Track Listing

1. Teaser - Stone
2. Slayers - Texas Toad Lickers
3. New Mexico - Bucket Baker, John Carpenter, Orchestra
4. Headless Priest - Bucket Baker, Jeff Baxter, John Carpenter, Orchestra
5. Motel Sex - Texas Toad Lickers
6. Night Attack - Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, Rick Shlosser, Orchestra
7. Santiago - Jeff Baxter, John Carpenter
8. Stake and Burn - Bucket Baker, John Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Joe Robb
9. Valek's Portrait - John Carpenter, Orchestra
10. Sunrise Death - Bucket Baker, John Carpenter
11. Valek Attacks - Bucket Baker, John Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Orchestra
12. Vampire Vision - John Carpenter
13. Farewell Slayer - Jeff Baxter, John Carpenter
14. Cruel Highway - Texas Toad Lickers
15. Katrina Bites - Bucket Baker, John Carpenter, Orchestra
16. Padre's Wood - Texas Toad Lickers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #176339 in Music
• Released on: 2009-02-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English, Latin

Album Description
Vampires by John Carpenter

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Amazon.com
Director John Carpenter also takes on the musician mantle in this alternately loud, moody, and sometimes raunchy interpretation of how a movie should sound when it melds the vampire and Western genres. The opening track misleads us into thinking the album is all about Southwestern sawdust barroom blues, but there is an ample amount of what Carpenter calls "heavy-breathing horror stuff" to make this a credibly scary soundtrack. There are plenty of contemplative and eerie interludes. The pairing of soft but menacing pedal-steel guitar and Carpenter's synthesizer on "Headless Priest" and Carpenter's own tune set to Spanish guitar (what he admits is a "riffing off" of Dimitri Tiomkin's "De Guello" for Rio Bravo and The Alamo) give this otherwise uneven assortment some atmospheric bite. --Joseph Lanza

Customer Reviews

CARPENTER DOES IT AGAIN
This is one of the best soundtracks EVER. I kid you not. The grunge/roadhouse-blues music that fills this CD will appeal to all Carpenter fans and any Hells Angels bikers. You really feel like a trucker or a biker listening to this music. And even more-so if you like it. There are some splendid guitar riffs and even some erotic mood-music (Track 6). The final track on this CD is worth the price alone. It rocks big time. And so does Carpenter. I love it.

Very entertaing cd with a lot of variety.
I went and bought the soundtrack as soon as I saw this movie and even though that was something like three years ago, the cd still hasn't lost its luster. I'm not really big on soundtracks but there's a lot to love here and LOTS of variety. The opening "Teaser" sets the mood for a good time and from there the cd ranges from fun and rollicking barroom music, to the more synth-oriented, score stuff. There's some moody pedal steel here and there and "Santiago" is a standout as one of my favorites. It's very atmospheric and did a lot for that scene in the movie. If you haven't seen the movie, you may want to check into that before you buy the album, although I'm sure that this would sound good even if you haven't seen it.

One Amazing Soundtrack
This has to be one of the best soundtracks that I have ever listened to. John Carpenter did an excellent job lending his musical skills to form the Texas Toad Lickers that perform on the album. This album combines acoustic guitars, electric guitars, steel pedal guitars, and synthesizers. Add some fantastic percussion and you've got one great album. Carpenter described the movie as a western, in which he is right, and you can tell by listening to the music. Alot of the songs are ballads, such as 'New Mexico', 'Farewell Slayer', and 'Santiago'. These songs, along with several others, use a combo of acoustic guitars and synthesizers. Others, such as 'Slayers', 'Motel Sex', and 'Stake And Burn', are a little heavier, using that bluesy hard rock style. The only disappointment that you will find on this album is that the songs are a little short, but the songs seem to last more than 46 minutes. I highly recommend this album, and if you are looking for something along the lines, I suggest the soundtrack to 'Unforgiven', which has the feel of 'Vampires' slow tunes.