Renowned composer/director John Carpenter and his creative collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies contributed the soundtrack to the second installment in the new "Halloween" trilogy, "Halloween Kills." Like the film itself, Carpenter's score remains true to the spirit of what made the 1978 original so great while bringing it firmly into the present. The music is unmistakably John Carpenter: the dark vintage synthesizer sounds, the breathtaking sense of menace evoked with just a few dissonant notes. But with a broader sonic palette, new digital techniques, and a deeper sense of musicality, the score for "Halloween Kills" is the work of a master who, even nearly 50 years into his career, continues to push his creative boundaries, finding new ways to thrill and terrify his fans. John Carpenter's hypnotic theme to his 1978 horror masterpiece "Halloween" has embodied the fear of slasher stalkers for generations of moviegoers and has become so woven into pop culture that it's become musical shorthand for the entire horror genre. It's just five notes plucked on a piano, arranged so sparsely that it feels like little more than a sketch, so simple that an untrained player could easily pick it up, but it's one of cinema's greatest musical achievements. In 2018, Carpenter returned to the franchise he launched with his iconic creation for the first time since 1982's "Halloween III: Season of the Witch," leaving behind 40 years of sequels and reboots under other filmmakers and returning to his original vision. While David Gordon Green has taken over the direction of the new "Halloween" film and its sequels, Carpenter has stayed on to give them their distinctive aural identity, as much a part of "Halloween" as Michael Myers' death mask and shimmering butcher knife.