Christine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Score [Soundtrack]

John Carpenter (Composer), John Carpenter (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: John Carpenter, John Carpenter
• Audio CD (June 1, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014R9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,867 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Halloween

Track Listings

1. Arnie's Love Theme - John Carpenter

2. Obsessed With the Car

3. Football Run: Kill Your Kids

4. Rape

5. Discovery

6. Show Me

7. Moochie's Death

8. Junkins

9. Buddie's Death

10. Nobody's Home/Restored

11. Car Obsession Reprise

12. Christine Attacks (Plymouth Fury)

13. Talk on the Couch

14. Regeneration

15. Darnell's Tonight

16. Arnie

17. Undented

18. Moochie Mix Four

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Soundtracks & Scores
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 16-OCT-1989

Customer Reviews

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but somewhat dissapointing, October 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Christine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Score (Audio CD)

Having purchased what I presumed to be a CD of the 1950's music I was dissapointed to find it was not what I had anticipated. I had aquired a copy audio tape of the 50's music to Christine years before I actually saw the movie and aquired the video. I have spent the last ten years desperately trying to find a supplier to replace my audio tape (which became 'Pepsi' contaminated)or aquire a CD of the origional music, c'mon guys - somebody out there must know where I can get my hands on some of the best music included on an excellant film track?

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, This Is The SCORE Album, June 30, 2003

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"sixpackrt" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Score (Audio CD)

An amazing number of people have shunned this album simply because it is not the soundtrack containing the classic oldies songs from the film. That is no reason to give this excellent album a one star rating. The original soundtrack album was released in 1983 on Motown Records and just never made the cut when things were being changed over to CD in 1985. Copies of that LP can be found frequently on online auctions. But for those who appreciate a good film score or John Carpenter's minimalist synth music in general, this score album released by Varese Sarabande is worth every cent. Unlike many score albums, the whole thing hangs together. When the music isn't outright scary, it's unforgetably haunting and surprisingly touching. There is a tone of tragedy here that I would never have expected the score to touch on. As always, Carpenter throws very little into the pot and pours out plenty. 100% atmosphere.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One man and a synthesizer, May 27, 2005

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N. P. Stathoulopoulos "nick9155" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Score (Audio CD)

This is not a disc of the classic rock of the film, but of Carpenter's typically minimal score. It's not one of his best, but it's good for the sad Carpenter addict (like your humble reviewer).

He makes good use of a few cues, more like his earlier scores but he adds some simple textures elsewhere. Not as memorable as Halloween or Escape from New York and not as good as The Thing disc (with a lot of Morricone's leftover music) but decent enough.

With the recent Special Edition DVD they should put together a combo of the score and the rock tracks, though I wouldn't bet on it soon.

Some good tracks include the simple, driving cue heard when Christine runs down the despicable Moochie Wells, and also when Christine chases the rest of the 20-something high school delinquents in the film. Not the best Carpenter flick, far from his worst, that's about where the score is. Definitely Carpenter, but could have used fatter, fuzzier synths.