John Carpenter's THE THING - Music by John Carpenter & Alan Howarth

[@GolemX]

Major goosebumps when I hear this music! -Hey, Sweden! -They're not Swedish, Mac. They're Norwegian.

[@mylesburnip3816]

BEST KURT RUSSEL FILM EVER

[@normbabbitt4325]

I so agree!

[@avandrade7379]

Agreed! Escape from NY follows.

[@gordonm.7387]

+Av Andrade Used Cars is hilarious, also!

[@ooEVILGOAToo]

+This Is Home! "red cars don't mean shit!"

[@andresacosta4832]

Big Trouble in Little China, too.

[@jdjerew7563]

Hands down my favorite horror thriller. They don't make movies like they used too.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

For every Masterpiece, there's 50 or 100 films made for the Garbage Feeders.

[@plasticweapon]

trust is a tough thing to come by these days.

[@JuleZz__z]

Ffs shut up

[@blackstone777]

So far IMO, the only movie that truly can depict Lovcraftian horror. A masterpiece.

[@nestor8769]

I beg to differ. This one is just number 1 on the list. But closing in, you have heavily underrated "the Void", followed by "In the Mouth of Madness".

[@eduardodiscaciate3234]

@@nestor8769Also, I think Alien is very lovecraftian. Specially the space jockey sequence.

[@ZedCactus]

@@nestor8769 Yeah, I love the Void. 😅 ... In the Mouth of Madness is an absolute classic as well.

[@Nenko_Music]

They re falling from the skies like flies"

[@marybrown1874]

Absolutely loved this movie!!!! A classic!! As well as Halloween; for the music alone!!!!

[@stevegant7286]

One of my favorite movies! "I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter, TIED TO THIS F-ING COUCH! LOL

[@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825]

That was my nephews favourite scene. We watched a re run on video tape on that about 10 X , he wouldn’t stop laughing…………

[@nr2792]

I don't wanna be strapped to this couch the whole fucking winter!!

[@NickZwar]

While John Carpenter wrote about 8 minutes or so of mostly low atmospheric synth sounds for the movie, actually only the first 1:45 minutes of this clip are by John Carpenter; the rest of the music heard here is from Ennio Morricone's score for THE THING (re-performed).

[@MrHereWeGoYo]

I never get tired of that spine-tingling opening crescendo. Sheer synth bliss.

[@drewrosecrans9728]

My ultimate favorite music from carpenter 1. Halloween 1978 2. Halloween 2. 1981 3. The fog 1980 4. The Prince of darkness 1987 5. They live 1988 6. The thing 1982

[@dannydontgoin237]

I read an interview with John Carpenter in which he said Ennio Morricone composed the music that plays over the opening credits. Morricone asked him what he wanted and Carpenter said "spooky electronic music."

[@dannydontgoin237]

​@vestiphobe Okay.

[@dannydontgoin237]

@vestiphobe This is true.

[@wickedlateok1697]

Carpenter was the one who composed the droning opening credits bass score. Ennio's original take can be heard on the soundtrack.

[@waynegarsidegarside555]

Brilliant music first time I heard this track it gave me the shivers,, the film is a classic,, moricone was a genius with music,,,,,

[@theQuestion626]

00:00-1:39 was the perfect introduction music to the Thing.

[@michaelpagliaro8095]

IT'S BENNINGS!!

[@ooEVILGOAToo]

michael pagliaro it isn't bennings...

[@Johny40Se7en]

+michael pagliaro "I swear to God Mac, he was right there, it had a hold of him!"

[@simcroy7648]

7 people are still tied to that fucking couch!!!!!

[@normbabbitt4325]

Incredibly effective, evocative of the horrific, everpresent evil just building and building in a never ending fearsome danger.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Impending DOOM !!

[@hdecastro]

one of my top ten movies of all time.....

[@DarkMegaPlague]

(main theme 1.) this track is pure Lovecraft vibes,,, it touches you brain slowly and becomes forceful and terrifying in a calm way.

[@Lonette]

Doc: "What is that? ls that a man in there, or something?" Mac: "Whatever it is, they burned it up in a hurry. Help me find a shovel, Doc."

[@drewrosecrans9728]

John carpenter the best music composer genius hands down 💯🎹🎹🎹🎃🎃🎃

[@spiffy72985]

One of my best movies

[@spiffy72985]

sebastian hale Yes

[@goXedit]

That soundtrack is epic!

[@conquistadan2069]

"You gotta be fucking kidding."

[@matthewhamilton574]

kurt Russell is bad ass.

[@drewsbrewcrew]

Why don't we wait around a while... see what happens?

[@peateargriffin7593]

Hehehe

[@kingkoop28]

😏

[@marybrown1874]

Well what if we're wrong about him Childs? Well then we're wrong!!!!!!

[@jamesrobertson2712]

I'd say the ice this thing is buried in is 100,000 years old...At least.

[@eddiebrown687]

Use to love a great snowfall in Winter. After seeing this movie, not so much.

