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John Carpenter

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John Carpenter — Escape from New York

John Carpenter composed the Escape from New York theme in 1981 with collaborator Alan Howarth, marking the beginning of a fruitful partnership. Carpenter has said most of his film music is improvised against footage, and the main theme from Escape From New York was created the same way. Howarth, who had previously worked on Star Trek, was recruited when Carpenter visited his home studio (Pi West) and hired him on the spot. The track was built around Carpenter's signature use of the ARP Quadra synthesizer — a simple, looping bass sequence over which he layered stark, minimalist synth melodies. It appeared on the anthology collection Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 (released via Sacred Bones Records).