The debut album of director John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From New York, The Thing), Lost Themes, is now available to order.

While Carpenter is best known for his filmmaking, he has also scored most of his films, creating memorable themes and an iconic soundtrack style along the way.

Here’s what Carpenter has to say about his new album:

“Lost Themes was all about having fun.

It can be both great and bad to score over images, which is what I’m used to. Here there were no pressures. No actors asking me what they’re supposed to do. No crew waiting. No cutting room to go to. No release pending. It’s just fun.

And I couldn’t have a better set-up at my house, where I depended on (collaborators) Cody (Carpenter, of the band Ludrium) and Daniel (Davies, who scored I, Frankenstein) to bring me ideas as we began improvising. The plan was to make my music more complete and fuller, because we had unlimited tracks. I wasn’t dealing with just analogue anymore. It’s a brand new world. And there was nothing in any of our heads when we started other than to make it moody.

“’Both classical music and rock and roll are part of my musical language, which is riff-driven. So if you listen carefully, I’m sure you can hear some echoes from my past. But I’m sure that’s true of any composer. You just bring your music along with you.”

Here’s a preview of Carpenter’s Lost Themes, Vortex:

Lost Themes will be released February 3rd, 2015.

Tracks:

1. Vortex
2. Obsidian
3. Fallen
4. Domain
5. Mystery
6. Abyss
7. Wraith
8. Purgatory
9. Night