| Dark Star | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | John Carpenter |
| Cover: | John Carpenter - Dark Star soundtrack 1980.jpg |
| Alt: | White starship surrounded by red energy against a field of stars. |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Recorded: | 1973 |
| Length: | 51:01 |
| Label: | Citadel (original release) We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want (2016 release) |
| Prev Title: | Halloween |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Escape from New York |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Dark Star is a soundtrack by John Carpenter for the 1974 film of the same name. While recorded in 1973, it wasn't released by Citadel until 1980, after the 1979 re-release of the film and the success of Carpenter's 1978 film Halloween. A limited expanded edition was released in 2016 through We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records.[1]