Soundtracks Vinyl 409 Items

Sleeve has water damage.

Cover with saw cut

Record is close to VG+.
Includes original inner sleeve.

Japanese pressing, comes with Obi and inserts.

No Obi, with insert. Cover has light foxing. Record is close to NM.

No Obi, with insert.

Japanese pressing, comes with Obi and inserts. Record is close to NM.

Japanese pressing, comes with Obi and inserts.

Japanese pressing, comes with Obi and inserts.

Pressed on Black Eco Vinyl
Artwork by Paul Mann
Music to the 1981 film directed by Rick Rosenthal
DESCRIPTION

Death Waltz Recording Company is proud to present the return of one of horror’s scariest boogeymen, as well as one of the genre’s most iconic theme tunes with John Carpenter and Alan Howarth’s score to HALLOWEEN II. Set directly after the events of the first film, Rick Rosenthal’s sequel sets itself up as the slasher equivalent of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, making a family connection between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers while getting some good kills in at the same time. Carpenter and Howarth’s score is beefier and more intense than before, using layers of electronics to drive the audience to madness.

As before, Myers aka “The Shape” is propelled by that theme, souped up with a new and more powerful arrangement from Carpenter and Howarth. HALLOWEEN II is more overtly synth and is perhaps less focused than the original score, although that certainly means it’s nastier and more schizophrenic. The score also brings back the evocative ’Laurie’s Theme’, incorporating into a score full of harrowing musical effect, its synthesised howls and wails piercing your ears so that by the time ‘Mr. Sandman’ comes around, you’ll feel just like the final girl, delirious at having survived the aural ordeal. And that’s just when The Shape wakes up.

Pressed on Black Eco Vinyl
Packaging by Alan Hynes
Music to the 1982 film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
DESCRIPTION

Death Waltz Recording Co. is delighted to revisit not only one of our favorite HALLOWEEN sequels, but one of our favorite sequels period. It’s been a long, hard road for HALLOWEEN III: THE SEASON OF THE WITCH to be accepted within the HALLOWEEN franchise, but it is now widely considered to be one of the best horror movies of the ‘80s.

The packaging for this release is also completely singular and jaw-dropping; designed by Alan Hynes (the wizard behind our FIGHT CLUB and ANOMALISA releases) it’s unlike all of our other re-issues in this series. It’s still designed to fit in the collectors box and really helps solidify what an outlier HALLOWEEN III is in the overall series.

The film is unique not only due to it lacking Michael Myers (save for a brief appearance on a TV screen) but also for its score. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth completely jettisoned their previous work and deliver nothing short of an electronic masterpiece. The lead track ‘Chariots Of Pumpkins’ is an epic 4/4 beat-driven synth-banger that has regularly been played by DJs over the last 10 years. The rest of the score features lush pads, Linn drums aplenty and veers from beautiful blissed-out ambient drones to sinister stinger-driven mood pieces. Absolutely outstanding stuff.

Japanese pressing. Vinyl is Close to VG+. With insert

Japanese pressing. close to NM. OBI is missing. With insert

close to NM. Japanese pressing. OBI is missing.

Japanese pressing. Few paper scuffs. Without OBI.

Original japanese pressing with OBI

Japanese pressing without OBI, with insert

Japanese pressing with OBI and insert.

Copy closer to VG+

Cover with OBI has tiny wear. With inserts. Vinyl is close to NM, Japanese pressing.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing.

No Obi, with insert.

No Obi, with insert. Cover has light foxing.

No Obi, no insert. Cover has strong foxing inside gatefold.