Dark Star

Released

1980

Recorded

1973

Genre

Length

51:01

Label

Citadel (original release)
We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want (2016 release)

John Carpenter chronology

Halloween
(1979)

Dark Star
(1980)

Escape from New York
(1981)

Dark Star is a soundtrack by John Carpenter for the 1974 film of the same name. While recorded in 1973, it wasn't released by Citadel until 1980, after the 1979 re-release of the film and the success of Carpenter's 1978 film Halloween. A limited expanded edition was released in 2016 through We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Music, Sound Effects and Dialogue Excerpts Part 1"	25:10
2.	"Music, Sound Effects and Dialogue Excerpts Part 2"	25:51
Total length:		51:01

2016 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
3.	"When Twilight Falls On NGC 891 (Spring Bossa)"	Martin Segundo and the Scintilla Strings (James Clarke)	3:47
4.	"Doolittle's Solo (Remake)"	Alan Howarth	1:21
5.	"Benson Arizona (Remake)"	Dominik Hauser	2:37

References

^ Morgan, Lee (4 January 2016). "John Carpenter's first film gets expanded vinyl reissue". Fact. VF Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

John Carpenter

Filmography

Directed	Captain Voyeur (1969, short) Dark Star (1974) Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Halloween (1978) Someone's Watching Me! (1978) Elvis (1979) The Fog (1980) Escape from New York (1981) The Thing (1982) Christine (1983) Starman (1984) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Prince of Darkness (1987) They Live (1988) Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) Body Bags (1993) In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Village of the Damned (1995) Escape from L.A. (1996) Vampires (1998) Ghosts of Mars (2001) "Cigarette Burns" (TV, 2005) "Pro-Life" (TV, 2006) The Ward (2010)
Written only	The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970, short) Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Halloween II (1981) Black Moon Rising (1986)
Produced only	Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) The Fog (2005)

Discography

Studio albums	Lost Themes (2015) Lost Themes II (2016) Anthology: Movie Themes 1974–1998 (2017) Lost Themes III: Alive After Death (2021)
Remix albums	Lost Themes Remixed (2015)
EPs	Classic Themes Redux EP (2016) Lost Cues: The Thing (2020)
Singles	"Skeleton"/"Unclean Spirit" (2020)
Scores and soundtracks	Halloween (1979) Dark Star (1980) Escape from New York (1981) Halloween II (1981) Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) The Fog (1984) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Prince of Darkness (1987) They Live (1988) Christine (1989) Body Bags (1993) In the Mouth of Madness (1995) Village of the Damned (1995) Escape from L.A. (1996) Vampires (1998) Ghosts of Mars (2001) Assault on Precinct 13 (2003) Halloween (2018) Halloween Kills (2021) Studio 666 (2022) Firestarter (2022) Halloween Ends (2022) Death of a Unicorn (TBA)