Just like Halloween Kills before it, Peacock's Firestarter remake is a bad movie; it's typically bland, forgettable, hideous, cgi-ridden gloop with a misused Zac Efron, but the soundtrack is audio excellence.
Like every other film buff I love all of Carpenter's old scores (I know; water is wet) but, personally... his newest stuff is his absolute best. Yeah, I miss him making movies but I trust him when he says he just doesn't want to; He collects checks, plays video games, and watches basketball - dude's living the dream. I'd rather him sit it out and do what he wants rather than passionlessly pump shit out (lol, remember The Ward?). His newest stuff, with his son Cody and Daniel Davies, is so much more ambitious, textured, and grandiose than anything he's ever done but still sounds distinctly Him. He enjoys being a rockstar and his music works on its own as supreme horror balladry even outside of the movies that don't deserve it; the Halloween (2018) score is mandatory October wax, with bangers like Halloween Triumphant, Ray's Goodbye and The Shape Hunts Allyson where he uses that sweet bowed guitar that sounds GIGANTIC.
Firestarter has him utilizing glitchy blown-out synths, spacey piano reverb, twinkling sci-fi keyboards and, again, those crunchy guitars. Standout tracks: Lot 6, Burned Hands, Rainbird Fights Vicky, Dodgeball Heats Up, Sniper Attack, Charlie's Powers, I'll Find You, Charlie's Rampage and the End Titles. Lot 6 is the standout track - it's the most foreboding and spacey with a repetitive bass hit that I can't get enough of. I'll keep loving these soundtracks but they're gonna sound even better once they align with the right movie.
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