Vampires (soundtrack)

Vampires is a soundtrack album by John Carpenter for the 1998 film of the same name, released through Milan Records.^[2][3]

Vampires (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by John Carpenter
Released	October 1998
Studio	Cherokee Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Blues rock film score
Length	45:48
Label	Milan Records
Producer	The Robb Brothers
John Carpenter chronology
Escape from L.A. (1996) Vampires (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1998) Ghosts of Mars (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Soundtrack.Net	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Teaser"	Brad Wilson	Stone	3:14
2.	"Slayers"		The Texas Toad Lickers	2:34
3.	"New Mexico"			2:21
4.	"Headless Priest"			2:48
5.	"Motel Sex"		The Texas Toad Lickers	4:27
6.	"Night Attack"			3:19
7.	"Santiago"			2:18
8.	"Stake and Burn"			3:42
9.	"Valek's Vision"			1:16
10.	"Surprise Death"			2:03
11.	"Valek Attacks"			3:32
12.	"Vampire Vision"			1:46
13.	"Farewell Slayer"			2:08
14.	"Cruel Highway"		The Texas Toad Lickers	2:58
15.	"Katrina Bites"			1:47
16.	"Padre's Wood"			5:35
Total length:				45:48

All music is composed by John Carpenter, except as noted

Personnel

The Texas Toad Lickers

• John Carpenter - keyboards, piano, guitar, bass
• Steve Cropper - guitar
• Jeff Baxter - electric guitar, resonator guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
• Rick Shlosser - drums
• Bruce Robb - Hammond B3 organ
• Joe Robb - saxophone

Stone

• Brad Wilson - vocals, guitar
• Brian James - bass
• J.J. Garcia - drums

Additional personnel

• Daniel Davies - guitar
• Cody Carpenter - keyboards
• E. "Bucket" Baker - drums, percussion
• Paul Mirkovich - orchestra conductor

Reception

Carpenter's score won the award for "Best Music" at the 25th Saturn Awards.^[4] It was also nominated at the 1998 Bram Stoker Awards for "Best original motion picture sound track".^[5]

References

1. Torikian, Messrob (August 25, 2003). "Vampires Soundtrack (1998)". Soundtrack.Net. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
2. "John Carpenter: Vampires". AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
3. "Vampires Soundtrack". theofficialjohncarpenter.com. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
4. "Past Saturn Awards". Saturn Awards.org. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
5. "1998 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees". The Bram Stoker Awards. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2024.