John Carpenter Debuts “The Dead Walk”

John Carpenter "The Dead Walk"

Legendary film director/musician John Carpenter has shared a new single and visualizer for “The Dead Walk,” a track from his first album of non-soundtrack music in nearly five years, Lost Themes III: Alive After Death (set for release February 5 from Sacred Bones). The song’s pulsing synths and skittering hi-hats calls to mind a zombie apocalypse situated in a discotheque, a mental image reinforced by the accompanying visualizer in which artwork by Boneface is given creepy life by Liam Brazier‘s animation. The clip also hints toward a more detailed visual collaboration to come…

On Lost Themes III: Alive After Death Carpenter collaborated with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. They’ve composed and performed as a trio since the first Lost Themes album in 2015: on studio albums, on soundtracks, and onstage. On Lost Themes III. The original Lost Themes album came as a surprise after years of relative silence from Carpenter, the third installment sees him in the midst of a resurgent moment as a cultural force. The trio’s 2018 Halloween score gave his music its biggest audience in decades.

John Carpenter
Lost Themes III:
Alive After Death
Track Listing

1. Alive After Death
2. Weeping Ghost
3. Dripping Blood
4. Dead Eyes
5. Vampire’s Touch
6. Cemetery
7. Skeleton
8. Turning the Bones
9. The Dead Walk
10. Carpathian Darkness