Once again full credit goes to John Carpenter:

Still excited at Carpenter Directing once again. I decided to do another remake of one of his songs. In this case rather than a main theme, I decided to do a character theme. The movie this is from is called escape from New York. A movie which takes place in an alternative version of 1997. New York City has become a maximum security prison for the worst offenders of the country. Snake Plissken, a former soldier turned outlaw, has been assigned by the Government to rescue the President of the United States, as well as retrieve a cassette that could hold the key to solving the Energy Crisis. Along the way, he runs afoul of The Crazies, a gang of underground cannibals that will kill and strip a grown person in 10 minutes. As well as major gangs. One of which is lead by the self proclaimed Duke of New York, played by the late great Isaac Hayes. This theme song being his.