Halloween Kills OST vinyl playback

This event was held as an advanced listening on Thursday, October 14 and featured a Q&A with John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies.

Video by @jawshy4eva

0:00 Logos Kill
1:22 Halloween Kills (Main Title)
3:08 The Myer's House
3:50 First Attack
4:48 Stand Off
6:30 Let It Burn
7:43 He Appears
8:43 From The Fire
10:02 Strodes At The Hospital
12:28 Cruel Intentions
15:06 Gather The Mob
16:17 Rampage
20:15 Frank And Laurie
22:05 Hallway Madness
23:43 It Needs To Die
30:35 Reflection
32:03 Unkillable
35:47 Payback
38:19 Michael's Legend
40:56 Halloween Kills (End Titles)

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. And like the seemingly unkillable Michael Meyers, it’s back once again.

In 2018, Carpenter returned to the franchise his iconic creation spawned for the first time since 1982’s Halloween III: Season of the Witch, erasing the 40 years of sequels and reboots that happened under other filmmakers, and returning the story to his original vision. While directing duties for the new Halloween and its sequels have been turned over to David Gordon Green, Carpenter has stayed on to provide them with their unmistakable sonic identity, as integral to Halloween as Michael Meyers’ death’s-face mask and glimmering butcher knife.

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 synthesizer. 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.

Over the past two decades, Carpenter’s directed only one feature (The Ward in 2010), but during that time he’s come to be recognized as much for his musical vision as his filmography. His boldly assertive compositions and pioneering use of synthesizers have inspired musicians in cinema and far beyond. His influence has been felt from the underground to pop radio, and played a foundational role in the modern synthwave movement. 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 second installment of the new Halloween trilogy, Halloween Kills, stays true to the spirit of what made the 1978 original great while bringing it firmly into the present. The music 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, the Halloween Kills 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.

[Jothomas]

“I met him 15 years ago, I-I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding, even in the most rudimentary sense of life or death. Good or evil, right or wrong. I met this 6-year old child with this blank, pale emotionless face and, the blackest eyes. The Devil’s eyes. I spent 8 years trying to reach him, and then another 7 trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy’s eyes was purely and simply, *evil.”*









Dr. Samuel Loomis
Halloween night, 1978

[culmo]

The part where Michael is lured into the street to get his mask and the mob surrounds him. He looks at them, then he grabs his mask and puts it on--best part of the film.

[ImABadTeammate]

This music isn't just Halloween (film) it's literally a theme for Halloween (holiday). That's how good John Carpenter is.

Edit: Fixed my silly typo.

[savagmma]

Can’t express how much I love the music for Halloween..

[PsychoGaming]

This is such an awesome way to showcase the new soundtrack. One of my favorite aspects of the new film

[groovymovie]

"Laurie's Theme" will always be my favorite. I love walking down the street in daytime with that melody playing as the leaves start changing.

[MrGIJuu]

One of Carpenter’s best scores. Crazy he’s pumping out this kind of stuff at his age.

[AlienorchestraNetoslo]

I was so inspired by that Halloween Theme that I had to make my own cover version of it!! Gorgeous vinyl playback of Halloween Kills !!!!

[intelligentblue]

The fact I saw this right after finishing RLM's Carpenter countdown episodes seems like fate

[wompratadvocate]

Loved the movie, loved the music, cannot wait for the third. Pretty much got to see the Super Natural strength come through at the end. I have a theory, the kid Micheal is still trapped in that house.

[jasonvoorhees]

This is Marvelous and Magnificent. Both at the same time.

[andrewc]

Halloween isn’t Halloween without John Carpenter, Jaime Lee Curtis and Nick Castle, that’s why these new films are brilliant! 🎥 🔪 🎃

[IroquoisPliskin]

Halloween kills wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the legend that is John carpenter who is the soul creator of Michael Myers I tip my hat too you sir you are the GOAT of Horror 💯🎃🤘

[TommyT]

The nods to the original Halloween 2 soundtrack as well as Season of the Witch on the track Rampage are the chef’s kiss. 🤌🏽

[lzbmusic]

John you my friend are an inspiration for every Horror Composer ever

[rodtaylor]

Right from the beginning, I am completely gripped. The original theme is so simple yet still has the power to make my blood run cold no matter how many times I hear it. Bravo, Mr Carpenter!

[speedymyers]

Halloween Kills soundtrack is so badass that I ever heard.

[Atlas_Invictus]

I've been listening to the entire OST on a long walk outside through town and the local woods, and it has been such an immense pleasure. I even had goosebumps at certain parts with the sun setting on one side of my view, the moon rising on the other. People were on their way home, streets emptying, stores closing, streetlights turning on, the wind blowing, leaves crunching underneath my feet and your soundtrack blessing my ears.

This is the soundtrack of the season, thank you, Mr. Carpenter!

[q.h.s]

Payback is a masterpiece like the others! The main theme with Halloween triumphant and more guitar strums… utterly fantastic

[killsfreddy]

i LOVED the 2018 score. It kept the iconic themes from the OG but added some new sounds which made me very nervous about what was going to happen!