Halloween 5: The Revenge 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 13, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014R8
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,702 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #81 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Halloween

Track Listings

1. Romeo, Romeo

2. Anything for Money

3. Dancin' on Midnight

4. Second Time Around

5. Sporting Woman

6. Halloween 5 - The Revenge

7. The Shape Also Rises

8. The Evil Child Must Die

9. First Victim

10. A Stranger in the House

11. Tower Farm

12. Stop the Rage

13. Trapped

14. The Attic

15. Jail Break

16. Halloween Finale

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Howarth delivers the goods and more!, March 30, 2005

By 

Phillip Collins "College student" (Medway, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

In Halloween 4, Howarth took an experimental approach to Carpenter's original score. The overall result was a glorious success. Heavily layered with dense and atmospheric ambiences, Howarth's variations on Carpenter's classic themes were inventive. The score to Halloween 5 continues this tradition.

However, Howarth does not simply recycle the classic themes. Instead, he introduces several of his own themes, each one designed to reflect narrative elements of the film. For instance, the mysterious stranger who appears frequently throughout the movie is represented by an eerie melody within a dark and sinister soundscape. Another example is the inhuman chanting used by Howarth to highlight the introduction of the esoteric Thorn symbol. There are several melodic threads that continue to resurface throughout the score, which illustrate Howarth's outstanding sense of thematic continuity.

Howarth is truly a genius and there could have been no better musician to inherit Carpenter's score. The score of Halloween 5 vividly bears out this contention.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great,more ambient Halloween score!, January 7, 2002

By 

Bob Ashley (texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Well,I don't care for the 5 rock songs at the beginning of this CD.Sounds like bad VH1 stuff.Very 80s.Anyway,the score is great(tracks 6-16).Very moody and scarey soundscapes with familiar melodies here and there.I love the scores for 4 and 5.More modern and effective for underscoring fright.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This soundtrack will send a shiver down your spine., March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I have heard all of the HALLOWEEN soundtracks and I must say that this one is the scariest of them all. Each musical score has it's own feeling and mood and the five rock songs in the beggining are a good add on to the soundtrack. If you are new to the HALLOWEEN series and their soundtracks, then this is definitely the first one you want to check out.