Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Alan Howarth, Halloween (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 1994)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014R1
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,951 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #97 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Halloween

Track Listings

1. Halloween 4 - The Return

2. Jamie's Nightmare

3. Garage

4. Be Back by 9:30

5. Return of the Shape

6. Schoolhouse

7. Power Company

8. Police Station

9. Downstairs Alone

10. Myer's Finale

11. Halloween 4 Reprise

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Score for four more eerie sounds than actual music., October 14, 2001

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Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Working solo this time, Alan Howarth, long time composing partner with John Carpenter, creates a refreshingly creepy sound for his 'score' for Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.

With the exception of the Halloween Theme and the staccato chase theme there is no real music to be found on the album, just a chilling sonic impression of evil and menace. Recommended to fans of the off beat, where 'music' is more an audible sensation than a coherent theme.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine work by Howarth, August 4, 2006

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langleybcguy (Langley, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

When John Carpenter departed the Halloween film franchise after making Halloween 3, Alan Howarth ably stepped into the role of composer. The now-legendary 'Michael Myers Theme' - the 3 piano chords - is featured here, along with dark, sinister tones that lend well to the atmosphere of the movie. From the ominous low synethesizer tones as an ambulance makes its away through a thunderstorm to the Ridgemont Federal Sanitarium - Myers' home for 10 years - to the low piano chords as Myers walks up the stairs slowly & menacingly, coming after Jamie & Rachel, this soundtrack has put together a chilling collection of Carpenter's classic work for the first two as well as Howarth's own original work. A must have for any collector of horror soundtracks or soundtracks in general.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The CD was the best Halloween soundtrack besides theoriginal, October 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This soundtrack was amazing. It was scarier than the movie! Halloween 4 is underated by many, but it is actually a very good movie. It was number 1 at the box office for three weeks in October '88. This CD brings out the best part of the movie(besides Ellie Cornells awsome acting job), the phenominal music. The Halloween theme appeared in many different ways on this CD.

I am the president of the New England Halloween Fan Club and I fully reccomend that you buy this sountrack. It's a great CD to play for the trick or treaters on Halloween!