This song will either remind you of this image or the ringtone you've designated for your spouse.
Even though scores of sequels and imitations have tried to sour me on it, Halloween is still my favorite movie. A lot of that has to do with the score: it’s simple, repetitive and completely effective. Hear it once and it will start playing in your head anytime a situation presents an unknown quantity of darkness and danger. Hell, it still works even though there was a period of about 5 years where everyone had the theme as a ringtone.
The song I’ve posted here is the result of stitching every one of the movies themes together into one piece and then covering it with a fresh coat of dissonance. I’ve wanted to do a piece like this for years, but I’ve always approached it wrong (Seriously, I first tried this back in ’98. Everything about it was terrible). The rock band atmosphere doesn’t really lend itself to the creepiness of a analog warble, 70s synths and a plinking piano notes, so it requires a slightly different approach. Here’s the approach I’ve taken: Blut Aus Nord covering a John Murphy arrangement of John Carpenter’s score.
The mp3 is at the bottom of the page, click to listen, right click to “Save as…”. I’ve also made this handy YouTube video to make it easy for you to share with your friends (please, please share it with your friends).
