#Daniel Davies

[brokehorrorfan]

Fright-Rags has released a shirt and flexi disc bundle for John Carpenter's new single, "He Walks By Night." Both feature artwork by Aaron Lea. Priced at $45, the set is limited to 500 and will ship the week of May 24.

[omercifulheaves]

John Carpenter - My Name Is Death New Lost Themes album!

[modernmanblues]

this is the cutest thing i’ve seen in a while

[behindavelvetcurtain]

John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies - He Walks By Night

[halloweendailynews]

Hear New John Carpenter Track "Dominator" from 'Lost Themes' Expanded Edition

[annoyinglyperfectartisan]

The Whine Cellar - The Nanny

Niles vs C.C. 8/? ↳ 2x10 Whine Cellar

[backtotheplaylist]

New pods have been added to “Podcasts You Must Listen To” for your enjoyment.

Check out Dax Shepard’s Interview with Vox Reporter Liz Plank concerning gender and masculinity.

Also we have a great interview with John Carpenter and Daniel Davies that the “Halloweenies” crew did a few years back, for your seasonal enjoyment.

Then you can listen to the “Anything Ghost” 2022 Halloween Spectacular.

And finally get a listen on some more true ghost stories, like a 12 foot shadow person on Jim Harold’s Campire!

Available only on Spotify!

[jeanharlowshair]

Screenland Magazine, September 1929

[brokehorrorfan]

John Carpenter will release his fourth solo album, Lost Themes IV: Noir, on May 3 via Sacred Bones Records. The filmmaker/composer is, as always, accompanied by son Cody Carpenter on synthesizer and godson Daniel Davies on guitar.

The album is available to pre-order on vinyl in several colorways, each of which features a foil stamped jacket and comes with a 24x36 fold-out poster (pictured below):

Black ($20)

Red ($24)

Indie exclusive tan and black marble with bonus 7"

Sacred Bones exclusive red on clear splatter with bonus 7" ($30, limited to 1,000)

Rough Trade exclusive oxblood red and black splatter with bonus 7" ($33, limited to 300)

Shout Factory exclusive black and clear cloudy with bonus 7" ($32, limited to 500)

The album is also available on CD ($14) and cassette ($12). Watch the music video for a new song titled "My Name Is Death" below, where you can also read the press release.

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 in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. In the years since, Carpenter, Carpenter, and Davies have released close to a dozen musical projects, including a growing library of studio albums and the scores for David Gordon Green’s trilogy of Halloween reboots. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration. Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it. “Some of the music is heavy guitar riffs, which is not in old noir films,” Davies notes. “But somehow, it’s connected in an emotional way.” The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled 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 that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results. “This is who we are, I think,” John summarizes. “Daniel’s the adventurer. He pushes for new sounds, new directions. He tries things that I haven’t thought of. He’s a lot more daring than I am, and he enriches the whole thing. Cody’s the musician. He’s a savant at music. He understands music. We depend on him to rescue us.” And what about John’s contribution? With characteristic understatement, he concludes: “I’m the experience. I’ve done music for movies before.”

[annoyinglyperfectartisan]

The Nanny-Napper - The Nanny

ah yes, obviously the queer weird butler knows how to get around a gay pride

[greensparty]

Album Review: John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies "Lost Themes 4: Noir"

One of the cool things I’ve gotten to do since starting this blog is that I’ve gotten to cover John Carpenter’s revitalized music career.  In 2017, Carpenter along with his band including his son Cody Carpenter and his godson Daniel Davies went on tour and I was lucky enough to see their Boston show performing film scores along with movie clips. I got to review their soundtrack to the 2018 Halloween movie as well as the soundtrack to Halloween Kills and the score for Halloween Ends. In 2021 I got to review John’s album Lost Themes III: Alive After Death and in 2022 I reviewed the trio’s soundtrack to Firestarter. As if the music wasn't enough I also got to cover Carpenter's limited TV series John Carpenter's Suburban Screams. Now the trio are back with Lost Themes 4: Noir.

album cover

I am happy to say this might be the best non-soundtrack album this trio has done yet! The reason why is that there is way more of a rock edge than prior albums. From the start, the goal with the Lost Themes albums has been to make "soundtracks for the movies in your mind". That being said, because it's John Carpenter, you get the sense these songs could play well over a scene from one of his movies the way so many iconic films of his have been enhanced by his music. But here it really feels like a rock band more so than the synth-driven sound they've done on prior albums. But this is very much worth a listen or three to see how it stacks up with the other Lost Themes. For now let's toast this trio getting their harder edge sound to the forefront!

For info on Lost Themes 4: Noir

3.5 out of 5 stars

[modernmanblues]

i’m sorry but he’s so fucking cute 😫

[annoyinglyperfectartisan]

A Fine Friendship - The Nanny

"Relax Miss Fine, we'll get it on." "Oh, Mr. Sheffield, I'm so hot." "I can't do this standing up. Just - just get on the bed."

STRAIGHT OUTTA FANFICTION