{"id":3248,"date":"2018-10-26T09:11:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T16:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:26:59","slug":"halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/halloween","title":{"rendered":"Episode 147: John Carpenter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Halloween (Theme)&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SongExploder147-John-Carpenter-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SongExploder147-John-Carpenter.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SongExploder147-John-Carpenter-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SongExploder147-John-Carpenter-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_21d7a8a2-0df7-4fe2-90a5-daae311cbdda\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/21d7a8a2-0df7-4fe2-90a5-daae311cbdda\/SongExploder147_Halloween-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In 1978, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com\/\">John Carpenter<\/a> wrote, directed, and scored the film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077651\/\"><i>Halloween<\/i><\/a>. It was made on a $300,000 budget, and ended up grossing over $70 million, making it one of the most successful independent movies ever released. The main theme to the film became one of the most iconic pieces of cinematic music ever made. <i>Halloween <\/i>became a franchise with 10 more Halloween films since the original. In 2018 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1502407\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">new <em>Halloween<\/em> film<\/a> was released, directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0337773\/\">David Gordon Green<\/a>. And for the first time since the first film, John Carpenter composed the score. That included remaking his theme song for the new film, this time with the help of his son <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludrium.com\/\">Cody Carpenter<\/a> and his godson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddaviesmusic?lang=en\">Daniel Davies<\/a>. In this episode, the three of them break down how they did it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1426559304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream the 2018 theme to <em>Halloween<\/em> here.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-john-carpenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can buy the soundtrack to <em>Halloween<\/em> on vinyl here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAkmG-VH_O4\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/john-carpenter-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/music\/faculty_staff\/daniel_wyman\/index.html\">Daniel Wyman<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sequential.com\/product\/ob-6\/\">Oberheim OB-6 Synthesizer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Octavia_(effects_pedal)\">Octavia Effects Pedal<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Halloween (Theme)&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 In 1978, John Carpenter wrote, directed, and scored the film Halloween. 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