Assault on Precinct 13 [Soundtrack]

assault on precinct 13 [soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Generique Assault - KRS-One,

2. Good Morning, Buddy

3. What's My Line-Up?

4. Masked Invaders

5. Complex Problems

6. Helicopter Delivery

7. Deadly Volunteer

8. Bishop Arrest

9. Party's Over

10. Burning Man

11. Rescue Capra

12. Hot Wire Girls

13. Your Dog Is a Dirty Pig

14. Precinct Breach

15. Duvall Showdown

16. Generique Assault [Radio Edit] - KRS-One,

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Assault on Precinct 13 [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

NOT CARPENTER'S ORIGINAL SCORE...IT'S A HACK JOB...
not for fans of carpenter's scores
Essential what?
AVOID THIS IMITATION GARBAGE!!!!! FAKE CARPENTER
"absolute in capturing the original scores"

The Essential John Carpenter: Halloween
John Carpenter
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Halloween: Theme (Mix 1)
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Starman: End Titles
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Assault On Precinct 13: Main Title
Assault On Precinct 13: Julie's Theme
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Customer Reviews:

NOT CARPENTER'S ORIGINAL SCORE...IT'S A HACK JOB..........2005-12-04

What a piece of ****. Do not buy this worthless CD. If you are a fan of John Carpenter's scores, you will not like this. Don't waste your money like I did...And the only reason it got one star is because you can't give it any less!

not for fans of carpenter's scores.......2004-12-03

like other reviewers said, this is someone else playing those classic carpenter tunes. sometimes it sounds like elevator music. unfortunately, the cover doesn't say anything about this piece of work...

Essential what?.......2003-07-08

As the previous reviewer noted, nowhere on this CD does it indicate that the 'Essential John Carpenter' is someone re-recording all of the famous cues. Naturally all the info is on the inside.

And the disc? I don't see the point in bothering. They might as well make Assault on Precinct 13, Dark Star, and They Live (which pretty much don't have scores in print anymore) available again, even if they have to combine a couple to make one disc.

Carpenter does not use orchestras or elaborate bands for his scores. He does most of it himself and that makes another Carpenter collection simple. It's not difficult to play the notes, but everything is just slightly off and after a while you wonder what's the point.

This is NOT the music from the Carpenter films you love. This is someone playing that music. Assault on Precinct 13, which provides most of the attraction of this pretty worthless disc, sounds lousy and has none of the life of the throbbing synth of the original. Not only that, but they have the nerve to throw in two (2) cues from Starman, a Carpenter film that he didn't do his own music for(!) Instead the disc is broken by the Jerry Goldsmith pieces that sound NOTHING like anything Carpenter has done. It's bad--it belongs elsewhere, namely the Starman soundtrack which is still in print.

Stay away from this thing. It's a ripoff, another attempt to cash in on a name without providing any real product.

AVOID THIS IMITATION GARBAGE!!!!! FAKE CARPENTER.......2003-06-25

These jerks did a great job hiding the fact that these tracks are re-recorded by some schlep. Avoid this lame piece of garbage at all costs. The tones are totally wrong, it sounds very little like the genius originals. I bought this to get some of the Assault on Precinct 13 stuff, and was horrified to find that everything had been re-recorded. THIS IS NOT MENTIONED ON THE OUTER PACKAGING IN ANY WAY!!! You would never know until you open it and read the liners. Shame on these bastards for trying to dupe and rip people off. AVOID THIS [STUFF]!!!

"absolute in capturing the original scores".......2002-12-03

Hats off to Gareth Williams, James Fitzpatrick and Silva Screen Records for this venture into the world of John Carpenter. Silva has done a masterful job of recreating the feel of the original Carpenter film scores. This awesome compilation of "great thriller music" sends chills up our spines from composers Ennio Morricone, Jack Nitzsche, Dave Davies, Alan Howarth and of course John Carpenter. Each selection is arranged and performed with plenty of suspense dating back to 1974, which gave the audience a supernatural and imaginative fright. Each score paints the mood for every cue, which writer, producer and director Carpenter required...and then some.

