New Music From John Carpenter, Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection

Sacred Bones has announced Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection, a series of releases that will include both expanded versions of John Carpenter’s soundtracks for the individual films in the trilogy and a deluxe boxed set.

The soundtracks, featuring John Carpenter and collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, marked the director & composer’s return to film scoring, after nearly two decades away.

Carpenter was an executive producer and the soundtrack composer for the new trilogy, which includes 2018’s Halloween, 2021’s Halloween Kills, and 2022’s Halloween Ends.

Here’s what the label has to say about the new collection:

“In listening to the recent Halloween scores, the collaborative spirit among the composing trio is one of the first things that jumps out.

The now-famous bowed guitar part on Halloween’s “The Shape Hunts Allyson,” like all the guitar parts strewn across the trilogy, is played by Daniel Davies. John calls Daniel “the adventurer” of the group, and credits him with introducing sounds he’d never have considered.

Cody, who his father refers to as a “musical savant,” is an equally essential presence. It’s his steady, methodical hand that helps give shape to the ideas that fly around when these three get in a room together.

The scores for the new films may be centered on familiar themes, but they’re also a lot more sonically diverse and musically audacious than anything John could have pulled off in 1978, when he made the original Halloween.”

In addition to the individual expanded releases, the Halloween Expanded Trilogy will be available as part of a deluxe limited box set, offered in 6xLP and 3xCD formats.

These editions feature exclusive new packaging and artwork by Chris Bilheimer, along with expansive liner notes by music critic Brad Sanders, which include exclusive interviews with John Carpenter and director David Gordon Green. Also included on both box sets are three collectible posters designed by Creepy Duck, a box set-exclusive poster design by Chris Bilheimer, and a deluxe lenticular cover that brings the artwork to life.

Sacred Bones will release Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection on October 3, 2025. See the label site for details.

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