Celebrating 25 years of music created for one of the most iconic comic characters ever created, Enjoy the Ride Records is releasing a special vinyl edition of the soundtrack album forÂ The Crow. Scheduled for release on â€œDevilâ€™s Night,â€ October 30, three variants will reintroduce this important but oft-forgotten piece of Crow ephemera, in deluxe new packaging.Fear and Bullets is a soundtrack conceived by John Bergin and Crow creator James Oâ€™Barr in conjunction with a graphic novel first published in 1994. Later released in 1998 as a standalone CD, the collection features songs derived from and inspired by Oâ€™Barrâ€™s work on the book, including tracks set to specific scenes and sometimes using lines of dialogue from actual panels. â€œThe music was right there, so apparent to me,â€ Bergin said in a press release. â€œThe dialog, the scraps of poetry between chapters, even the chapter titles themselves read like great song lyrics.â€Bergin curated this newly-remastered edition, which features a â€œBest-Ofâ€ collection of songs from previous releases, and includes two unreleased tracks. In addition to new liner notes, the LP includes original art by Oâ€™Barr, as well as a poster of his first-ever drawing of the character from 1980.

Only 666 copies are being issued of the release, in three colors: black-white swirl, a red/white â€œbloodshedâ€ edition, and a black-white split ThinkGeek exclusive . Copies go on sale on Enjoytheriderecords.com Tuesday, October 30, so stay tuned to the companyâ€™s Twitter feed for additional announcements and updates, including for the upcoming release of an iconic ’80s synth score in full on vinyl for the first time!â€œThe true sound of The Crow,â€ Bergin said. â€œItâ€™s been quite a trip down memory lane putting this special edition together. I hope Crow fans enjoy it.â€Check out a clip of the song “Seven Blackbirds” from Fear and Bullets:

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