Halloween (2018) - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Expanded Edition by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies 2xLP Vinyl Record (Bone White with Orange Splatter Coloured Vinyl)
It's just five notes plucked out on a piano, so sparsely arranged that it feels like barely more than a sketch, so simple that an untrained player can easily pick it up, but it's one of cinema's greatest musical accomplishments. By now, John Carpenter's hypnotic theme to his 1978 horror masterpiece “Halloween" has embodied slasher-stalker anxiety for generations of filmgoers, and woven itself so into pop culture that it's become musical shorthand for the entire horror genre.
Carpenter has been composing and recording his own scores since he created the soundtrack to his first film, 1974's Dark Star, on a EMS VCS 3 modular synthesiser. While originally a cost-cutting measure, he continued scoring most of his films even after he started making multiplex staples in the 80s and 90s, with the soundtracks to the “Halloween" series, "They Live", and "Escape from New York" becoming classics in their own right.
Since 2015, Carpenter's released three albums of original music on Sacred Bones, created alongside Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, with remixes provided by some of his more notable fans. Like the film itself, Carpenter's score to the first installment of the new “Halloween" trilogy, Halloween, stays true to the spirit of what made the 1978 original great while bringing it firmly into the present.
The music featured on "Halloween (2018) - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Expanded Edition" is unmistakably Carpenter: the sinister vintage synth tones, the breath-stealing sense of menace that he conjures with just a few dissonant notes. But with a broader sonic palette, new digital techniques at his disposal, and a deeper sense of musicality with this Expanded Edition bringing together all of the instrumentals found in the movie. The Halloween score is the work of a master artist who nearly 50 years into his career continues to push his creative limits and find new ways to thrill and terrify his fans.
If you love Alan Silvestri, Ramin Djawadi, or Tyler Bates, you’ll love John Carpenter's Halloween (2018) Expanded Edition.
Tracklist:
1- Intro
2- Aaron Meets Michael
3- Halloween Theme
4- Laurie's Theme
5- Aaron and Dana Enter Laurie's Compound
6- Laurie's Past
7- Prison Montage
8- Laurie Breaks Down
9- Karen's Flashback
10- Lumpy Explores Crash
11- Michael Kills
12- Hawkins Arrives at Crash Site
13- Dana's in the Shower
14- The Story of Judith's Death
15- The Gas Station
16- Michael Kills Again
17- Gas Station Aftermath
18- The Shape Returns
19- The Boogeyman
20- The Shape Kills
21- Hawkins Called to Babysitter's House
22- Laurie Sees the Shape
23- Babysitter Aftermath
24- Sartain Meets Laurie
25- Looking for Allyson
26- Wrought Iron Fence
27- The Shape Hunts Allyson
28- Talking to Cops
29- Allyson Discovered
30- Gun Closet
31- Halloween Theme (I've Got Eyes)
32- Sartain's Gone Mad
33- Say Something
34- Through the Woods
35- Ray's Goodbye
36- The Shape Attacks Laurie
37- The Shape Is Monumental
38- Searching for the Shape
39- Mannequin Panic
40- Death Drum
41- The Shape and Laurie Fight
42- The Grind
43- Trap the Shape
44- The Shape Burns
45- Halloween Triumphant
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