Halloween III: Complete Original Motion Picture Score [Soundtrack]

John Carpenter (Composer), Alan Howarth (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: AHI Records
• Run Time: 68 minutes
• ASIN: B000ZA0E24
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Alan Howarth Incorporated (AHI) presents the 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition Halloween III soundtrack. Features the complete original release (remastered) as well as 13 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Limited to 1000 copies worldwide.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Happy Halloween...Halloween...Halloween...[repeat], February 18, 2008

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N. P. Stathoulopoulos "nick9155" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Halloween III: Complete Original Motion Picture Score (Audio CD)

An excellent re-release of the Carpenter-Howarth score to Halloween III: Season of the Witch to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film.

Not being a Michael Myers film, the Halloween theme does not appear. Instead, the film features the signature Carpenter sound on a number of excellent new cues, including the opening theme and the ensuing chase sequence. Once again, it's all keyboard, and very reminiscent of his scores from the same period (Escape From New York, Christine, etc). Spare and eerie, it holds up well. As scores go, this is as good as EfNY, and with the unreleased tracks it's even better. You're pretty much getting an extra album here, with 13 additional tracks clocking in at the same length, if not more. Some of the extra material contains alternate versions of the score, while others are totally unreleased tracks, all of them very welcome. The score still holds up better the film, which did have some interesting themes that are relevant today, even if Tommy Lee Wallace couldn't quite hold it together like Carpenter (or Rick Rosenthal). Still, the music will evoke the photography of Dean Cundey, who gave the film the same look as the first two.

Limited to 1000 copies, which isn't much even for a re-release of H III's score, this is well worth it for Carpenter fans, and fans of the demented Silver Shamrock jingle. If you don the right mask and play the Silver Shamrock Montage track enough, your head will explode.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Love the score...hate the fact it's not a real CD, October 26, 2010

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Jason Deehr "JasonDeehr" (Manhattan, Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Halloween III: Complete Original Motion Picture Score (Audio CD)

I am a huge fan of this score. I might be the biggest fan of it actually. I had the downloaded version from iTunes, and I thought it would be a great idea to own the physical disc, so I would have it forever. I took the plunge and ordered it from Amazon. I got the disc and I was really angry. It is a burned copy. I can understand Amazon not wanting to stock every disc, but I feel I was duped. Even the booklet was printed with a cheap printer, you can see lines in the art, and there is nothing but the front of the book, no liner notes, no pictures no nothing. I could have burned the disc MYSELF. I guess I will have to read every single line on the description, to make sure that what I order is what I want. I am sad it's not a real pressed disc, the score deserves to be preserved fro all times.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome soundtrack to an awesome movie with 13 extra tracks!, January 30, 2010

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Joker (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Halloween III: Complete Original Motion Picture Score (Audio CD)

This review is of the LIMITED EDITION Halloween III - Season Of The Witch soundtrack that has a total of 25 tracks. The ORIGINAL release of this soundtrack has 12 songs.

The soundtrack to Halloween III is easily John Carpenter's best work. He teamed up with Alan Howarth to make this eerie atmospheric soundtrack that doesn't keep repeating itself like the Halloween and Halloween II soundtracks. Each track has its own identity and the tracks connect well with each other. A lot of keyboards and synthesizers are used. There are 13 additional tracks included on this album (and 25 altogether), whereas the original release has a total of 12 tracks. Personal favorites of mine are The Rock, Hello Grandma, Halloween Montage, Goodbye Ellie, Robots At The Factory, Drive To Santa Mira, Hey Boom, The Factory, I Do Love A Good Joke, and Local Boy, No Way. Some of the extra tracks are repeats of tracks that appeared on the original release, only they're slightly different musically and named differently. They're basically alternate unused versions, but still very good. The remaining extra tracks are tracks that never appeared on the original release, yet I feel should have been included on the original release because they are music tracks that were applied to scenes in the movie.

It's too bad so many people don't like the movie. People need to give the movie a chance, because it's an extremely underrated movie, even with the silly plot and mistakes in the movie. Once you watch it a few times, it might start to grow on you. People need to forget about Michael Myers. John Carpenter and Debra Hill killed him off in Halloween II, remember? They did this so they could start a whole new Halloween-themed franchise with a new movie every year that is unrelated to the previous. In fact, they didn't even want to make Halloween II to begin with. In my mind, there are really only two Halloween movies: Halloween and Halloween III. I pretend that the others don't exist (though I did review Halloween II). I highly recommend the Halloween III soundtrack for your Halloween season! I also highly recommend watching Halloween III with an open mind and without Michael Myers on your mind. He wasn't in the movie and wasn't supposed to be in the movie because he was killed off in Halloween II. The only reason he was brought back in Halloween 4 was to cash in and imitate other horror movie franchises that featured an invincible villain. All of a sudden Michael Myers is invincible starting with Halloween 4. Think about that. See my movie review of Halloween III - Season Of The Witch.

I highly recommend the Halloween III - Season Of The Witch limited edition soundtrack. If you can't get a copy of the CD, you can download everything right here on Amazon.