Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The success of the original Halloween launched six sequels, a ravenous decade's worth of imitators, and Hollywood careers for star Jamie Lee Curtis and director John Carpenter. But its budget was a micro one, and director Carpenter managed to save a few bucks by hiring the same composer he'd worked with since his days as a student and struggling indie--himself. Borrowing the staccato rhythmic devices of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells cum Exorcist score, Carpenter overlaid them with a few simple Grand Guignol-esque synth chords and created nothing less than a surprisingly enduring horror classic. Carpenter also gleaned a few hints from Italian prog-rock horror-score kings Goblin, imbuing his simple, synthesizer-based cues with an almost subconscious sense of dread, tension, and impending doom. If the music has become something of a modern clich?, that's only a testament to its continued ability to strike terror in the hearts of listeners. --Jerry McCulley more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-21-2007
- Good soundtrack
I'll make my review short so here it is:If your looking for the original michael myers halloween music look no further, this is indeed the better soundtrack than the special edition one. This soundtrack includes all the music you...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-21-2007
- Halloween Soundtrack CD.
A spine chilling a self chilling that keeps on creeps you in a haunting way until you buy this CD only to hear it at home. This is one of the best made CD ever been made.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-12-2007
- A Classic Among Movie Scores.
I absolutely loved the soundtrack the first time I had gotten it. The pounding of the percussions on 'The Shape Stalks' gives the scene it played on so much more emotion and suspense. I finally understood what John Carpenter has spoken...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-27-2005
- Best in my Collection!
I love to collect all sorts of scary and suspense film scores and this one is the top in my collection. Like I said before I collect film score cd's. The others i enjoy listening to are the following:*The Amityville Horror by Lalo...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-21-2007
- Good soundtrack
I'll make my review short so here it is:If your looking for the original michael myers halloween music look no further, this is indeed the better soundtrack than the special edition one. This soundtrack includes all the music you...
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