Various Artists - Christine (Original Motion Picture Score) - Soundtracks - CD

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Christine, based on Stephen King's novel about an unusual kind of car repossession, was taken by John Carpenter from book to screen in a blazingly short time. Rather than bypassing his usual methods, as he did with The Thing, Carpenter once again chose to do the score. The original soundtrack released from the movie was a brief affair indeed, offering up a small selection of rock & roll tunes used in the movie, plus a short selection ("Christine Attacks," here with the subtitle "Plymouth Fury") from Carpenter's score. As it is, this Tangerine Dream-influenced, mechanically pounding number is probably the best thing in the score, highly visual, threatening, and relentless. As with the best of Carpenter's work, it's enough to haunt your dreams for a few days -- a property shared by the scores for Halloween and The Fog (both on Varese Sarabande). Christine, though, suffers from a very rushed situation. Rather than having the time to craft something new, Carpenter reached back into the bag and pulled up variations on old themes. As a result, you can hear a variety of familiar elements in here, from the high-pitched synthesizers designed to make you quiver to revised score elements from Escape From New York, Halloween, and The Fog. The arpeggiated theme from Halloween is barely disguised in terms of musical structure (he builds on the same structure) while the forceful percussion-based pulse of the chase-type music is straight out of Escape From New York. In terms of the recording, the music sounds a little unfinished, and equalization isn't the best, though hiss has been reduced to an inaudible level. The highs tend to be inconsistent, the lows, probably because of the synthesizers (sounding as though Carpenter's Prophet V and Xs were giving way to Yamaha instruments) either on the feathery side or a little softer than they should be in the punchier parts of the score. For all the problems and weaknesses of this score, though, it still manages to rank above They Live in terms of quality and variation. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide

Performer	Various Artists
Music genre	Soundtracks
Music subgenre	CD - Soundtrack
Media format	CD
Original release date	2023-06-05
Edition	Standard Edition
Language	English
Number of tracks	10
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Various Artists - Christine (Original Motion Picture Score) COMPACT DISCS
Track listing	Arnie's Love Theme, Obsessed with the Car, Football Run/Kill Your Kids, The Rape, The Discovery, Show Me, Moochie's Death, Junkins, Bukkie's Death, Nobody's Home/ Restored, Car Obsession Reprise, Christine Attacks (Plymouth Fury), Talk on the Couch, Regeneration, Darnell's Tonight, Arnie, Undented, Moochie Mix Four
Record label	Varese Sarabande
Target audience	Adult
Composer	Sambark
Songwriter	Christine / O.S.T.
Music producer	Sambark
Number in series	1
Occasion	All Occasion
Track name	Main Title, Bad to the Bone (performed by George Thorogood & the Destroyers), Not Fade Away (performed by Buddy Holly & the Crickets), Not Fade Away (performed by Tanya Tucker), The Name of the Game (performed by ABBA), Arnie's Love Theme, Runaway (performed by Bonnie Raitt), Pledging My Love (performed by Johnny Ace), Obsessed with the Car, Keep A-Knockin' (peformed by Little Richard), Football Run, Kill Your Kids, We Belong Together (performed by Robert & Johnny), I Wonder Why (performed by Dion & The Belmonts), The Rape, The Discovery, Show Me, Christine Perfect Again, Moochie's Death, Junkins, Buddie's Death, Darnell Enters Christine, Restored Again, Talk on the Couch, Death and Friendship, Darnell's Tonight, Christine Attacks (Plymouth Fury), Undented, Regeneration, Bonus Track: Moochie (Mix Four), Bonus Track: Moochie's Death (performed by Splash), Bonus Track: Moochie's Death (Extended Version) (performed by Splash), Bad To The Bone, Not Fade Away, Pledging My Love, We Belong Together, Keep A Knockin', I Wonder Why, Harlem Nocturne, Little Bitty Pretty One, Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay, Christine Attacks
Duration	62.02 min
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N