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Ennio Morricone’s The Thing score is being reis­sued on vinyl

13 Dec 2016

Words by Tom Williams

Silhouetted figure amid bursts of blue, green, and white light creating a dramatic, futuristic composition.
Silhouetted figure amid bursts of blue, green, and white light creating a dramatic, futuristic composition.
The clas­sic orig­i­nal score to John Carpenter’s 1982 film is being released via Wax­work Records.

John Carpenter’s The Thing is right­ly regard­ed as one of the most influ­en­tial genre movies ever made – you may have noticed posters for the film plas­tered on the kids’ bed­room walls in Stranger Things – and its endur­ing appeal is in part down to its phe­nom­e­nal sound­track by leg­endary Ital­ian com­pos­er Ennio Morricone.

Now this super rare sound­track is being reis­sued on vinyl cour­tesy of hor­ror sound­track spe­cial­ists Wax­work Records, who announced the news via their Insta­gram page.

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Morricone’s land­mark sound­track has been remas­tered from the orig­i­nal mas­ter tapes, with this spe­cial reis­sue com­ing in two dif­fer­ent 180 gram coloured vinyl variations.

The deluxe ​“Trapped in the Ice” edi­tion fea­tures all new art­work by Justin Erick­son of Phan­tom City Cre­ative, deluxe heavy­weight pack­ag­ing includ­ing satin coat­ed old-style gate­fold jack­ets with UV spot-gloss, an an 11” x 22” poster, a break­away ​“ice” slip­case, and an exclu­sive inter­view with John Carpenter.

Lis­ten to the sound­track here and pre-order your copy at wax​workrecords​.com

Antarctica silhouette in turquoise on black album cover, vinyl disc with blue and white swirls
Snowy landscape with figures in the foreground and aircraft in the distance; white vinyl record and album artwork with icy, minimalist illustrations.

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