This came on cable tv in the 90’s and I woke up to the beginning of it. Alone. In the dark. And watched it. Because I was not going to look for a light switch. Top-tier Carpenter!👍🥂❤️
This is like The Fog, like in real life, it never gives you the full picture. "They" don't want you to have it whether you the President or a junkie lowlife.
So glad that many of the comments are positive for this youtube video. "John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness" is one of his most underrated movies(my favorite Carpenter movie). It is so ahead of it's time, along side: "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Altered States". What all three of these movies have in common are science, religion and horror. Great score by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth. Til this day, this movie disturbs me.
@@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr LOL, right, because any piece of crap that gains a cult following is "ahead of its time". Prince of Darkness nowadays has a certain campy, cheesy charm. Because of the 80s music, old fashion, OTT moments. In other words, it's so ridiculous and bad, it's entertaining. The problem is Carpenter probably intended the movie to be a serious, creepy horror. And if you judge it from this perspective, it fails on almost every level. Just because the director's bad choices accidently resulted in the movie having some charm doesn't mean it was "ahead of its time". It's a piece of shit.
@@PiCheZvara You and I see this movie very differently. I can think of multiple scenes that genuinely creep me out, and I haven't noticed anything campy about it. In my opinion it holds up incredibly well.
Actually as someone who saw this when it came out and also had a chance to interview Carpenter shortly afterward I admire a lot of what he tried doing. It's flawed but still gives me the creeps and succeeds in being hard to sit through with the lights off. My Favourite of his has to be Starman followed by Halloween and then the original Assault on Precinct 13 and Escape from New York.
Prince of Darkness is one of my favorite John Carpenters films. What makes the film stand out for me are the visuals, the dread, the suspense, and also top-notch music. This is the best score I've heard which fits really well with the film, you can feel the weight of doom pushing you down.
"This is not a dream... not a dream. We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver..." his best score and one of the BEST final scenes in movie history!
@@linkinparkrulz2275 I agree, the first version of the film I watched was the old UK version where they just ended with the dream sequence and cut the jumpscare. Way more ominous that way I think.
"This is not a dream... not a dream. We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver. We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference. You are receiving this broadcast as a dream. We are transmitting from the year one, nine, nine, nine. You are receiving this broadcast in order to alter the events you are seeing. Our technology has not developed a transmitter strong enough to reach your conscious state of awareness, but this is not a dream. You are seeing what is actually occurring for the purpose of causality violation."
Adam Bender 79 so you haven’t seen VVitch, Midsommar, Hereditary, The Lighthouse, or Kill List. Today is a time when horror films are horrific, not just popcorn fair. I’ll admit they all owe to Carpenter, but Prince of Darkness is by no means one of his best efforts.
@@GarnetBering93 You're right but it's one of my favorite 80s horror movies. The whole premise of trying to kill as many kids as possible creates a really eerie atmosphere.
This score gives me chills everytime i hear it. Makes you wonder if something could exist like this that we are unaware of hidden so it wouldnt cause panic.
@@ruizj2006 The Fog, Prince of Darkness and H3 are three of my five favorite movie scores of all time. The other two are Halloween 2018 and Halloween Kills. My loyalties are clear!
As a long time fan of this film... *what* a cover! Wow! There's so much going on in the cover art, and it's a true embodiment of what happens in the film. Amazing!
The entire film is a guilty pleasure and an unsettling tale of supernatural-scientific horror. It has a strong atmosphere, the recurring dream-sequence and the shot inside the mirror-universe close to the end of the film are some of the most chilling movie-scenes I've ever seen. A classic!
Love this album and especially love the movie. One of Carpenters greatest horror movies and teaches alot about science and philosophy and religion and space. All in one movie.
Oh yes, the idea of it, that religion and science are basically two parts of a single way to percieve and understand reality, that evil very well *does, in fact* have an actual, material form... Very interesting, high concept stuff. And the soundtrack does so much to enrich the atmosphere of these propositions, gives you this animalistic feeling that something horrible is actually coming. You feel it in your gut. And the entire side-plot about our heroes recieving messages from what seems to be the future with a grim warning for something they have to stop in their time actually goes on to add further for the foreboding horror. Simply put - it's f*cking genius. That's about it, actually.