Each score takes on a life of its own away from the film. If you've never seen any of the films, your imagination plays a key role interpreting what our legendary director/composer has up his sleeve when writing and directing the music. Entire album is a stand out ~ this one's for Carpenter and Silva fans alike, a collection for the first time with tremendours power and immediacy of each cue can now be heard. With Dolby Digital Surround Sound Recordings...this is a must have for your collection. All "film-score-buffs" beware, this is guranteed to give your goosebumps on the very first track, gotta love it!

Tracks:

Generique Assault - KRS-One,
Good Morning, Buddy
What's My Line-Up?
Masked Invaders
Complex Problems
Helicopter Delivery
Deadly Volunteer
Bishop Arrest
Party's Over
Burning Man
Rescue Capra
Hot Wire Girls
Your Dog Is a Dirty Pig
Precinct Breach
Duvall Showdown
Generique Assault [Radio Edit] - KRS-One,

Customer Reviews:

Still Numba 1.........2005-02-16

Where ever you turn your face , you'll see the one and only Krs-one leading hiphop.its been more than 16 years in hiphop, and that man knows what REAL Hiphop is , Hiphop industry is still alive because of rappers like him.I Would advice any person who listens to hiphop to buy this album , and trust me , you wont skip a track.

Average customer rating:

Classic electronica
Crank it up
People, this is the score for 'Assault on Precinct 13.'

Assault on Precinct 13
John Carpenter
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C6JRW
Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

Assault On Precinct 13
Napoleon Wilson
Street Thunder
Precinct 9 - Division 13
Targets / Ice Cream Man On Edge
Wrong Flavour
Emergy Stop
Lawson's Revenge
Sanctuary
Second Wave
The Windows!
Julie
Well's Flight
To The Basement
Waliking Out
Assault On Precinct 13

Album Description

On its release in 1976, John Carpenter's bleak siege movie Assault On Precinct 13 became a cult classic. But it's Carpenter's minimalist synthesizer score that creates much of the film's tense and menacing atmosphere, and is recognized as a touchstone in electronic music. This 25-minute score has never been available on CD, until now. In the liner notes Carpenter admits he ripped off Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Sing' for his simple synth refrain. 16 tracks & 16-page booklet with film notes, score notes, producer's notes, interview, & color photos. Record Makers. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Classic electronica.......2006-07-02

Finally. The score from the original Assault Soundtrack is available. This is some very very seminal minimalist electronica composed by John Carpenter himself. The mivie itself is fantastic and the soundtrack in itself is very very good. It is surprisingly modern when you consider when it was recorded and also when you read that it took him 3 days only. OK it is somewhat short at below 40 minutes but it is very very consistent. The quality of the recording is first-rate and the sound is not dated at all with very profound bass coming out. It is minimalist electronic music that antedates a lot of stuff that would become popular much later on.

Crank it up.......2005-01-21

Finally, an offical release of Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 sees the light of day.

This is a bit expensive, but it is the offical product from Carpetner, sounding better than any of the bootlegs and way better than any of those 'The Music of John Carpenter' discs that featured re-recordings of the director's famed cues.

Do note that the disc is very short, around half an hour. Carpenter admitted to writing this score in about three days. It's spare, minimal, and very fitting for the stark, Rio Bravo update. We have big, fat, warm synths, mid-70s style (the kind you had to warm up) and that constant swishing, chattering percussion that keeps things tense (the stalking of the ice cream truck by the gang, the gang's appearance from nowhere as they descend on the police station). Highlights are the title, of course, and The Windows, which features another big, fat synth line. Some may find it all cheesy, but Carpenter fans will appreciate what the maverick director could do with a low budget and his own wits. You will also find lots of repetition among the many tracks here, as in other early Carpenter scores (Halloween, The Fog), but the cues are effective and an important part of the film.

Highly recommended for Carpenter fans. I doubt it'll be in print for very long, so it's worth picking up.

People, this is the score for 'Assault on Precinct 13.'.......2004-05-09

There are not as lot of cues, and it's pretty short; but it's got interesting textures. Monotonous but never tedious -- sort of like Can or Neu! My wife hates this stuff. But she can also name that tune in less than two notes...

It's a bit expensive, but if you like the Escape From New York disc, then this will be right up your alley.

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