The Fog (soundtrack)

The Fog
The Fog
Soundtrack album by John Carpenter
Released	October 2012
Recorded	1979
Studio	Sound Arts Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Electronic; ambient; film score;
Length	109:45
Label	Silva Screen

The Fog
The Fog
Film score by John Carpenter
Released	1984
Recorded	1979
Studio	Sound Arts Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Electronic; ambient; film score;
Length	33:55 (original release); 56:15 (2000 release); 109:45 (2012 release)
Label	Varèse Sarabande (original release); Silva Screen (2000 & 2012 releases)
John Carpenter chronology
Alternative cover
	2000 expanded edition

Professional ratings
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AllMusic	^[1]

The Fog is a soundtrack album composed and performed by John Carpenter, featuring the score to the 1980 film The Fog. It was released in 1984 through Varèse Sarabande. An expanded edition was released in 2000 through Silva Screen Records, containing an extra six tracks not included on the original release (one of them being an interview with Jamie Lee Curtis). In 2012, another expanded edition was released through Silva Screen Records, containing all of the tracks from the 2000 release and all of the original score cues.

John Carpenter considers it to be one of his best scores.^[2]

Track listing

All music is composed by John Carpenter

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Matthew’s Ghost Story"	2:45
2.	"Main Title Theme"	5:00
3.	"Walk to the Lighthouse"	2:40
4.	"Rocks at Drake’s Bay"	2:24
5.	"The Fog"	3:20
6.	"Antonio Bay"	4:25
7.	"Tommy Tells of Ghost Ships"	2:13
8.	"Reel 9"	11:08
Total length:		33:55

2000 expanded edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prologue Narrated by John Houseman"	2:37
2.	"Theme from 'The Fog'"	5:09
3.	"Matthew Ghost Story"	2:48
4.	"Walk to the Lighthouse"	2:39
5.	"Rocks at Drake's Bay"	2:23
6.	"The Fog"	3:15
7.	"Antonio Bay"	4:27
8.	"Tommy Tells of Ghost Ships"	2:14
9.	"Reel 9"	10:58
10.	"Main Theme – Reprise"	1:45
11.	"The Fog Rolls In"	2:48
12.	"Blake In the Sanctuary"	7:45
13.	"Finale"	1:19
14.	"Radio Interview with Jamie Lee Curtis About The Fog"	6:08
Total length:		56:15

2012 expanded edition

Disc One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prologue from The Fog"	2:36
2.	"Theme from The Fog"	5:07
3.	"Matthew Ghost Story"	2:47
4.	"Walk to the Lighthouse"	2:37
5.	"Rocks at Drake's Bay"	2:23
6.	"The Fog"	3:14
7.	"Antonio Bay"	4:26
8.	"Tommy Tells of Ghost Ships"	2:13
9.	"Reel 9"	10:56
10.	"Main Theme – Reprise"	1:43
11.	"The Fog Rolls In"	2:46
12.	"Blake In the Sanctuary"	7:43
13.	"Finale"	1:18
14.	"Radio Interview with Jamie Lee Curtis"	6:06
Total length:		55:55

Disc Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ghost Story"	4:12
2.	"The Journal"	2:27
3.	"Seagrass Attack"	3:57
4.	"Andy on the Beach"	1:10
5.	"Where's the Seagrass?"	1:07
6.	"Stevie's Lighthouse"	1:28
7.	"Something to Show You"	2:27
8.	"An Evil Plan"	2:22
9.	"Weatherman"	3:30
10.	"Walk to Lighthouse"	2:47
11.	"Dane"	1:41
12.	"Morgue"	2:38
13.	"The Fog Approaches"	2:22
14.	"Knock at the Door"	2:14
15.	"Fog Reflection"	1:14
16.	"Andy's In Trouble"	2:51
17.	"The Fog Enters Town"	7:24
18.	"Revenge"	2:17
19.	"Number 6"	2:41
20.	"The Fog End Credits"	3:01
Total length:		53:50

Personnel

John Carpenter – composition, performance
Dan Wyman – synthesizer programming
Bob Walter – music coordinator
Jim Cypherd – recording engineer

References

^ McDonald, Steven. "John Carpenter: The Fog [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
^ "The Fog Soundtrack". theofficialjohncarpenter.com. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

[allmusic-1] McDonald, Steven. "John Carpenter: The Fog [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

[theofficialjohncarpenter-2] "The Fog Soundtrack". theofficialjohncarpenter.com. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

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