@@linkinparkrulz2275 Well, I am unsure that there can really be any kind of even semi-serious philosophical discussion on the topics of it. Because it’s just dark fantasy and has very little to do with reality. This is not The Matrix or anything, it’s basically one of those Creepshow magazine stories made into a feature film. And boy oh boy is it glorious. The kind of horror it presents is the standard Lovecraftian kind of mind-shattering realization that there is very physical evil force that is trying to invade our reality. And such horror is best when there is little to no clear explanation to its workings. Simplicity is best. As is with prevalent amount of Carpenter movies.
@@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253 Which is the problem because he stuffs heavy-handed dialogue in the first half to make it seem like it's building to something deep, then throws that out the window in favor of a conventional zombie-horror plot that just happens to include satan. The movie needed to go one way or the other. If it didn't have a single kill in it but just had the entire 'satan rising' psychological horror element then I think critics would've highly favored it. That's what it seems like the film should be. That or go full b-movie and exclude the heavy handed dialogue since it has no factor on the second half of the film.
When I was in college I used to put my headphones in and listen to 'team assembly' while I walked to the library in the dark (we had late night study meetings before projects) to meet with my study group partners.
The premise of this movie was so terrifying. Of course, Carpenter scores it perfectly. Donald Pleasant's characters, in all of Carpenters films, are always so desperately helpless to the point of becoming a drinking game. Carpenter proves you can do a lot with a little.
I don`t think he "proves anything" to the regular filmmaker. He, only Carpenter can do a masterpiece with little budget. I dare Michael bay, Spielberg or JJ Abrams to try to do a very good film without tons of money.
This movie always gets overlooked in the Carpenter library, which is a shame since it has a really interesting premise and is unsettling on different levels.
Saw this in the cinemas back in 87 when i was nine in a Samoa.. man, i got into so many movies that were r rated at such a young age. All the Action movies of the time, horror, sci fi , to kung fu, i got into em all. Great quality, better than most on youtube.
With less notes than the theme for "The Thing" he architects this complete picture of powerful fear and dread. It's not the bug money shot, it's not the hand through the mirror, it's not even Alice Cooper. It's the little things like the slow realization of entrapment, denial and then belief. LOVE the album picture, atmosphere and ESPECIALLY the occasional pops of true vinyl.
Listen to The Thing soundtrack. It has layers of horror that were omitted from the movie, which is a shame. But I still rate the movie 8 out of 10. Would be 10 out of 10 if Carpenter hadn't limited the soundtrack.
I love these and the works of Vangelis too on vinyl too. they take you to so many places and recount images from the movies you have seen too. Thanks for the upload!
Carpenter's best scores was when he collaborated with Alan Howarth and this one was no exception. This has to be one of my top ten favorite film scores. Notice how Carpenter's scores were never the same when he stopped collaborating with Howarth. Vampires was a solo effort by Carpenter, but lacked that punch that his previous scores had.
If you've heard the Lost Themes trilogy or the scores for the new Halloween movies, you'll know how wrong you are. Vampires wasn't good because Carpenter was in a creative sag. The movie was poor, and the score reflected that.
@@davidchapman6504 Vampires had gorgeous cinematography, a stellar cast, a sense of humor and gore galore. It suffered from bad pacing and a sub-par score. It was his last decent film(let's forget Ghosts of Mars). I stand by what I say regarding his best work was with collaboration with Howarth.
Great sound from that new vinyl. Thanks for posting. One of the more frightening images from the movie is the shadowy figure in the doorway of the church. I'll never forget that.
This was a great film. Originally rented it on Apple TV because I was on a John Carpenter binge. I loved this film's atmosphere so much despite it being an older film. I went on to purchase the 4K blu-ray of this film to own. No regrets. Just a lover of cinema... :)
For what it's worth, the Prince of Darkness is actually closer to a "Symbolic Horror" which in itself, could be a sort of sub genre of "Psychological Horror". The movie relies very heavy on symbols like the demonic symbol on some of the casts hands. The use of the homeless and downtrodden to symbolize easy to manipulate people. The mirrors who symbolize our darker selves. The time transmissions during the film. All of these elements lead to a truly creepy and while seemingly poorly acted and oddly scripted, a slice of how a group of college students would act in such a scenario. This was deliberate, as this is John Carpenter's style. The combination of symbolism, seemingly out of pace acting ,and a creepy score, truly make this a cult favorite for those who seek an escape from the tired and trope ridden garbage of modern horror. The film is nearly film project grade, cheesy, and very low budget. But it and many others in it's genre (Phantasm being another cult favorite) make this a very underrated and very worthy of a sequel film. I think many in the horror community would like a follow up as to what 1999 brought upon the world by Brian's former love Catherine. And the question answered if it was Brian who invented the machine to send himself a message from 12 years into the future.
