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John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies visit Amoeba Hollywood to celebrate the new Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection (Sacred Bones) deluxe limited box sets (coming on 6xLP and 3xCD formats). 

To attend:

- Pre-purchase your box set (LP or CD) in-store at Amoeba Hollywood starting NOW!

- With your pre-purchase you will receive a ticket to attend the signing event on October 3rd.

- Limit of 1 box set + event ticket per person.

- Box sets will be given out on October 3rd along with a commemorative event poster created for the event (must show ticket + receipt to pick up).

- Space/quantities are limited.

- They will sign the LP and CD box set purchased at Amoeba. No outside or additional items will be signed. Individual titles will be available on October 3rd but they will be signing the box sets only.

- In-store purchase only – no online or phone orders for this special event

In addition to the deluxe, limited box sets for this signing event, Amoeba will also have the individual expanded releases available: the scores from 2018’s Halloween, 2021’s Halloween Kills, and 2022’s Halloween Ends starting 10/3. 

John Carpenter’s soundtracks for the most recent Halloween trilogy, made alongside his frequent collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, marked the legendary director and composer’s return to film scoring after nearly two decades away. 2018’s Halloween, 2021’s Halloween Kills, and 2022’s Halloween Ends were all directed by David Gordon Green, who engaged Carpenter early in the pre-production process, ultimately enlisting him as both an executive producer and soundtrack composer for the trilogy. Now, for the first time, expanded editions of all three scores are being made available in a deluxe box set by Carpenter’s longtime label, Sacred Bones Records.

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.