Home Label: Mondo Halloween III: Season Of The Witch
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
Halloween III: Season Of The Witch
DW008E
- Pressed on Black Eco Vinyl
- Packaging by Alan Hynes
- Music to the 1982 film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Description
Death Waltz Recording Co. is delighted to revisit not only one of our favorite HALLOWEEN sequels, but one of our favorite sequels period. It’s been a long, hard road for HALLOWEEN III: THE SEASON OF THE WITCH to be accepted within the HALLOWEEN franchise, but it is now widely considered to be one of the best horror movies of the ‘80s.
The packaging for this release is also completely singular and jaw-dropping; designed by Alan Hynes (the wizard behind our FIGHT CLUB and ANOMALISA releases) it’s unlike all of our other re-issues in this series. It’s still designed to fit in the collectors box and really helps solidify what an outlier HALLOWEEN III is in the overall series.
The film is unique not only due to it lacking Michael Myers (save for a brief appearance on a TV screen) but also for its score. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth completely jettisoned their previous work and deliver nothing short of an electronic masterpiece. The lead track ‘Chariots Of Pumpkins’ is an epic 4/4 beat-driven synth-banger that has regularly been played by DJs over the last 10 years. The rest of the score features lush pads, Linn drums aplenty and veers from beautiful blissed-out ambient drones to sinister stinger-driven mood pieces. Absolutely outstanding stuff.
Preview Tracklist
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Halloween III: Season Of The Witch - Main Titles
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Chariots of Pumpkins
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Gas Station
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Robot Kills Grimbridge
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Ellie Enters
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Microphone
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Drive to Santa Mira
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Challis and Starker
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Marge Revealed
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Silver Shamrock - Two More Days
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Robots at the Factory
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First Chase
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Hello Grandma
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Silver Shamrock - 1 More Day
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Santa Mira Night
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The Rock
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Cochran Speaks
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Silver Shamrock - Happy Happy
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Challis Escapes
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South Corridor
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Halloween III - Titles and Chariots (Alt Mix)