John, thanks so much for this excellent upload of The Prince of Darkness soundtrack. One of the highest quality uploads I had the pleasure to experience. Thanks again.
This is the only film where science and religion is so well blended. Terrifying. The soundtrack is one of his very best. I love the amazing artwork on your LP's cover, BTW!
And it was perfectly sandwiched in between The Thing and In The Mouth Of Madness as part of his Apocalypse Trilogy. As you say, BOTH the scientific and religious aspects of the movie are so well combined that either an atheist or a Christian would find it horrifying. The science-based atheist because such a situation in real life, would justify scripture and religion and make it quantifiable to a certain extent. And the Christian, simply because his beliefs have been confirmed and made real by science. The "fear of God", so to speak, would hit them in completely different ways, but it would be just as horrifying to both.
This was my first Carpenter's movie, at a local horror movie marathon. To this day, it's among the top 10 in my personal best movie list, together with "In The Mouth Of Madness" also by Carpenter, and I wish more people knew of them!
i love the Death Waltz pressings for John (& Allen)'s works. the covers are really wonderful. especially Halloween II, and They Live. i hope they do a run on the rest (Big Trouble in Little China!!!).
+boleplissken Too bad the movie wasn't his best...but it's close. My opinion: 1. Starman 2. The Thing 3. Halloween 4. Big Trouble in Little China 5. Prince of Darkness 6. Escape from New York 7. They Live 8. Assault on Precinct 13 9. The Fog 10. In the Mouth of Madness Runner-ups: Christine Dark Star Halloween III (say what you will, I enjoyed it. Even if he only scored the film, but he wrote some of it)
I have never had a chance to see Starman, even tho I have seen 90% of all 80's movies. Too bad John & Howarth didn't score it. My top 10 Carpenter list is. Escape from NY-The Thing-They Live-Prince Of Darkness-Big Trouble-Christine-Assault on Precinct 13-Mouth Of Madness-The Fog-Halloween.
I think it's great that his fan's top 10 can be so different from one another. Anyway, here's mine: 1. The Fog 2. Halloween 3. The Thing 4. Prince of Darkness 5. Escape from New York 6. Assault on Precinct 13 7. They Live 8. In the Mouth of Madness 9. Big Trouble in Little China 10. Vampires
my list changes all the time but will always contain these 1. The Thing 2. Prince of Darkness 3. They Live 4. Big Trouble in little China 5. In the Mouth of Madness 6. Escape from New York 7. The Fog 8. Halloween 9. Christine 10. Ghosts of Mars
A good fit for this hour of the day as the sky's darkening to a roiling mass of necrotic-bruised hue, leaves rustle as the wind bullies the boughs, and a cloudburst might send down the wrath from some eldritch provenance... :)
Thanks very much for these videos. I'm a big fan of Alan Miller's channel and it's great to see someone else doing this sort of thing. I love listening to the vinyl versions of Carpenter's soundtracks, and this is one of the best (and one of his most underrated films). I love writing to these, so thank you for putting these up. Looking forward to more uploads :) ~ Mike
The front end gives us momentum and the story being pushed forward. But the real power comes from synths at the back end, and the quiet moments that are dripping in atmosphere and character.
Its so cool to hear this when played Dead space 2! First heard The Thing Main Theme, then the Fog soundtrack then in the Unitoligy Church/Cemetrary this Track goes on! Damn thats cool shit when Masterpieces Colide !!!
This is actually one of the extremely rare cases in which I would like to see a remake. The theme of ancient evil being explored scientifically is intriguing, and I'd like to see a competent filmmaker do a modern take on it. Not necessarily a pure remake of POD per se, but even a totally different film that tackles the same themes. One of my favourite films, by the way.
I think the movie was trying to combine H.P. Lovecraft with theological horror like The Exorcist and The Omen, and I don't think the two genres mesh very well. I would've preferred more Cthulhu and less Satan.
