Halloween III Season Of The Witch – Complete Score – Big Giveaway Edition – John Carpenter / Alan Howarth

After the enormous and unparalled box office success of the first two HALLOWEEN films, the producers chose to take the franchise in a new direction, by telling new stories that would have nothing to do with Michael Meyers but would be linked together by a common thread. The events of the stories would take place during Halloween. For the second sequel in the HALLOWEEN franchise, they chose to tell the story of Silver Shamrock, a company known for its unique Halloween masks, run by the mysterious Conal Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy, THE LAST STARFIGHTER), and his insidious Manchurian-like plan to kill millions of innocent people around the world using a combination of their special masks and a specific radio signal broadcast at a particular time, to turn children into unstoppable assassins. Standing in the way is Doctor Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins, THE FOG, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS), a psychiatrist who accidentally stumbles onto the plot. Considered a creative mis-step in the evolution of the HALLOWEEN series, the film has developed a following over the years and at least one creative decision paid off in the long run. The musical duties for HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH were handled by series creator John Carpenter and Alan Howarth.