John Carpenter / Cody Carpenter / Daniel Davies OST Halloween Kills Redfire Art Vinyl Edition

Pressed on cloudy clear with red and white splatter color vinyl and housed in a gatefold cover with alternative art by frequent Carpenter collaborator Chris Bilheimer. The soundtrack for the second installment in the David Gordon Green directed Halloween series in which John Carpenter serves as an executive producer, a creative consultant and, thrillingly, a soundtrack composer, alongside his collaborators from his recent solo albums, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. The trio utilized an array of software synths, vintage analogue equipment, and live instrumentation including a Dave Smith Ob-6, bowed guitar, Roland Juno, Moog, Roland System 1, Roland System 8, different guitar pedals, mellotron, and piano. Now with the Halloween Kills score director Green has pushed the musicians to be more experimental and take their modern sound to a chilling new level. Standout tracks like "Unkillable" and "Rampage" feature skittering synths over deep four on the floor bass that create a full psychosis of dread before the guitars smash into the song like a semi creating a confusion over whether to headbang, dance, or run for you life. More tragic songs like "Michael's Legend" and "Strode's at the Hospital" showcase exquisite and delicate piano playing and prove the range of orchestra-tion this team is capable of executing with mastery and vision. Like all of Carpenter's legendary soundtracks Halloween Kills features incredible standalone music that like their Lost Themes trilogy of music made for imaginary films can be enjoyed thor-oughly with or without the context of the film.