One aspect of this movie I love is that even if God is real, he's not at all as benevolent as we thought. THAT'S the type of shit that scares me. More movies like that, please.
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This came on cable tv in the 90’s and I woke up to the beginning of it. Alone. In the dark. And watched it. Because I was not going to look for a light switch. Top-tier Carpenter!👍🥂❤️
Pizza Face😅...uh..uh...aaahhhh😮!
This is like The Fog, like in real life, it never gives you the full picture. "They" don't want you to have it whether you the President or a junkie lowlife.
both movie and score are horribly underrated.
Yes indeed. Both peices are awesome for what they are. 2021 baby! 😎🍸
A shame the script has more holes than swiss cheese... everything else about it is great except maybe the casting.
Some.
@@linkinparkrulz2275 You missed the point then?
@@linkinparkrulz2275 The casting was all right. Maybe the black fellow who sings are a little cheesy thou.
So glad that many of the comments are positive for this youtube video. "John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness" is one of his most underrated movies(my favorite Carpenter movie). It is so ahead of it's time, along side: "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Altered States". What all three of these movies have in common are science, religion and horror. Great score by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth. Til this day, this movie disturbs me.
So ahead of its time? In terms of what?
@@PiCheZvara When the movie came out people hated it from what I've heard. So I'd say that makes it ahead of its time.
@@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr LOL, right, because any piece of crap that gains a cult following is "ahead of its time".
Prince of Darkness nowadays has a certain campy, cheesy charm. Because of the 80s music, old fashion, OTT moments. In other words, it's so ridiculous and bad, it's entertaining.
The problem is Carpenter probably intended the movie to be a serious, creepy horror. And if you judge it from this perspective, it fails on almost every level. Just because the director's bad choices accidently resulted in the movie having some charm doesn't mean it was "ahead of its time".
It's a piece of shit.
@@PiCheZvara You and I see this movie very differently. I can think of multiple scenes that genuinely creep me out, and I haven't noticed anything campy about it. In my opinion it holds up incredibly well.
Actually as someone who saw this when it came out and also had a chance to interview Carpenter shortly afterward I admire a lot of what he tried doing. It's flawed but still gives me the creeps and succeeds in being hard to sit through with the lights off. My Favourite of his has to be Starman followed by Halloween and then the original Assault on Precinct 13 and Escape from New York.
Prince of Darkness is one of my favorite John Carpenters films. What makes the film stand out for me are the visuals, the dread, the suspense, and also top-notch music. This is the best score I've heard which fits really well with the film, you can feel the weight of doom pushing you down.
"This is not a dream... not a dream. We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver..."
his best score and one of the BEST final scenes in movie history!
"...you are receiving this reply as a dream..."
One of the best and scariest!!!!
That jump scare at the end was dumb, they should've just left it with the eerie visual from the recording
those parts are the creepiest scenes in the film
@@linkinparkrulz2275 I agree, the first version of the film I watched was the old UK version where they just ended with the dream sequence and cut the jumpscare. Way more ominous that way I think.
One of the scariest masterpiece i've never seen/heard. The Carpenter's genius. Thanks for the share.
Freaky Premonional Nightmare Sequence😮!
"This is not a dream... not a dream. We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver. We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference. You are receiving this broadcast as a dream. We are transmitting from the year one, nine, nine, nine. You are receiving this broadcast in order to alter the events you are seeing. Our technology has not developed a transmitter strong enough to reach your conscious state of awareness, but this is not a dream. You are seeing what is actually occurring for the purpose of causality violation."
That's it ! i'm calling the Police !
This used to creep the shit out of me when I was a kid.
@Hobarth McShane lmao!
@XDranzer000 Yep.
@@chrisbevard You and me both buddy.
This has more suspense in the first 5 minutes than any modern horror movie.
Truth and nothing but the truth.
Adam Bender 79 so you haven’t seen VVitch, Midsommar, Hereditary, The Lighthouse, or Kill List. Today is a time when horror films are horrific, not just popcorn fair. I’ll admit they all owe to Carpenter, but Prince of Darkness is by no means one of his best efforts.
warrcc c that is the entire point. Horror films are not supposed to be fun, they’re supposed to be an unpleasant experience.
warrcc c real horror is not about men in hockey makes stabbing teenagers in the dark. It’s about existential dread.
