Artist

John Carpenter

filmmaker & composer

Jefferson County, United States · b. 1948

John Carpenter is a musician from Jefferson County, United States, active since 1948. Their discography on Gatefold includes 24 records. They also recorded with The Coupe de Villes.

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Albums tracked

209

In collections

1948

Since

2 projects · 209 records in Gatefold collections

Biography

American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer, born 16 January 1948 in Carthage, New York. Director of such movies as "Assault On Precinct 13", "The Fog", "Escape From New York", "The Thing", and "Halloween", Carpenter himself composed most of the soundtracks for his films (sometimes with Alan Howarth). His father (Howard Carpenter), his son (Cody Carpenter), and his godson Daniel Davies are also composers/musicians. He was married to actress Adrienne Barbeau from 1979 to 1984.
Note: in the eighties an LP and a series of 12"s were released with dancey versions of Carpenter's music. Though the sleeves didn't always mention it, those were recorded by The Splash Band.

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