# Music in Escape from New York and Christine

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042 "2020-07-22T20:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042/1 "2020-07-22T20:09:41Z")

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I watched Christine a few days ago for the first time in decades. It was neat to hear the dramatic drum theme pacing some long smooth scenes. It is a similar score as “Escape From New York”, although not as incessant. I thought perhaps Christine used it first but no, "EFNY was earlier and Carpenter must have liked it that much.

Dennis

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042/2 "2020-07-22T20:17:17Z")

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Maybe John Carpenter just doesn’t have much range as a composer.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042/3 "2020-07-23T00:42:23Z")

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What a fucked up comment to make based on two data points. 🙄

You do know that [John Carpenter’s work is cited as one of the key focal points](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthwave) of an entire genre of music, don’t you?

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042/4 "2020-07-23T01:10:55Z")

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Don’t get me wrong: I like the soundtrack to his movies well enough. But there’s a certain similarity to it.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042/5 "2020-07-23T06:10:03Z")

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Totally agree. I love Carpenter as a director, and I like his soundtracks, but they do all sound very similar. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-escape-from-new-york-and-christine/916042/6 "2020-07-23T14:30:24Z")

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Heck, the score for Carpenter’s, “The Thing,” was done by the (recently) late Ennio Morricone but it sounds just like a JC score.