Hauser, and the very sought-after "When Twilight Falls on NGC 891" by Martin Segundo & the Scintilla Strings (known as James Clarke's "Spring Bossa" in the real world).

It all comes in slick thermostellar triggering packaging with a brand new artwork, Japanese obi and invisible hyperdrive electronics - the best way to relive the Dark Star adventure and celebrate John Carpenter’s first directorial feature film released in 1974 and co-written by (and starring!) all around legend Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Lifeforce, The Return of the Living Dead). Let there be light!









Amazon link :

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Star-O-S-T-John-Carpenter/dp/B01C4ZQENA/ref=pd_sim_15_11?ie=UTF8&dpID=51lfq3o1WRL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=161K9YT7HJH2SA4K7SY9

 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2016 - 5:04 PM   
 By:   Timothy J. Phlaps   (Member)

It was meant to come out a couple of weeks ago. My girlfriend ordered this for my birthday, but the release date got pushed back to April 29th.

 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2016 - 5:53 PM   
 By:   ST-321   (Member)

I was interested, but tracks that are 25 minutes long that are mixes of music, dialog and sound effects? Really??

That and the name of the "label" makes me think that this can't be a real, authorized release.

 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2016 - 6:44 PM   
 By:   Timothy J. Phlaps   (Member)

I'm pretty sure that's how the original album was.

 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2016 - 6:48 PM   
 By:   Timothy J. Phlaps   (Member)

04. Alan Howarth - Doolittle’s Solo (Remake)?

That's the tune Doolittle plays on his homemade bottle/jug keyboard thing.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2016 - 7:01 PM   
 By:   Ford A. Thaxton   (Member)

I was interested, but tracks that are 25 minutes long that are mixes of music, dialog and sound effects? Really??

That and the name of the "label" makes me think that this can't be a real, authorized release.


They did license two of these tracks from BSX.

Ford A. Thaxton

 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2016 - 7:35 PM   
 By:   ST-321   (Member)

I was interested, but tracks that are 25 minutes long that are mixes of music, dialog and sound effects? Really??

That and the name of the "label" makes me think that this can't be a real, authorized release.


They did license two of these tracks from BSX.

Ford A. Thaxton


Alrighty then. That's good to know.

 
 Posted:   Apr 20, 2016 - 12:29 PM   
 By:   BlindDoc   (Member)

Since the label's based in Geneva i wonder if our dear board member (although i haven't seen him here in a long time) Nekromantik aka Dave is affiliated with WRWTFWW records?

That would be fun!

Best,
Burnie

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 20, 2016 - 1:49 PM   
 By:   mikael488   (Member)

I had hoped for a proper release of this early Carpenter score without dialogue and
sound effects, but it'll probably never happen..oh well.
Alan Howarth did a fairly decent re-recording but IMHO electronic scores from the '70s just don't sound "right" when performed on modern software synths.

 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2016 - 3:35 AM   
 By:   BlindDoc   (Member)

I had hoped for a proper release of this early Carpenter score without dialogue and
sound effects, but it'll probably never happen..oh well.
Alan Howarth did a fairly decent re-recording but IMHO electronic scores from the '70s just don't sound "right" when performed on modern software synths.


I keep hoping for that as well, but i suspect the original elements are missing, otherwise the Citadel/Varèse release would have used better source material to begin with.

I think the same about re-recordings - and Howarth's re-recording of "Dark Star" had its good (and lesser) moments. What *really* surprised me though was the re-recording done for "The Thing". The Carpenter/Howarth cues sound absolutely terrific (so brilliantly original that i keep asking myself if Alan did in fact "beef up" the original cues without mentioning it). The orchestral Morricone stuff sounds incredible as well. The only letdown are (weirdly) the remakes of the electronic Morricone tracks that just sound off (including the "Humanity II" main theme). Strange.

Best,
Burnie

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2016 - 6:22 AM   
 By:   mikael488   (Member)

I had hoped for a proper release of this early Carpenter score without dialogue and
sound effects, but it'll probably never happen..oh well.
Alan Howarth did a fairly decent re-recording but IMHO electronic scores from the '70s just don't sound "right" when performed on modern software synths.


I keep hoping for that as well, but i suspect the original elements are missing, otherwise the Citadel/Varèse release would have used better source material to begin with.

I think the same about re-recordings - and Howarth's re-recording of "Dark Star" had its good (and lesser) moments. What *really* surprised me though was the re-recording done for "The Thing". The Carpenter/Howarth cues sound absolutely terrific (so brilliantly original that i keep asking myself if Alan did in fact "beef up" the original cues without mentioning it). The orchestral Morricone stuff sounds incredible as well. The only letdown are (weirdly) the remakes of the electronic Morricone tracks that just sound off (including the "Humanity II" main theme). Strange.

Best,
Burnie


I totally agree with you on this. I was told by Larry Hopkins that he did all the orchestral stuff at his studio while Howarth took care of the synth pieces (using samples of his original Prophet 10).

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2016 - 3:48 PM   
 By:   Roy Donga   (Member)

I had hoped for a proper release of this early Carpenter score without dialogue and
sound effects, but it'll probably never happen..oh well.
Alan Howarth did a fairly decent re-recording but IMHO electronic scores from the '70s just don't sound "right" when performed on modern software synths.


The BSX recording was quite authentic, but why did they put sound fx over it again?
The Thing was quite heavily sampled from the original score, you can even hear a chair noise from the original Morricone session!

 
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