Correct!
I listen to this on headphones while walking in the woods at night. It's a trip, try it.
On mushrooms?
I did this once with Einstürzende Neubauten's "Halber Mensch"
I listen to debbie gibson whilst,... WHILST!!!..... hunting ppl at night in woods
Agreed.
women please dont do this
*There's something so genuinely EERIE and HAUNTING about this film and the soundtrack that it bothers me...yet I still keep coming back to them*
It is hard to say which of the John Carpenter's scores is the best, but Prince of Darkness is definitely in my top three
"Season of the Witch" is so underrated.
@@GarnetBering93 Totally agreed, I got this on cd and listen to it at least once a week. Great, great atmosphere and as you said, very underestimated.
@@GarnetBering93 You're right but it's one of my favorite 80s horror movies. The whole premise of trying to kill as many kids as possible creates a really eerie atmosphere.
This score gives me chills everytime i hear it. Makes you wonder if something could exist like this that we are unaware of hidden so it wouldnt cause panic.
I feel this is one of the most underrated film scores for a Carpenter flick.
No, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is. Everyone avoids it only because its not a Michael Myers movie. But his score is the soul of the 80s.
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@@ruizj2006 The Fog, Prince of Darkness and H3 are three of my five favorite movie scores of all time. The other two are Halloween 2018 and Halloween Kills. My loyalties are clear!
I think it's carpenters best score
Underrated movie for sure, and my favorite Carpeter score.
Carpenter is a genius. This film is vastly underrated. So much effort went into this eerie soundtrack. One of his best scores, imo.
As a long time fan of this film... *what* a cover! Wow! There's so much going on in the cover art, and it's a true embodiment of what happens in the film. Amazing!
The entire film is a guilty pleasure and an unsettling tale of supernatural-scientific horror. It has a strong atmosphere, the recurring dream-sequence and the shot inside the mirror-universe close to the end of the film are some of the most chilling movie-scenes I've ever seen. A classic!
Love this album and especially love the movie. One of Carpenters greatest horror movies and teaches alot about science and philosophy and religion and space. All in one movie.
Oh yes, the idea of it, that religion and science are basically two parts of a single way to percieve and understand reality, that evil very well *does, in fact* have an actual, material form... Very interesting, high concept stuff. And the soundtrack does so much to enrich the atmosphere of these propositions, gives you this animalistic feeling that something horrible is actually coming. You feel it in your gut.
And the entire side-plot about our heroes recieving messages from what seems to be the future with a grim warning for something they have to stop in their time actually goes on to add further for the foreboding horror.
Simply put - it's f*cking genius. That's about it, actually.
@@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253 Too bad literally every idea in the film is too half-baked to be something worth actual philosophical discussion
@@linkinparkrulz2275 Well, I am unsure that there can really be any kind of even semi-serious philosophical discussion on the topics of it. Because it’s just dark fantasy and has very little to do with reality.
This is not The Matrix or anything, it’s basically one of those Creepshow magazine stories made into a feature film. And boy oh boy is it glorious. The kind of horror it presents is the standard Lovecraftian kind of mind-shattering realization that there is very physical evil force that is trying to invade our reality.
And such horror is best when there is little to no clear explanation to its workings. Simplicity is best. As is with prevalent amount of Carpenter movies.
@@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253 Which is the problem because he stuffs heavy-handed dialogue in the first half to make it seem like it's building to something deep, then throws that out the window in favor of a conventional zombie-horror plot that just happens to include satan.
The movie needed to go one way or the other. If it didn't have a single kill in it but just had the entire 'satan rising' psychological horror element then I think critics would've highly favored it. That's what it seems like the film should be. That or go full b-movie and exclude the heavy handed dialogue since it has no factor on the second half of the film.
@@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253.. couldn't have put it more succinctly than that!
When I was in college I used to put my headphones in and listen to 'team assembly' while I walked to the library in the dark (we had late night study meetings before projects) to meet with my study group partners.
Very cool
They thought you were a creep and a weirdo. I say good taste.
@@Emulous79 lol more of a geek than a creep or maybe a hybrid...greep
That is why you are cool.
One of my all time favourite horror films! John Carpenter is the Man! Thanks for uploading this 🖤🫡
Carpenter's greatest and most versatile score.
