John Carpenter Releases ‘Vortex’ From ‘Lost Themes’ Album: horror director and composer teases fans with new track from forthcoming Lost Themes Album

Earlier this month, director/composer John Carpenter appeared at L.A.’s Beyond Festival, where he and Jamie Lee Curtis hosted a screening of his influential horror classic Halloween.

Afterwards, the duo did an audience Q&A, and Carpenter hinted that he would be releasing an upcoming album of “lost themes“, featuring unreleased/unused pieces from his impressive body of work.

UPDATED: Click here for my Lost Themes Review

And just in time for Halloween, he’s released new track Vortex. It bears all his sonic hallmarks: percolating sequencer beats, haunting piano, and an unrelenting metronome beat.

Click here to listen to Vortex.

Updated: Lost Themes will be released February 2nd on Sacred Bones Records: you can pre-order from Amazon below.

The filmmaker hasn’t given a firm release date on the John Carpenter’s Lost Themes album, but it will be released via Sacred Bones records at some point in 2015.

He also didn’t specify which film Vortex had been written for (if any), as a video montage shows clips from iconic film titles like Halloween, The Thing, The Fog, They Live, Escape From New York and more.

So take a listen and tell me your thoughts in the comments. I’ll await the release with relish and will review shortly afterwards.

In the meantime, click here to see where Carpenter’s work ranks on my list of best horror scores, why Halloween Is The Best Horror Movie,  the 30 Scariest Movie Scenes of All Time and my Halloween Party Playlist.

***UPDATED: Carpenter gave more album details to Pitchfork. And you can stream his new track The Night by clicking here.

 And you can also order Halloween: The Complete Collection Limited Deluxe Edition[Blu-ray] via Amazon below.

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