[@MrMarcel54321]

The special effects in the movie are awesome, so realistic ... brilliant movie

[@ArchTeryx00]

An amazing number of people miss what The Thing really was drawing its themes from. It's pure, undiluted *Lovecraft.* The movie (and short story) were modern retellings of *At the Mountains of Madness.* The Thing itself was a classic Lovecraft Eldritch Abomination - nobody has ever done as good a job as Stan Winston and Rob Bottin did in creating an honest to God *Eldritch horror* for the big screen. The Dog-Thing is, was, and remains absolutely terrifying, and so utterly alien the human mind is benumbed looking at it. Little wonder that the only person that reacted rationally to it was drunk out of his gourd. I used the theme to open my Call of Cthulhu games. It never failed to set the bleak, paranoid tone that Lovecraft - and John Carpenter - intended.

[@normbabbitt4325]

Amazing soundtrack! I love both John Carpenter's film and the prequel, which I thought was amazingly true and honoring of its source and was seamlessly connected to the original. It is great watching them in temporal order of the story. Next, I'd love to see the sequel to both. Both exceeded the original black and white film, which I still actually love.

[@awholesomedemon]

There was a PS2 era video game that acted asa proper sequel to the 1982 film : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(video_game) it ALSO almost got a sequel, too( ! )

[@murattarikaslan7678]

I love this song, Grazie Ennio Marricone!

[@DoNtBeEfWiThEeF]

John Carpenter is a man of many talents! He inspires me so much! :)

[@TheVideoCat]

Best music to listen to on a cruise trip to Antarctica!

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Or ANY night crossing.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

They need a good Theme Park ride featuring "The Thing"

[@MyStefan72]

I like the intro with its sounds....nice melody for dark winter evenings outside, becomes a special atmosphere

[@CustardBustard]

'First god damn week of winter...'

[@Karlbrentwood]

Morricone = god

[@wcw2793]

I know you gentlemen have been through a lot. But when you find the time... I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!

[@deadsad9181]

Россия. Конец 2022. Моя личная традиция смотреть данный шедевр перед каждым новым годом, для соответствующего настроения. Гениальность Джона Карпентера блистает каждым годом все ярче.

[@DingKong]

Don't worry - you won't be tied to it all winter. I've been through a lot... but I think I can find the time....

[@anthonyperry8687]

Absolute resolute in brilliance

[@giacomopandiani6290]

Maybe we'll just warm things up a little around here......

[@deegreeeen8612]

Best 'advert' I've ever heard!

[@Scratshouille]

Thanks. Awesome music.

[@鬼軍曹-k6m]

イタリア製西部劇で有名なエンニオモリコーネが担当してるとは思わなかった。この映画にピッタリの雰囲気を出してる素晴らしい音楽です。

[@bps3013]

"Ah'll keel yewwww!"

[@plasticweapon]

*throws gun*

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Haha (Blair)

[@nestor8769]

LOL! Sounds exactly like him!

[@matthewhamilton8500]

There's something out there and it is not human.

[@peateargriffin7593]

This movie scared me so bad when I was a kid. The part that got me was the dogs scene.

[@lovelygirl10158]

Omg. Me too. I couldn't look at a husky the same way again. But now they are one of my favorite breeds.

[@DingKong]

If you fancy a snack while listening to this, I suggest you prepare your own meal and only eat out of a can :-)

[@jtsbitw5325]

I know you gentlemen have been through alot. But when you fine the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!!!

[@Jaoric]

Put this on whenever it starts to snow outside :)

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Great for 2020!

[@nohbody85]

The one dislike was Palmer.

[@METALHEADNYC]

Music of my childhood.

[@awholesomedemon]

I'm so sorry : ' (

[@METALHEADNYC]

@@awholesomedemon you should be sorry.

[@nenemarcos7468]

Filme Magnifico Pra mim o melhor filme horror/suspense , incomparável

[@YeTube7]

I'll have to watch it again and hark for it!

[@GatoVetusto]

GENIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@EroticVultures]

cool, never thought I'd hear this

[@UKACIDMAN]

lOVE THIS SCORE..

[@miko50474]

"Great Things Beginnings Always Small

[@Jadama0]

For being rerecorded, It's very damn near close! :)

[@EroticVultures]

thanks for your answer. it's just a shame this album is re-recorded and not the original tracks :(

[@kairiismylive]

The synth is amazing.

[@City__Walker]

Cool movie!!

[@jamesrobertson2712]

No CGI involved, and it shows.

[@EroticVultures]

Excellent rerecording, indistinguishable from the original in most regards.

[@chuyhighman6927]

🥶🎧📲🎶🎶🎶

[@datasurferable]

I love the beginning lol

[@lucianoozorio7763]

I remember shitting my pants in 1982 ... The flesh shakes and urinates in his pants when he hears this song. Best scifi terror of all time.

[@KevinStriker]

It's not a John Carpenter movie if he doesn't do at least SOME of the music too.