The premise of this movie was so terrifying. Of course, Carpenter scores it perfectly. Donald Pleasant's characters, in all of Carpenters films, are always so desperately helpless to the point of becoming a drinking game. Carpenter proves you can do a lot with a little.
I don`t think he "proves anything" to the regular filmmaker. He, only Carpenter can do a masterpiece with little budget. I dare Michael bay, Spielberg or JJ Abrams to try to do a very good film without tons of money.
He shoved that woman into the mirror and killed her. Kind of an asshole priest. A better ending would've been if he sacrificed himself.
One of my alltime favorite horror movies with The fog or The Thing. John Carpenter is a real living legend!!!!
This movie always gets overlooked in the Carpenter library, which is a shame since it has a really interesting premise and is unsettling on different levels.
Yes loved the movie and soundtrack. Carpenter is a genius. Thanks for the music!
OUTSTANDING score by the Master JOHN CARPENTER!!! this is his most underrated movie & score but to me IT'S his MASTERPIECE
Saw this in the cinemas back in 87 when i was nine in a Samoa.. man, i got into so many movies that were r rated at such a young age. All the Action movies of the time, horror, sci fi , to kung fu, i got into em all. Great quality, better than most on youtube.
This has got to be one of my favorite John Carpenter soundtracks. Just perfectly sparse and eerie.
Master class in cinema as in making the soundtracks , John the master Carpenter
With less notes than the theme for "The Thing" he architects this complete picture of powerful fear and dread. It's not the bug money shot, it's not the hand through the mirror, it's not even Alice Cooper. It's the little things like the slow realization of entrapment, denial and then belief. LOVE the album picture, atmosphere and ESPECIALLY the occasional pops of true vinyl.
Yapostadodat The Thing was Ennio Morricone's music. not as minimalist as Carpenter
Listen to The Thing soundtrack. It has layers of horror that were omitted from the movie, which is a shame. But I still rate the movie 8 out of 10. Would be 10 out of 10 if Carpenter hadn't limited the soundtrack.
Thanks for uploading this fantastic soundtrack, one of my favourite Carpenter scores.
I love these and the works of Vangelis too on vinyl too. they take you to so many places and recount images from the movies you have seen too. Thanks for the upload!
How about Goblin?
Man, I love this movie. Thanks for uploading this soundtrack!
bloody hell! listening to this with headphones on HAHAH! EPIC!
Carpenter's best scores was when he collaborated with Alan Howarth and this one was no exception. This has to be one of my top ten favorite film scores. Notice how Carpenter's scores were never the same when he stopped collaborating with Howarth. Vampires was a solo effort by Carpenter, but lacked that punch that his previous scores had.
If you've heard the Lost Themes trilogy or the scores for the new Halloween movies, you'll know how wrong you are. Vampires wasn't good because Carpenter was in a creative sag. The movie was poor, and the score reflected that.
@@davidchapman6504 Vampires had gorgeous cinematography, a stellar cast, a sense of humor and gore galore. It suffered from bad pacing and a sub-par score. It was his last decent film(let's forget Ghosts of Mars). I stand by what I say regarding his best work was with collaboration with Howarth.
I like that you can hear some of the same notes and patterns in Prince of Darkness as in Big Trouble in Little China
wow;almost 30 years ago when i rented this out on vhs,,great film ,and that crackling only on vinyl guarantees authenticity @@
thx for the upload
great sountrack and movie..
Amazing soundtrack for an amzing movie. Love it.
a collector ! I have the original pressing.Thank you for your Chanel! I love it
19:38 "Hello....???? Hello........???? I've got a message for you, and you're not going to like it........Pray for death."
What a gorgeous sleeve design.
One of best soundtracks ever made
Great sound from that new vinyl. Thanks for posting. One of the more frightening images from the movie is the shadowy figure in the doorway of the church. I'll never forget that.
"This is not a dream...."
Actually, Catherine walking out with her arms out, apparently mocking Christ, was a bit creepier...just had that disturbingly surreal quality..
Great movie, i watch it every Christmas;).
Amazing !! I love this movie and i love this soundrack !!
Excelente trabajo de sintetizadores, un álbum de lo más creativo, grandes John Carpenter y Alan Howarth
This was a great film. Originally rented it on Apple TV because I was on a John Carpenter binge. I loved this film's atmosphere so much despite it being an older film. I went on to purchase the 4K blu-ray of this film to own. No regrets. Just a lover of cinema... :)
I would love to get prince of darkness on vinyl... Love that soundtrack
good movie, good sountrack...
