Halloween: Resurrection [SOUNDTRACK]

Danny Lux (Composer), Halloween Resurrection (Orchestra)

Product Details

• Orchestra: Halloween Resurrection
• Composer: Danny Lux
• Audio CD (July 16, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B000069HK6
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #196,528 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, Simply Amazing..., July 24, 2002

By	Phillip Peace (Bremen, GA) - See all my reviews

For someone who follows the soundtracks of various movies from time to time, I find that this one accompanying the newly-released HalloweeN: Resurrection film is nothing short of a great listen, for new and old alike. However, I feel those who are truly faithful to the film series (and for someone like I who has been dressing up as Michael Myers come every halloween for the last 8 years), will enjoy this one a tad bit more. The only thing I miss is the original stalking music that would follow as Michael would begin to hunt down and get his victims, another memorable signature musical track that I feel should've been redone for this soundtrack. Nonetheless, I can deal without it for the time being, as the rest fills up the void, plenty of 'stingers' to jolt you out of your seat, and possibly out of your headphones, swiftly changing modulations, some of which speeding fluently towards a climax of restated theme. I'm very impressed by Mr. Danny Lux on this one...if I might be able to borrow a second reviewer's words on this CD-Bravo! Bravo!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning., July 17, 2002

By	Matt (Winston, Oregon) - See all my reviews

While I've always enjoyed the wonderfully dark music of the Halloween series, I sincerely missed the series' long-time composer, Alan Howarth, when H20 came around. Make no mistake, John Ottman did a wonderful job with the Halloween: H20 soundtrack, but...it just wasn't what the music that "Halloween" was all about.

When Danny Lux was reported to helm the soundtrack and once again, another entry was to be Howarth-less, my heart sunk. I expected another border-line cheesy, overly-orchestrated soundtrack, ala H20.

But my hopes were immediatly lifted upon hearing the ever-famous tune when the Dimensions logo appeared on the movie theatre screen. And as the movie continued, it only got better. Lux is masterful in that he changes the bass of the main theme somewhat, whilst still keeping the theme relatively close to Carpenter's original piece. However, this soundtrack is EASILLY the darkest-sounding of the entire series, which is fitting, as Halloween: Ressurection was a mean, relentless film. All in all, this is probably my favorite of the Halloween soundtracks, with Halloween 4 and 6 trailing short behind.

Bravo, Danny Lux! Bravo!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Well Worth Effort, December 7, 2003

By	snowleopard (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This CD packs a mix of everything from the series of Halloween's scores. Some bright electronics, some contemporary orchestration that fit the film well, and John Carpenter's original theme (an outstanding version here, I might add. Equalled only by the original, and Alan Howarth's version on H4). While not as electronic as some may have preferred and expected from Howarth's more than servicable scores, Lux's orchestration matches this film far better than the mess of a score that Halloween H2O was (no slight to John Ottman, his original score for that was hacked up, and hardly used - order his "Portrait of Terror" to hear what he intended).

I do have some complaints of this score though. First, so much of the music is non-thematic. With exception to the original theme, what Carpenter (and to an extent, Howarth) did was create individual, minimalistic, but effective scores. That's been replaced by a more contemporary, "safe" Hollywood type score. While that fits on film, I can't completely say it satisfies the Halloween series. In addition to that, I have over 200 film scores, I can't think of any of them that stretch the decible range so far. This soundtrack goes from barely audible whisper quiet, to blast out the windows on your entire block loud. Dramatic all right! But how many of us have sound systems that can capture and express this in a listenable manner? Mis-adjusting the volume, or listening on headphones could make the listener shell shocked if not careful.

Complaints aside, taken that into consideration, this score does justice to the series. Lux take on the main theme is terrific. More than anyone expected. And overall the score fit the film quite well.