Escape from New York (soundtrack)
| Escape from New York | ||||
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| Film score by John Carpenter | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Pi West Studios, Glendale, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 37:22 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
| Producer | John Carpenter, Alan Howarth | |||
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.jpg) 2000 remastered edition |
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Escape from New York is a soundtrack album composed and performed by John Carpenter, featuring the score to the 1981 film Escape from New York.[1] It was released in the same year through Varèse Sarabande (originally on vinyl, then CD in 1982); a remastered and remixed edition was reissued in 2000 through Silva Screen Records, containing an extra fifteen tracks not included on the original version (eight of them being short extracts of dialogue from the film), as well as expanded liner notes.
Track listing
All music composed by John Carpenter, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Main Title" | 3:51 | |
| 2. | "Up the Wall Airforce #1" | 2:27 | |
| 3. | "Orientation #2" | 1:47 | |
| 4. | "Engulfed Cathedral" | Claude Debussy | 3:32 |
| 5. | "Back to the Pod/The Crazies Come Out" | 3:01 | |
| 6. | "Arrival at the Library" | 1:05 | |
| 7. | "Everyone's Coming to New York" | Nick Castle | 2:52 |
| 8. | "The Duke Arrives/The Barricades" | 3:35 | |
| 9. | "Police State/Romero and the President" | 3:21 | |
| 10. | "The President at the Train" | 2:53 | |
| 11. | "The President Is Gone" | 2:30 | |
| 12. | "Chase Across the 69th Street Bridge" | 2:46 | |
| 13. | "Over the Wall" | 3:42 | |
Total length: |
37:22 | ||
2000 remastered edition
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Main Title" | 3:53 | |
| 2. | "The Bank Robbery" | 3:30 | |
| 3. | ""Prison Introduction"" (dialogue) | 0:20 | |
| 4. | "Over the Wall/Airforce One" | 2:23 | |
| 5. | "He's Still Alive/Romero" | 2:12 | |
| 6. | ""'Snake' Plissken"" (dialogue) | 1:41 | |
| 7. | "Orientation" | 1:47 | |
| 8. | ""Tell Him"" (dialogue) | 1:46 | |
| 9. | "Engulfed Cathedral" | Claude Debussy | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Across the Roof" | 1:17 | |
| 11. | "Descent into New York" | 3:37 | |
| 12. | "Back to the Pod – Version #1" | 1:34 | |
| 13. | "Everyone's Coming to New York" | Nick Castle | 2:24 |
| 14. | ""Don't Go Down There!"" (dialogue) | 0:19 | |
| 15. | "Back To The Pod – Version #2/The Crazies Come Out" | 2:09 | |
| 16. | ""I Heard You Were Dead!"" (dialogue) | 0:08 | |
| 17. | "Arrival at the Library" | 1:06 | |
| 18. | ""You Are the Duke of New York"" (dialogue) | 0:16 | |
| 19. | "The Duke Arrives/Barricade" | 3:35 | |
| 20. | "President at the Train" | 2:28 | |
| 21. | ""Who Are You?"" (dialogue) | 0:27 | |
| 22. | "Police Action" | 2:27 | |
| 23. | "Romero and the President" | 1:43 | |
| 24. | "The President Is Gone" | 1:53 | |
| 25. | "69th Street Bridge" | 2:44 | |
| 26. | "Over the Wall" | 3:42 | |
| 27. | ""The Name Is Plissken"" (dialogue) | 0:25 | |
| 28. | "Snake Shake" | 3:58 | |
Total length: |
57:17 | ||
Personnel
- John Carpenter – keyboard, synthesizer, production
- Alan Howarth – synthesizer, sequencing, programming, production
- Tommy Lee Wallace – guitar
- Pamela Smith – keyboard
References
- 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Escape from New York [Original Film Soundtrack] - John Carpenter, Alan Howarth". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
External links
- Escape from New York Soundtrack at The Official John Carpenter
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