[@FizzyArtCola]

+Kevin Striker |:-( You got to be fucking kidding.

[@KevinStriker]

Don't take everything so literally. It's just a remark that John Carpenter usually composes music for his movies. And even when he had a Hollywood composing, John did one piece himself.

[@FizzyArtCola]

Kevin Striker \:-( You know I was playin' you.....

[@KevinStriker]

Well, you never know on the internet. Lots of people really are that stupid.

[@FizzyArtCola]

Kevin Striker hehehehehehe... yep.....

[@gunswordfist]

1:47 Love it!

[@bjornehlers2519]

Sehr geiler Soundtrack, für einen Horrorfilm.

[@deegreeeen8612]

Next time you're with a girl you don't like... use this as 'mood music'.

[@marcinbieniek9609]

Extra Super Film THE THING super.Muzyka OK 100%.

[@mountainman4987]

this movie made me want to see a UFO so fucking bad when i was a kid back in the 80's ! Instead i got E.T.??? WTF!

[@TimeAxisMedia]

Man, what the heck? I just checked out The Thing soundtrack, the re-done one by Alan Howarth. Its wrong! Why did he redo it? The quarter notes in the main theme riff (bom bom...bom bom…) has too many notes. I’m so disappointed that he messed it up. I'm talking about after a few bars of the first "bom bom"s, when the quarter notes start underneath the main notes. Too many! Its simply wrong.

[@solea0108]

素晴らしい。美しい音楽だと思う。

[@psynriter]

Dog running in the snow comes to mind

[@tecnicsboys]

so beautyfull

[@ooEVILGOAToo]

we're a 1000 miles from nowhere man, and it's going to get worse before it get's any better!

[@marcomostertz7142]

Das Hündchen aus einer anderen Welt 1 9 8 2 😎😎😍🤩😃😃😎😎

[@dannyspitzer1267]

This is good but I like the official movie tracks the best

[@iaiband]

I love this movie. Kurt Russel

[@ChillDealGames]

*DUN DUN*

[@tonimarru4609]

Grandi

[@IsabellaHale]

So I vaguely remember this.. and apparently it has cult following now.. especially with Kurt Russell in it. I was busy then having my first son born.. but I think I saw it.. at one point. the music is amazing I never thought of a soundtrack for the The THING. fascinating both as a music aficionado and Sci fi buff having read every important Sci fi and I am a scientist. and did I say KURT RUSSELL? wow.

[@Imkicelee]

0:00 When it starts to snow.

[@Jadama0]

Wait, all but track on on this video did appear on Morricone's score. It's hidden within the tracks at the end of Humanity (Part II). The only missing pieces is the opening titles.

[@SuperPaez]

Listening to this as I play Among Us, just nice.

[@hervedelcuse3508]

horreur viscérale certes et, Lovecraft n'est pas loin... bravo à vous monsieur Carpenter, vous êtes un créateur hors norme et génial !

[@jackhoudek9889]

The John "Score"'''...

[@HorrorAesthetic]

im human (splits open) mack wants the flamethrower!

[@hellomynameisjames]

i had too sign in too like this comment!! :D

[@tangoactual]

I Aint going with windows........I aint going..........

[@lionelhutz5137]

Hey fuck you, Palmer!

[@lorinware6329]

Hey, let's cut the bullshit!!!

[@TimeAxisMedia]

Its nice that Howarth did this release, but the theme is really poorly done (the remake of the Morricone theme). What happened? Timing is all off, the bass note riffs are wrong. Why did he remake parts that were from Morricone?

[@robertwilson214]

That electronic cathedral organ.... unimaginable horror.

[@johnlaslett5339]

The real horror is paranoia. They all go from being long time friends and colleagues to not trusting and killing each other. Clarks death was at the hands of mcready not the thing. And he died coz he went to stab Mac. Everything about this film is a hands over mouth waiting for something to happen. The way the dog creeps about and watches them from the window when they bring back the burnt pieces of the thing. A very scary and creepy film and my absolute favourite horror film of all. I saw it when I was 6 when i sneakily watched it from the hall while my parents were watching it 😂😂. And loved it from then

[@eddiebrown687]

Well put. Also, the dog was part wolf and hadn't been trained that long. I read where they said they gave him a lot of room, he had a look about him that let you know he was still part wolf...kinda scary.

[@nathanwygal5526]

The opening title theme sounds the same. The two main themes are the same arrangement, but not the same sounding as they were heard in the film. In the film, it's Ennio's original Humanity Part 2 minus the latter half of the song that goes ape shit with the organ. Carpenter probably had Ennio loop it back to where it would end the same way it began... Thump thump, thump thump, thump thump... - END - I think there are some tracks that should have been used in the film that were recently used in Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, especially Morricone's Eternity. That song sounds super Escape from New York-esque.

[@metalheadpatriot]

Play the game that came out in 2002 for the PS2,Xbox and PC,the game is supposed to be the sequel to the film.