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Halloween

8 Reasons Why 2018’s Halloween Is The Best One Since The Original

There was a serious amount of hype surrounding Blumhouse's new Halloween. With Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter back on board 40 years after the release of the first movie, could it manage to bypass the endless acceptable-to-awful entries in the franchise and give us something on a level with the masterful original? Having smashed box office records and earned a mostly strong critical response, it's safe to say that it's certainly succeeded in that.
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John Carpenter’s Score

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Halloween 2018

Speaking of Carpenter, Green might have directed the new movie but he did manage to convince original creator John Carpenter to jump back on board the franchise to deliver the score for the film. In many ways, his superbly sinister musical cues from the first movie are just as important to its overall success as his direction and the iconic look of its villain, so the fact that he was back really helped lift 2018’s Halloween. 

Most of the success of the soundtrack comes from the sense of nostalgia we get from hearing familiar themes reheated but actually, there’s a lot of invention and terrific fresh material on display here, too, which is what really makes it soar. Carpenter worked with his son Cody and musician Daniel Davies to compose the music for the film and together, they delivered some excellent reconstructions of his original tunes as well as creating new ones.

Overall, the score is both a wonderful callback, full of 80s-style synths (something that’s really come back in style in recent years), and a very modern piece of work, with a much bigger emotional range than even Carpenter’s music on the first movie. Just check out the track titled “The Shape Burns,” which manages to be chilling, triumphant and mournful at the same time. It’s a stellar achievement from the Carpenters and Davies and hopefully, they’ll be back for the sequel.


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'