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Escape From New York (Waxwork Records Expanded Edition) “Descent Into New York Variant”

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$94.68

***Extremely Rare in Europe as this is US only territory release.***

John Carpenter’s Escape From New York Expanded Original Motion Picture Score Features:

The Complete Score Album by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth

180 Gram “Descent into New York” Fire Orange w/ Blue and White Splatter Colored Vinyl

Old Style Tip-On Gatefold Jackets

12”x12” Twelve Page Booklet

Unreleased Behind-The-Scenes Set Photography

Artwork by Marc Aspinall

Waxwork Records is thrilled to present the expanded score album as a deluxe double LP featuring 180 gram colored vinyl, deluxe packaging, a 12”x12” twelve page booklet featuring unreleased behind-the-scenes set photography, and full album artwork by Marc Aspinall.

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Waxwork Records is proud to release John Carpenter’s Escape From New York Expanded Original Motion Picture Score. Released in 1981, Escape From New York is a science fiction action film co-written and co-scored by John Carpenter starring Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Adrienne Barbeau, and Harry Dean Stanton. The film is set in the near-future world of 1997 where the United States has devolved into a coast to coast crime-ridden continent. Manhattan Island in New York City has been converted into the country’s maximum security prison where criminal offenders are transported and forgotten. In an effort to kidnap the president of the United States, Air Force One is hijacked by insurgents and purposefully crashed into New York City. Ex-soldier and current federal prisoner, Snake Plissken (Russell) is given just 24 hours to go in and rescue the president (Pleasence), after which, if successful, Snake will be pardoned.

John Carpenter’s Escape From New York received commercial success upon its summer 1981 release and is now considered a cult classic. The film has inspired popular video games such as Metal Gear Solid, filmmakers such as J.J. Abrams, and authors such as William Gibson.

The score was written by John Carpenter and co-produced by Carpenter and Alan Howarth. Howarth used equipment including ARP and Prophet-5 synthesizers and a Linn LM-1 drum machine, as well as an acoustic piano and Fender guitars, to create the palette of sounds used in the score, while Carpenter composed the melodies on the synthesizer keyboards. As the MIDI standard had yet to be invented, Howarth manually synchronized the equipment to picture while listening to a copy of the film’s dialogue. Initial inspirational directions which Carpenter shared with Howarth included albums by Tangerine Dream and The Police.

Track List

Number Title
A01 Main Title
A02 The Bank Robbery
A03 "Prison Introduction"
A04 Over The Wall / Air Force One
A05 He's Still Alive / Romero
A06 Snake Plissken
B07 Orientation
B08 "Tell Him"
B09 Engulfed Cathedral
B10 Across The Roof
B11 Descent Into New York
B12 Back To The Pod (Version #1)
C13 Everyone's Coming To New York
C14 "Don't Go Down There!"
C15 Back To The Pod (Version #2) / The Crazies Come Out
C16 "I Heard You Were Dead!"
C17 Arrival At The Library
C18 "You Are The Duke Of New York"
C19 Duke Arrives / Barricade
C20 President At The Train
C21 "Who Are You?"
C22 Police Action
D23 Romero And The President
D24 The President Is Gone
D25 69th Street Bridge
D26 Over The Wall
D27 "The Name Is Plissken"
D28 Snake Shake / End Credits