The best Carpenter soundtrack.
Saw this movie in the cinemas back in 88 when i was 10 years old
For what it's worth, the Prince of Darkness is actually closer to a "Symbolic Horror" which in itself, could be a sort of sub genre of "Psychological Horror". The movie relies very heavy on symbols like the demonic symbol on some of the casts hands. The use of the homeless and downtrodden to symbolize easy to manipulate people. The mirrors who symbolize our darker selves. The time transmissions during the film. All of these elements lead to a truly creepy and while seemingly poorly acted and oddly scripted, a slice of how a group of college students would act in such a scenario. This was deliberate, as this is John Carpenter's style. The combination of symbolism, seemingly out of pace acting ,and a creepy score, truly make this a cult favorite for those who seek an escape from the tired and trope ridden garbage of modern horror.
The film is nearly film project grade, cheesy, and very low budget. But it and many others in it's genre (Phantasm being another cult favorite) make this a very underrated and very worthy of a sequel film. I think many in the horror community would like a follow up as to what 1999 brought upon the world by Brian's former love Catherine. And the question answered if it was Brian who invented the machine to send himself a message from 12 years into the future.
I'm spellbound. Fantastic piece.
John, thanks so much for this excellent upload of The Prince of Darkness soundtrack. One of the highest quality uploads I had the pleasure to experience. Thanks again.
Best playing of a thing on a thing ever. Bravo John.
The score is one of the main assets of the film.
This is the only film where science and religion is so well blended. Terrifying.
The soundtrack is one of his very best. I love the amazing artwork on your LP's cover, BTW!
And it was perfectly sandwiched in between The Thing and In The Mouth Of Madness as part of his Apocalypse Trilogy. As you say, BOTH the scientific and religious aspects of the movie are so well combined that either an atheist or a Christian would find it horrifying. The science-based atheist because such a situation in real life, would justify scripture and religion and make it quantifiable to a certain extent. And the Christian, simply because his beliefs have been confirmed and made real by science. The "fear of God", so to speak, would hit them in completely different ways, but it would be just as horrifying to both.
definitely a classic. thanks for uploading. i couldn't find anything online for the longest time.
You're welcome! I'll be posting some more John Carpenter soon. Stay tuned! :)
A true masterpiece. Thank you for sharing.
The best Carpenter soundtrack..,👍
So wonderful! Hail to the king of Horror!(along with Poe, of course!)
It's like a jukebox-digital fireplace fusion. I LIKE IT!
That cover is so sick
Great upload. Thanks and please keep them coming. Peace.
this is awesome and epic, ty for upload and I just looooove that LP sound, it gives a certain "taste" to this soundtrack :)
Authentic sound is the best! Thanks for sharing, I must watch the film for sure.
Cool, would love to get my hands on this
The music is amazing
YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED!
Amazing how you can save entire orchestras on a tiny vinyl groove.
Great Job Thank You ! - The Music is so tense ... one of Carpenters best work ever ! - And the Movie ... I love it !
amazing music. Like also the vinyl and the art of its cover
This was my first Carpenter's movie, at a local horror movie marathon. To this day, it's among the top 10 in my personal best movie list, together with "In The Mouth Of Madness" also by Carpenter, and I wish more people knew of them!
RIP Cathryn Danforth
One thing I love about Carpenter movies is how they question "reality", especially in PoD. The soundtrack emphasises this concept effectively.
Superb film.haunting music brilliant
Thanks for the upload. It made cooking dinner tonight a joy.
Tremendous score, awesome film. Thanks for the upload.
Amaaaaazzzzzinggggg graacceee....
i love the Death Waltz pressings for John (& Allen)'s works. the covers are really wonderful. especially Halloween II, and They Live. i hope they do a run on the rest (Big Trouble in Little China!!!).
Love this. Thanks for posting.
Incredible soundtrack
+boleplissken Too bad the movie wasn't his best...but it's close.
