Alan Howarth - The Alan Howarth Collection, Vol. 2 '2021

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Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE ALAN HOWARTH COLLECTION, VOLUME 2,
featuring music composed and performed by Alan Howarth for several projects from
his filmography presented here on CD for the first time.

This collection of rare and previously unreleased tracks composed by Alan
Howarth kicks off with the score for ARCADE, directed by Albert Pyun and written
by David S. Goyer. Released in 1993, ARCADE tells the story of a psychologically
compromised suburban teen named Alex (Megan Ward) who discovers her mother has
committed suicide. One day after a particularly troubling day at school, Alex
and her friends dart off to Dante’s Inferno, a local video game hangout,
where a new virtual reality game called “Arcade” is being
test-marketed by Difford (John de Lancie) a tech company snake-oil salesman who
rewards the curious teens with home console versions of the game. Unknown to the
kids, those who dare play the game and lose are imprisoned inside the console by
a digital human-hybrid villain named Arcade (Johnathan Fuller). Over time the
game infiltrates and manipulates their minds. Ultimately, it’s left up to
Alex and Nick (Peter Billingsley) to convince the game’s lead programmer
to help them free their friends and end Arcade’s deadly reign of
technological terror.

In addition to Howarth’s score for ARCADE, THE ALAN HOWARTH COLLECTION,
VOLUME 2 includes a block of odds and ends from other projects in his
filmogragraphy.

For THE BEASTMASTER, Howarth composed a piece of music that was meant for the
trailer but ultimately went unused. For BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, at the request
of composer James Horner, Howarth composed a piece of source music for the scene
that introduces Gelt, played by Robert Vaughn. MONSTERS was a weekly horror
anthology series that typically featured a different monster antagonist each
week, ranging from animatronic puppets from a fictional children’s TV
show to weapon-wielding mutated lab rats. Some of the episodes blended comic
elements into the horror and were adapted from stories written by noted horror
authors including Stephen King. One episode entitled “Far Below”
from Season Three was produced by Debra Hill who had previously produced
HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, HALLOWEEN II, and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK for John Carpenter.
Debra contracted Alan to compose this kind of music for the half-hour episode.
Finally, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND was released in 1983 and was the last film
directed by Sam Peckinpah, the film was largely scored by Lalo Schifrin. Howarth
was brought in at the last minute to write some additional suspense music for
the film.

Alan Howarth, in addition to being a composer, is an accomplished sound designer
and editor, having worked on films such as STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE,
POLTERGEIST, TOTAL RECALL, ARMY OF DARKNESS, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA,
STARGATE and many others. He has been a frequent music collaborator with John
Carpenter on his films beginning with ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK in 1980 and including
HALLOWEEN II & III, CHRISTINE, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, THEY LIVE and PRINCE
OF DARKNESS and Alan has scored many films on his own, including RETRIBUTION,
HALLOWEEN 4 & 5, THE DENTIST, HEADLESS, BOO!, EVILUTION, BASEMENT JACK and most
recently, HOUSE AT THE END OF THE DRIVE, BRUTAL and PROMISE.

Tracklist: 
1.01 - Alan Howarth - Main Titles (From Arcade) (3:35) 
1.02 - Alan Howarth - Opening (From Arcade) (3:14) 
1.03 - Alan Howarth - Into the Machine (From Arcade) (1:16) 
1.04 - Alan Howarth - Virtual Worlds (From Arcade) (4:36) 
1.05 - Alan Howarth - Explorations (From Arcade) (3:59) 
1.06 - Alan Howarth - Find the LIght (From Arcade) (2:19) 
1.07 - Alan Howarth - Digital Topics (From Arcade) (4:21) 
1.08 - Alan Howarth - The Virtual Mind (From Arcade) (5:13) 
1.09 - Alan Howarth - Arcades Challenge (From Arcade) (3:18) 
1.10 - Alan Howarth - Game Over (From Arcade) (2:49) 
1.11 - Alan Howarth - Main Titles (From Arcade) (Ghost In the Machine Mix)
(3:00) 
1.12 - Alan Howarth - Heroic Theme (From Beastmaster) (2:06) 
1.13 - Alan Howarth - Gelts Chamber (From Battle Beyond the Stars) (1:31) 
1.14 - Alan Howarth - Far Below (From Monsters) (5:46) 
1.15 - Alan Howarth - Doggie in the Window (From The Osterman Weekend) (2:10) 
1.16 - Alan Howarth - Stingers (From The Osterman Weekend) (1:55) 
1.17 - Alan Howarth - Un-used End Credits (From The Osterman Weekend) (4:17)

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