- Halloween Theme
- Halloween 1963
- Evil Is Gone!
- Halloween 1978
- Boogie Man Is Coming
- Shape
- Hedge
- He Came Home
- Trick or Treat
- Haunted House
- Devil's Eyes
- Boogie Man Is Outside
- Damn You for Letting Him Go!
- Empty Street
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- See Anything You Like?
- Lock the Door
- He's Here?
- Light's Out
- Cut It Out
- Tombstone
- Shape Stalks Laurie
- Turn Around
- Unlock the Door
- Hanger
- Call the Police
- Last Assult
- Was It the Boogie Man?
- End Credits: Halloween Theme-Reprise
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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 cliché, that's only a testament to its continued ability to strike terror in the hearts of listeners. |
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