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HALLOWEEN - O.S.T. Vinyl Record

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HALLOWEEN - O.S.T. Vinyl Record

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When the new Halloween movie hits theaters in October 2018, it will have the distinction of being the first film in the series with creator John Carpenter’s direct involvement since 1982’s Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Carpenter serves on the new David Gordon Green-directed installment as an executive producer, a creative consultant, and, thrillingly, as a soundtrack composer, alongside his collaborators from his three recent solo albums, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. The new soundtrack pays homage to the classic Halloween score that Carpenter composed and recorded in 1978, when he forever changed the course of horror cinema and synthesizer music with his low-budget masterpiece. Several new versions of the iconic main theme serve as the pulse of Green’s film, its familiar 5/4 refrain stabbing through the soundtrack like the Shape’s knife. The rest of the soundtrack is just as enthralling, incorporating everything from atmospheric synth whooshes to eerie piano-driven pieces to skittering electronic percussion. While the new score was made with a few more resources than Carpenter’s famously shoestring original, its musical spirit was preserved. “We wanted to honor the original Halloween soundtrack in terms of the sounds we used,” Davies explained. “We used a lot of the Dave Smith OB-6, bowed guitar, Roland Juno, Korg, Roli, Moog, Roland System 1, Roland System 8, different guitar pedals, mellotron, and piano.” Unlike the Lost Themes albums, where the composers wrote the soundtracks for imaginary movies, Halloween saw the Carpenters and Davies collaborating on music set to images for the first time. Though it marked a significant change from their previous creative process, the trio thrived under the constraints and tight deadlines that film scoring work demands. “Being limited by the length of time in scoring the sequence, we focused on the director’s tempo, timing, and vision,” Davies said. “He would tell us what he had in mind, how long the cue should be, what emotion he wanted, and we would take it from there. It’s only the three of us, there is no elaborate system. We wrote, performed, and orchestrated everything.” For John Carpenter, who reunited on the new film with original Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis, composing the score felt like a homecoming. Not only had he not worked on a Halloween movie in 35 years, he hadn’t composed a soundtrack since his 2001 sci-fi thriller Ghosts of Mars. “It was great,” Carpenter said of the experience. “It was transforming. It was not a movie I directed, so I had a lot of freedom in creating the score and getting into the director's head. I was proud to serve David Gordon Green’s vision.” For Cody Carpenter, John’s son, and Davies, his godson, it was surreal to work on something that means so much to generations of fans, and that they grew up around. “It was an honor for us to be involved, and we are really happy to be a part of something that so many people are anticipating and excited about,” Davies said. “Working together with both the director of the new Halloween and the creator of the original Halloween was really a fantastic experience.”

Track List
  1. Intro
  2. Halloween Theme
  3. Laurie’s Theme
  4. Prison Montage
  5. Michael Kills
  6. Michael Kills Again
  7. The Shape Returns
  8. The Bogeyman
  9. The Shape Kills
  10. Laurie Sees the Shape
  11. Wrought Iron Fence
  12. The Shape Hunts Allyson
  13. Allyson Discovered
  14. Say Something
  15. Ray's Goodbye
  16. The Shape Is Monumental
  17. The Shape and Laurie Fight
  18. The Grind
  19. Trap the Shape
  20. The Shape Burns
  21. Halloween Triumphant


Protection
Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.

Packaging
All items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.


UPC843563107614
Released2018-10-19
StylesSoundtrack, Score, Minimal, Ambient, Horror Synth
Record Label Sacred Bones Records
Categories
A1Intro
A2Halloween Theme
A3Laurie's Theme
A4Prison Montage
A5Michael Kills
A6Michael Kills Again
A7The Shape Returns
A8The Bogeyman
A9The Shape Kills
A10Laurie Sees The Shape
A11Wrought Iron Fence
A12The Shape Hunts Allyson
A13Allyson Discovered
B1Say Something
B2Ray's Goodbye
B3The Shape Is Monumental
B4The Shape And Laurie Fight
B5The Grind
B6Trap The Shape
B7The Shape Burns
B8Halloween Triumphant

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