This Any Questions? archival song idea titled Escape NY is from the year 1996. Like our other song idea titles, it is named after what was playing on the studio TV monitor while it was being created.
Escape from New York is a 1981 science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau, and Harry Dean Stanton. I (Ttam Troll) have loved this film since I first saw it back in the early '80s. I first saw it when my Dad, brother, and I rented it from a not so local video store. Back then, our hometown didn't have a video rental store so we had to drive to distant towns to rent videos. I have since seen it many times and own it on VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD 4K formats. For the few that may not know about this film, I highly recommend it. Check it out!
We used an E-MU Pro/Cussion drum module to create a basic drum beat and then added a synth bass line with a Korg Wavestation. Synth pads and soft bells sounds were also added from the Korg Wavestation. Most of our arpeggios from this time period were played on a Yamaha DX21 but the arpeggio in this song idea sounds too nuanced for the Yamaha DX21 so it was probably played on the Korg Wavestation.
This track was used as incidental music in the 2006 horror film, Frightworld.
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