My opinion:
1. Starman
2. The Thing
3. Halloween
4. Big Trouble in Little China
5. Prince of Darkness
6. Escape from New York
7. They Live
8. Assault on Precinct 13
9. The Fog
10. In the Mouth of Madness
Runner-ups:
Christine
Dark Star
Halloween III (say what you will, I enjoyed it. Even if he only scored the film, but he wrote some of it)
I have never had a chance to see Starman, even tho I have seen 90% of all 80's movies. Too bad John & Howarth didn't score it. My top 10 Carpenter list is. Escape from NY-The Thing-They Live-Prince Of Darkness-Big Trouble-Christine-Assault on Precinct 13-Mouth Of Madness-The Fog-Halloween.
I think it's great that his fan's top 10 can be so different from one another. Anyway, here's mine:
1. The Fog
2. Halloween
3. The Thing
4. Prince of Darkness
5. Escape from New York
6. Assault on Precinct 13
7. They Live
8. In the Mouth of Madness
9. Big Trouble in Little China
10. Vampires
my list changes all the time but will always contain these
1. The Thing
2. Prince of Darkness
3. They Live
4. Big Trouble in little China
5. In the Mouth of Madness
6. Escape from New York
7. The Fog
8. Halloween
9. Christine
10. Ghosts of Mars
Outstanding!! Gonna shop for this on vinyl..thanks for upload and inspiration!!
Damn, that cover is killing it!
Nice sunglasses man!
A good fit for this hour of the day as the sky's darkening to a roiling mass of necrotic-bruised hue, leaves rustle as the wind bullies the boughs, and a cloudburst might send down the wrath from some eldritch provenance... :)
This is utterly fantastic.
Thanks. Great film
Big Trouble In Little China Is my #1 all time John Carpenter score , but Prince Of Darkness Is my second favorite , an atmospheric masterpiece.
Thanks very much for these videos. I'm a big fan of Alan Miller's channel and it's great to see someone else doing this sort of thing. I love listening to the vinyl versions of Carpenter's soundtracks, and this is one of the best (and one of his most underrated films). I love writing to these, so thank you for putting these up. Looking forward to more uploads :)
~ Mike
Cheers Mike! It was Alan Miller's channel that got me into this stuff in the first place. His one for The Fog is pure quality.
This is such a good cover.
Just subscribed...I like you appreciate the film/music so much you bought the vinyl! Thanks so much for sharing, sounds incredible!
Great soundtrack and movie, this sould be the theme for 2022.
It was my 2nd year in college when I seen it on the big screen, the music makes my hair stand on my hairless back..
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
FATHHHHEEEEERRRRRR!!! COME TO FREEEEEEEEEEEDOMMMMMMMM!!!
Holy Shiit!
For years I thought it was Freda. Like that's her real name. Not.
The front end gives us momentum and the story being pushed forward.
But the real power comes from synths at the back end, and the quiet moments that are dripping in atmosphere and character.
This soundtrack is really great!
omg, who can dislike this?!
lusers 😉
They will not be saved by the Holy Ghost or the god Plutonium.
12 infidels should get worms on their windows and ants in their pants.
Completely twat can deny dis. Only.
@phil mitchell You are a Beastender
Its so cool to hear this when played Dead space 2!
First heard The Thing Main Theme, then the Fog soundtrack then in the Unitoligy Church/Cemetrary this Track goes on!
Damn thats cool shit when Masterpieces Colide !!!
John carpenter music was ahead of time..genius
This is actually one of the extremely rare cases in which I would like to see a remake. The theme of ancient evil being explored scientifically is intriguing, and I'd like to see a competent filmmaker do a modern take on it. Not necessarily a pure remake of POD per se, but even a totally different film that tackles the same themes.
One of my favourite films, by the way.
A sequel would also be incredibly cool.
I think the movie was trying to combine H.P. Lovecraft with theological horror like The Exorcist and The Omen, and I don't think the two genres mesh very well. I would've preferred more Cthulhu and less Satan.
One aspect of this movie I love is that even if God is real, he's not at all as benevolent as we thought. THAT'S the type of shit that scares me. More movies like that, please.
Oh god no. This movie dosent need a remake. It would be horrible abd dumb as hell. DONT MAKE A REMAKE. Leave it the hell alone.
Mine too...so different than most horror films
That part around 1:29 reminds me a lot of big trouble in little China. Another classic that I still watch to this very day.
Ah, so I am not the only one that thought that too. Yes, it did have that vibe. Good ear.