John Carpenter secured immortality via a string of cult movies including Halloween, Dark Star, Escape From New York and The Thing. At the beginning of his career he wrote his soundtracks out of necessity. Then he created the Lost Themes album series, which saw him creating music for fun with his son and godson. In 2016 Carpenter told Prog about Lost Themes II and how he’d managed to build a second career in his 60s.
