John Carpenter has introduced a brand new original soundtrack for the upcoming David Gordon Green-directed Halloween film. It’s out October 19 by way of Sacred Bones. The movie will likely be launched in theaters the identical day. For the rating, he’s enlisted frequent collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. This marks the primary time Carpenter has been concerned within the horror franchise since 1982’s Halloween III. This time round, Carpenter can even be serving as Halloween’s government producer (as beforehand introduced) and artistic advisor. Watch a brand new teaser beneath.
The rating contains a number of new variations of the iconic theme track from 1978’s Halloween, the primary installment of the franchise that was additionally directed by Carpenter. “We needed to honor the unique Halloween soundtrack when it comes to the sounds we used,” Davies mentioned in a press release. “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.”
The Halloween OST will likely be accessible on CD, digital obtain, and quite a lot of restricted version shade vinyl, together with Red and Black Platter “Art Edition” in addition to “Bloody Knife” and “Dirty Bloody Mask” variants. The Carpenters and Davies will likely be touring in help of the soundtrack in Europe. They’ll even be taking part in a one-off present on Halloween evening on the Palladium in Los Angeles. See their full itinerary, and discover tickets right here.
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies beforehand labored collectively on Carpenter’s 2016 LP Lost Themes II. Last yr, he dropped Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998. In honor of the anthology, which featured newly recorded variations of 13 of his film instances, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross re-recorded the theme to 1978’s Halloween.
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