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

Alan Howarth, Halloween (Related Recordings)

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.com Sales Rank: #99,775 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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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

By	Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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:

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

By A Customer

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!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine effort, November 6, 1999

By A Customer

With the Halloween 4 score, Alan Howarth was somewhat freed from the contraints of the John Carpenter compositions. The result is that there are less elements of the original themes and scores. Beyond that the soundtrack plays to Howarth's strengths more than weaknesses. The score is very full in it's synthetic symphonic nature. While it doesn't have the themes and motifs found in the compositions of Carpenter, Howarth kept the tension up in this score and used his skills as a studio master, coupled with his experience with the genre to complete a fine effort in the series.