VOL 3:
PUT ON YOUR MASKS KIDDIES!!!!!!! The John Carpenter Prophet 6 Patches continue....
Halloween III: Season Of The Witch is not only one of my favorite films (in fact I even enjoy it more than any of the Michael Myers films) but it's also easily my second favorite Carpenter soundtrack (first one being The Fog).
For this score Howarth ditched the ARP Quadra and used the following set up.
Prophet-10 w Poly Sequencer
Prophet-5 w Poly Sequencer
ARP Avatar (2)
ARP Sequencer
Sequential Circuits Programmer Mdl.700
Linn LM-1 Drum Computer
A lot of the sounds in this patch list are played through the soundtrack's entirety. For me this is where Carpenter and Howarth's sound is most "Synth like" with filter sweeps, synth pads and synth bass. To my ears this score perfectly embodies the holiday of Halloween and takes the innocents of jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, witches and trick or treating and delivers a slow brooding evil that lurks beneath the masks.
1. It's Almost Time Kiddies....
2. Horrorathon At 9
3. Follow The Shamrock
4. Skeleton
5. Jack-O-Lantern
6. Witch
7. Cochran's Pad
8. Robot's Timpani (Reoccurring Timpani)
9. Watch The Magic Pumpkin (Reoccurring Stinger)
10. STOP IT!!! STOP IT!!! STOP IT!!!!
These patches will be ready for purchase in the next few weeks.
Just one more volume to go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUGIXODxbYQ