Halloween (soundtrack)

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1983 film score by John Carpenter

Halloween

Film score by

John Carpenter

Released| October 1983 (USA)
Recorded| 1978
Studio| Sound Arts Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre|

* Electronic
* film score

Length| 33:43 (1983 release)
51:51 (1998 release)
45:58 (2018 release)
Label| Columbia (1979 release)
Varèse Sarabande (1983 & 1998 releases)
Mondo Records (2018 release)
John Carpenter chronology
|  | Halloween
(1983)  | Dark Star
(1980)

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AllMusic| [1]

Halloween is a soundtrack album composed and performed by John Carpenter, featuring the score to the 1978 film Halloween. It was released in the US in 1983 through Varèse Sarabande. An expanded 20th Anniversary Edition was released in 1998 through Varèse Sarabande. In 2018, an LP was released by Mondo Records featuring the mono tracks taken from the original 35mm stem of the film and for the first time features the music as originally heard in theaters and on the earliest VHS releases of the film. The soundtrack would later play a major role in influencing the synthwave music genre.

## Track listing[edit]

All music is composed by John Carpenter

1983 releaseNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Halloween Theme – Main Title"| 2:54
2.| "Laurie's Theme"| 2:05
3.| "Shape Escapes"| 1:42
4.| "Myers' House"| 5:35
5.| "Michael Kills Judith"| 3:11
6.| "Loomis and Shape's Car"| 3:32
7.| "The Haunted House"| 3:33
8.| "The Shape Lurks"| 1:35
9.| "Laurie Knows"| 3:01
10.| "Better Check the Kids"| 3:27
11.| "The Shape Stalks"| 3:08
Total length:| 33:43

20th Anniversary EditionNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Halloween Theme"| 2:21
2.| "Halloween 1963"| 3:11
3.| "The Evil Is Gone!"| 4:08
4.| "Halloween 1978"| 2:50
5.| "The Boogeyman Is Coming"| 0:40
6.| "The Shape"| 1:43
7.| "The Hedge"| 1:35
8.| "He Came Home"| 2:40
9.| "Trick or Treat"| 0:39
10.| "The Haunted House"| 1:43
11.| "The Devil's Eyes"| 1:39
12.| "The Boogeyman Is Outside"| 1:27
13.| "Damn You for Letting Him Go!"| 1:34
14.| "Empty Street"| 0:33
15.| "See Anything You Like?"| 2:22
16.| "Lock the Door"| 2:53
17.| "He's Here?"| 0:55
18.| "Light's Out"| 2:49
19.| "Cut It Out"| 1:19
20.| "Tombstone"| 1:19
21.| "The Shape Stalks Laurie"| 1:35
22.| "Turn Around"| 0:33
23.| "Unlock the Door"| 2:53
24.| "The Hanger"| 3:04
25.| "Call the Police"| 0:28
26.| "Last Assault"| 1:34
27.| "Was It the Boogeyman?"| 0:32
28.| "End Credits/Halloween Theme (Reprise)"| 3:36
Total length:| 51:51

40th Anniversary EditionNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Halloween Theme"| 2:21
2.| "Michael Kills Judith"| 3:38
3.| "Shape Escape"| 1:40
4.| "Myers' House"| 4:07
5.| "Shape in the Shadows"| 2:47
6.| "Laurie's Theme"| 2:31
7.| "Nightfall in Haddonfield"| 3:04
8.| "Backyard"| 1:48
9.| "Killing Spree"| 2:39
10.| "Run and Hide"| 4:43
11.| "Love Death"| 2:44
12.| "Shadowed Streets"| 2:19
13.| "The Shape Stalking"| 2:40
14.| "He's in the House"| 4:14
15.| "Was it the Boogie Man"| 1:07
16.| "Halloween Theme (Reprise)"| 3:36
Total length:| 45:58

## Personnel[edit]

* John Carpenter – composition, performance
* Dan Wyman – synthesizer programming
* Peter Bergren – recording engineer

## References[edit]

1. ^ Weber, Barry. "John Carpenter: Halloween [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2016.

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John Carpenter

Filmography|

| Directed|

* Captain Voyeur (1969, short)
* Dark Star (1974)
* Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
* Halloween (1978)
* Someone's Watching Me! (1978, TV)
* Elvis (1979, TV)
* The Fog (1980)
* Escape from New York (1981)
* The Thing (1982)
* Christine (1983)
* Starman (1984)
* Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
* Prince of Darkness (1987)
* They Live (1988)
* Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
* Body Bags (1993, TV)
* In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
* Village of the Damned (1995)
* Escape from L.A. (1996)
* Vampires (1998)
* Ghosts of Mars (2001)
* "Cigarette Burns" (2005, TV)
* "Pro-Life" (2006, TV)
* The Ward (2010)

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Written only|

* The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970, short)
* Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
* Zuma Beach (1978, TV)
* Better Late Than Never (1979, TV)
* Halloween II (1981)
* Black Moon Rising (1986)
* El Diablo (1990, TV)
* Blood River (1991, TV)
* Silent Predators (1999, TV)

Produced only|

* Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
* The Fog (2005)

Discography|

| Albums|

* Lost Themes (2015)
* Lost Themes Remixed (2015)
* Lost Themes II (2016)
* Anthology: Movie Themes 1974–1998 (2017)
* Lost Themes III: Alive After Death (2021)

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EPs|

* Classic Themes Redux EP (2016)
* Lost Cues: The Thing (2020)

Scores and
soundtracks|

* Halloween (1979)
* Dark Star (1980)
* Escape from New York (1981)
* Halloween II (1981)
* Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
* The Fog (1984)
* Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
* Prince of Darkness (1987)
* They Live (1988)
* Christine (1989)
* Body Bags (1993)
* In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
* Village of the Damned (1995)
* Escape from L.A. (1996)
* Vampires (1998)
* Ghosts of Mars (2001)
* Assault on Precinct 13 (2003)
* Halloween (2018)
* Halloween Kills (2021)
* Studio 666 (2022)
* Firestarter (2022)
* Halloween Ends (2022)
* Death of a Unicorn (TBA)

Related|

* Unrealized projects
* Cody Carpenter (son)
* Daniel Davies (godson)

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Halloween

Films|

* Halloween (1978)
* Halloween II (1981)
* Halloween III: Season of the Witch
* Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
* Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
* Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
* Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
* Halloween: Resurrection
* Halloween (2007)
* Halloween II (2009)
* Halloween (2018)
* Halloween Kills
* Halloween Ends

Music|

* Halloween
* Halloween II
* Halloween III: Season of the Witch
* Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
* Halloween
* Halloween Kills
* "Hunter's Moon"
* Halloween Ends

Characters|

* Michael Myers
* Samuel Loomis
* Laurie Strode
* Annie Brackett
* Jamie Lloyd
* Rachel Carruthers

Video game|

* Halloween

* Category

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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