The Thing

(Movie) John Carpenter (1982)

John Carpenter's The Thing	United States (complete title)
Das Ding	Germany
La Cosa	Italy

Originals				Performed	Released
1	6:50	The Thing (1982)	Humanity (part I)	1982	1982
2	3:16	The Thing (1982)	Shape	1982	1982
3	1:02	The Thing (1982)	Contamination	1982	1982
4	2:56	The Thing (1982)	Bestiality	1982	1982
5	5:58	The Thing (1982)	Solitude	1982	1982
6	5:35	The Thing (1982)	Eternity	1982	1982
7	6:22	The Thing (1982)	Wait	1982	1982
8	4:26	The Thing (1982)	Humanity (part II) (1)	1982	1982
9	2:49	The Thing (1982)	Humanity (part II) (2)	1982	1982
10	5:12	The Thing (1982)	Sterelization	1982	1982
11	4:58	The Thing (1982)	Despair	1982	1982
12	1:45	The Thing (1982)	Main Title	2011	2011
13	1:27	The Thing (1982)	Burn It	2011	2011
14	2:27	The Thing (1982)	Fuchs	2011	2011
15	2:52	The Thing (1982)	To Mac's Shack	2011	2011
Revisions				Performed	Released
16	2:43	The Thing (1982)	Bestiality (2016 Version)	2016	2016

Ennio Morricone Composer; Ennio Morricone Arranger; Ennio Morricone Conductor; John Carpenter Composer; Alan Howarth Composer; John Carpenter Arranger; Alan Howarth Arranger; The Czech National Symphony Orchestra Orchestra;

Commercial Albums
1',2',3',4',5',6',7',8',9',10',11'-15		The Thing (CD Buy Soundtrax BSXCD 8895 - United States - 2011) +re-released
1-11,13',14',15'		The Thing (2Vinyl-LP Waxwork Records - United States - 2020)
1-11		The Thing (Vinyl-LP MCA 205 091 - United States - 1982) +re-released
4,6,8-9,11		Musiques de films - Colonne sonore - Original Soundtracks -- 1964-2015 (18CD Decca ELC-0600753892374 - France - 2019)
4',11',16		60 Years of Music - Limited Edition Bundle (CD Decca ENNIOBUN01 + 3Vinyl + 1Book - France - 2016)
4',11',11',16		60 Years of Music (CD Decca 5700079 + DVD - 2016)
4',11'		The Hateful Eight (Vinyl-LP Decca - 2016)
4		De Sergio Leone à Quentin Tarantino (4CD Universal - France - 2020)
16		60 Years of Music (CD Decca 0602557000719 - France - 2016) +re-released
8'		Alan Howarth Live At The Hollywood Theater (Vinyl-LP Wyrd War WW10 - United States - 2018) +re-released

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by Patrick B on 03/12/2011:
FILM CREDITS AND MUSIC IN THE THING

* Main titles music : a variation from Humanity (part II) on synthetizer, without the scansions (1'16) End titles music : another variation from Humanity (part II) on synthetizer, with the scansions, making it close to the original (6'20) These both two tracks, not present in the Varèse LP/CD of The thing by Morricone, was doubtful to belong to him because of the electronical style and because it was known that Carpenter (and Alan Howarth) added some music, mainly based upon the themes by Morricone. After the CD "The thing" in 2011 reprising the music by Carpenter and Howarth, this element is confirmed. It is clear but almost unbevielable that Carpenter wanted the Maestro but used sparsely his music and even added other music by his own instead. Unreleased music : a version from Humanity (part II)running 2'01 and a version from Despair mainly for strings (1'25) [Note : The bootleg adds nothing and cheats the audience both in the running times and the repeated tracks.]

by Bob Hendrikx on 14/04/2021:
Notes on Soundtrack: THE THING (1982)

Director: John Carpenter (1948-) link Premiered in the US on 25 June 1982. link Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor: Ennio Morricone – Opening credits: jpg Morricone: "I devised two versions of a quite long piece. In Rome I prepared a version for synthesizers only, while in Los Angeles I recorded an instrumental version of the same together with the other cues." (In His Own Words, page 116) Synthesizer music recorded at Forum Studio, Rome. Synthesizers: Amedeo Tommasi (1935-2021) link Orchestral music recorded at the Universal Scoring Stage, Los Angeles. (booklet of 2020 CD, page 14) 6:53 – A1 – Humanity 3:15 – A2 – Shape – Play: mp3 1:01 – A3 – Contamination 2:55 – A4 – Bestiality 5:53 – A5 – Solitude (listed duration on back cover and A-side label: 2:58) 5:23 – A6 – Eternity 6:25 – B1 – Wait 7:10 – B2 – Humanity 5:02 – B3 – Sterilization – Play: mp3 4:47 – B4 – Despair First released on LP: The Thing – Varèse Sarabande MCA-6111 – USA – 1982 link Front: jpg A-side label: "Music composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone – Produced by Ennio Morricone – 1982" jpg B-side label: jpg The same tracks released on CD: The Thing – Varèse Sarabande VSD-5278 – USA – 1991 link Front: jpg Back: jpg The same tracks released on CD: The Thing – Quartet Records QR420 – Spain – 2020 link Front: jpg Back: jpg 10 tracks – Total time: 48:44 – All tracks in stereo.

by steve1961 on 14/12/2016:
The thing

Ennio Morricone and John Carpenter’s blissful synth score to the 1982 The Thing is coming to vinyl thanks to Waxwork Records.

by Micke on 05/06/2020:
Re: Notes on Soundtrack: THE THING (1982)

Some time ago I had a conversation (via facebook) with pianist/composer/arranger Amedeo Tommasi, and he told me that he did all the synth work on Morricone's The Thing. He recorded many synth tracks at forum studios in Rome and then Morricone did the same tracks with an orchestra in Los Angeles. He worked for Morricone as a session pianist/keyboarder/synth-player-programmer from about 1982 to 1998; Legend of the 1900 was the last movie they worked on together. As far as Amedeo could remember he recorded as many as 22 synth tracks for The Thing! Now, as there are only three synth tracks on the CD, it'd mean that many of the all-synth pieces are unreleased. On the other hand, I guess most of those tracks weren't supposed to be released in the first place as they probably were meant as synth-mock-ups for the orchestral recording.

by Bob Hendrikx on 16/06/2020:
Re: Re: Notes on Soundtrack: THE THING (1982)

Thanks Micke. link