Some one made a dodgy 50s Sci Fi movie out of it

Sorry to be 'fussy' here Vanner but JC didn't do the music for The Thing. It does sound like his stuff but it was actually done by Ennio Morricone who did Good, Bad  and Ugly soundtrack. Maybe JC should do the music hey? 

Those who are familiar with John Carpenter's style of music will recognize his influence on the album. Ennio Morricone was commissioned to produce the soundtrack. However Carpenter influenced several tracks with his own preferred style of repeating techno-synthesised music. This is especially evident in the Humanity Part II track played during the norwegian helicopter chase and throughout the movie.

The final soundtrack is essentially the result of both men. Ennio Morricone was reported as being "unhappy" with the influence that Carpenter had on the soundtrack and its application in the movie.

The following excerpt is from an interview with Morricone published by Fangoria Magazine.

"Carpenter flew to Rome and showed me his film," Morricone says. "He was very insistent, and I liked his movie, so I decided to do it."

"The only thing is though, we barely talked about what he had in mind."

"When I flew to Los Angeles to record the score, I brought along a tape that contained some synthesizer music I had recorded here in Italy."

"It was really difficult for me to understand what kind of score he wanted, so I composed an array of totally different things, hoping he'd find something of particular interest to him."

"Now I've been in this business for 30 years," says Morricone, "and I think I know what my clients want, and guess what? He (Carpenter) picked the piece which mostly resembled his own personal compositions. That is, of course, the main theme, which can be heard throughout the movie."

Confirmation of this claim comes from the film's soundtrack, which contains a great deal of music which never made it into the movie. The main theme is virtually the sole composition heard during the film, and collectors consider the album "a rather peculiar one" as a result.

"I wrote an hour of music for 'The Thing,' and I just can't believe the way it was ignored," frowns Morricone. "So when they asked me what to put on the album, I recovered all the stuff we had previously recorded."

"You can't sell a soundtrack album with only one theme: its like cheating your potential buyers!"