John Carpenter & Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Halloween Kills Original Soundtrack

John Carpenter's soundtracks for the most recent Halloween trilogy, made alongsidehis frequent collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, marked the legendarydirector and composer's return to film scoring after nearly two decades away. 2018'sHalloween, 2021's Halloween Kills, and 2022's Halloween Ends were all directed byDavid Gordon Green, who engaged Carpenter early in the pre-production process,ultimately enlisting him as both an executive producer and soundtrack composer forthe trilogy. Now, for the first time, a deluxe, 2xLP expanded edition of the Hallow-een Kills score is being made available by Carpenter's longtime label, Sacred BonesRecords.2018's Halloween was a hit beyond the wildest dreams of anyone involved. It opened tothe biggest box office gross in Blumhouse's history at the time, and the biggest in thehistory of the Halloween franchise. It was inevitable that a pair of sequels, HalloweenKills and Halloween Ends, would soon be greenlit. Green signed on to direct both, buthe didn't want to assume that John, Cody, and Daniel would return to do the scores."I don't ever take anything for granted," he says. "So you hope they had a good experi-ence. I know we had fun on the project, but you never know people's time and finan-cial interests and all these things. The realities of dealmaking, moviemaking, don'talways slide in so smoothly. But there wasn't a hiccup. We looked at each other and said,'How do we make this work? Let's do it again.' Twice."The expanded version of Halloween Kills includes 25 never-before-released cues, andit comes packaged with all-new artwork by Chris Bilheimer and an exclusive 24x36"poster designed by Creepy Duck. Expanded versions of Halloween and Halloween Endsscores, as well as a box set collecting all three expanded editions, will also be availablefrom Sacred Bones on the same release date.