I am super excited for the new score coming out and it is driving me crazy that there has been nothing really said about it / it has not been announced for purchase or release yet (other than the generic "it comes out on the same day" thing). Has anyone heard anything new about this yet?
shareIt'd be even better if JC were scoring a new, original movie, as opposed to the same old man in mask chasing girl movie.
shareI don't know if I agree with that myself. I love what he has been doing with the Halloween scores in general so I can't wait for one more! Plus, he did just do Firestarter, so you had that this year as well!
shareI have all of his recent album releases except that Halloween II one. It doesn't seem that much different than the first one.
I love all 3 of those Lost Themes albums. They're golden.
I totally agree about the Lost Themes trilogy! I'm a big fan and can't wait for the Ends score to finally arrive or even be officially announced!
shareYeah, I meant to say I never bought the soundtrack for Halloween Kills. When I streamed it it seemed not much different than the first Halloween besides a few tracks, I'll give them both another listen to see if it's worth picking up (and this new one, too).
shareFor what it's worth, I really liked his Kills soundtrack, but yes, they are relatively similar.
shareI didn't know he did the score for Firestarter. A kind of irony, I suppose, since he was dismissed from the original version of that movie.
shareGood point! I forgot about that!
shareListening to the score right now. Definitely has it's pure Carpenter moments (and reminds me the only thing Stranger Things really gets right about the 1980s is the Carpenter/Tangerine Dream/Vangelis-esque soundtrack (and to its credit, it REALLY gets it right).
shareI will say that Firestarter was not my favorite of his scores, but that is super hard to do because of the classics! Still great Carpenter!
(Also I must say I'm a Stranger Things fan!)
For anyone following along here, they have finally announced the new score. However, digital date is 10/14 (release day for the film), the physical media release is pushed to 1/20/23 (I believe, I know it is January of 2023). I find that particularly annoying but will listen to it one way or another!
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