Things are looking up for Halloween fans. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to positive responses (whew), and now a full track from the soundtrack has been released online. Nabbing John Carpenter to return and work on the score was a major coup for Blumhouse, and indeed the original Halloween filmmaker not only helped write new music, but consulted on the film—going so far as to talk director David Gordon Green out of reshooting the original film’s ending.

Carpenter composed the score for the new Halloween with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, and this track here—aptly named “The Shape Returns”—is wonderfully creepy, offering a taste of that haunting original theme with a new twist.

Everything we’ve seen and heard about this film so far signals that Green and co-writer Danny McBride handled this sequel in the best possible way, honoring the original, treading new territory, but fitting snugly as a piece alongside Carpenter’s iconic film.

Take a listen to the track below and click here to read Perri’s full review of the film from TIFF. Halloween opens in theaters on October 19th and the soundtrack will be released on the same day. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer.

Here's the official synopsis for Halloween:

Universal Pictures will release Trancas International Films, Blumhouse Productions and Miramax’s Halloween on Friday, October 19, 2018.

 

Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

 

Master of horror John Carpenter executive produces and serves as creative consultant on this film, joining forces with cinema’s current leading producer of horror, Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, The Purge, Paranormal Activity). Inspired by Carpenter’s classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film, and Green also directs.

 

Halloween is also produced by Malek Akkad, whose Trancas International Films has produced the Halloween series since its inception, and Bill Block (Elysium, District 9). In addition to Carpenter and Curtis, Green and McBride will executive produce under their Rough House Pictures banner. Ryan Freimann also serves in that role.

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