Master of horror John Carpenter performs his iconic film scores at Knockdown Center in Maspeth, Queens, New York. Few directors in cinematic history take their films’ music into their own hands quite like John Carpenter. Through the 1970s and ’80s, his synth-heavy soundtracks, written and performed by him, for cult classics such as Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing, Prince of Darkness, Escape from New York, The Fog, Escape from LA and many more, set the standard for taut, creeping dread and tension so thick you could cut it with a knife.

In recent years Carpenter has been touring his work to great acclaim, rightfully claiming his position as an artist of vast influence in both of his primary mediums.