{"product_id":"john-carpenter-halloween-lp","title":"Halloween: Expanded Edition - John Carpenter ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrange \u0026amp; Black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Discs: 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2018’s Halloween, directed by David Gordon Green, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and with music by series creator John Carpenter (along with his son and godson, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies) was a critical and box-office smash. It grossed $159 million against a $10 million budget, becoming the most profitable Halloween movie since the 1978 original. The soundtrack album was a hit, too, debuting at #12 on the Billboard Albums chart and #2 on the vinyl chart, on its way to becoming one of the most successful movie soundtracks of the last decade. One year later, Sacred Bones Records is pleased to present an expanded edition of the soundtrack, including more than 28 additional minutes of music from the film and presenting a more complete, immersive listening experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe additional material included on the expanded edition adds at total of 24 cues to the album, spread across two more sides of vinyl on the deluxe double LP version. The LP also has all-new art and lavish packaging, including an optical-illusion lenticular sleeve that makes the flames around Michael Myers’s mask dance when you slide it off the record jacket. For diehard fans of the Halloween series, collectors of John Carpenter’s music, or anyone who wants to hear even more of the incredible score to this movie, this expanded edition is a must-buy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"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, Moog, Roland System 1, Roland System 8, different guitar pedals, mellotron, and piano.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracks\u003cbr\u003e1 Intro\u003cbr\u003e2 Aaron Meets Michael\u003cbr\u003e3 Halloween Theme\u003cbr\u003e4 Laurie's Theme\u003cbr\u003e5 Aaron and Dana Enter Laurie's Compound\u003cbr\u003e6 Laurie's Past\u003cbr\u003e7 Prison Montage\u003cbr\u003e8 Laurie Breaks Down\u003cbr\u003e9 Karen's Flashback\u003cbr\u003e10 Lumpy Explores Crash\u003cbr\u003e11 Michael Kills\u003cbr\u003e12 Hawkins Arrives at Crash Site\u003cbr\u003e13 Dana's in the Shower\u003cbr\u003e14 The Story of Judith's Death\u003cbr\u003e15 The Gas Station\u003cbr\u003e16 Michael Kills Again\u003cbr\u003e17 Gas Station Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e18 The Shape Returns\u003cbr\u003e19 The Boogeyman\u003cbr\u003e20 The Shape Kills\u003cbr\u003e21 Hawkins Called to Babysitter's House\u003cbr\u003e22 Laurie Sees the Shape\u003cbr\u003e23 Babysitter Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e24 Sartain Meets Laurie\u003cbr\u003e25 Looking for Allyson\u003cbr\u003e26 Wrought Iron Fence\u003cbr\u003e27 The Shape Hunts Allyson\u003cbr\u003e28 Talking to Cops\u003cbr\u003e29 Allyson Discovered\u003cbr\u003e30 Gun Closet\u003cbr\u003e31 Halloween Theme (I've Got Eyes)\u003cbr\u003e32 Sartain's Gone Mad\u003cbr\u003e33 Say Something\u003cbr\u003e34 Through the Woods\u003cbr\u003e35 Ray's Goodbye\u003cbr\u003e36 The Shape Attacks Laurie\u003cbr\u003e37 The Shape Is Monumental\u003cbr\u003e38 Searching for the Shape\u003cbr\u003e39 Mannequin Panic\u003cbr\u003e40 Death Drum\u003cbr\u003e41 The Shape and Laurie Fight\u003cbr\u003e42 The Grind\u003cbr\u003e43 Trap the Shape\u003cbr\u003e44 The Shape Burns\u003cbr\u003e45 Halloween Triumphant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59548915597393,"sku":"843563120866","price":9.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/original_c0a0538e-3bc4-41e4-b24e-16ffa7f7d3c5.jpg?v=1779358137","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/john-carpenter-halloween-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}