9 Reasons Why Big Trouble In Little China Is Still Awesome
6. It Has A Great Soundtrack
As well as directing the movie, John Carpenter had a big hand in the music. Nailing every beat, the music in the film complements each scene, amplifying the tension, excitement, mysticism and adventure that runs through the story as it unfolds.
With the soundtrack, Carpenter wanted to avoid the usual clichés, finding that “other scores for American movies about Chinese characters are basically rinky tink, chop suey music.” Carpenter instead opted for his trademark synthesizer score mixed with rock ‘n’ roll music.
As we all should know, a soundtrack has a massive impact on a film and Carpenter, along with help from his band, The Coupe De Villes, got this one spot on.