LABEL: Sacred Bones
VINYL RELEASE DATE:10/17/2025
VARIANT: Art Edition, Bone White w/Orange Splatter Vinyl 2LP

John Carpenters soundtracks for the most recent Halloween trilogy, made alongside his frequent collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, marked the legendary director and composers return to film scoring after nearly two decades away. 2018s Halloween, 2021s Halloween Kills, and 2022s 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. Originally released in 2019, Halloween Expanded is now seeing a brand-new packaging, making this a fresh item for fans to add to their collection. 2018s Halloween was a hit beyond the wildest dreams of anyone involved. It opened to the biggest box office gross in Blumhouses history at the time, and the biggest in the history of the Halloween franchise. It was inevitable that a pair of sequels, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, would soon be greenlit. Green signed on to direct both, but he didnt want to assume that John, Cody, and Daniel would return to do the scores. I dont ever take anything for granted, he says. So you hope they had a good experience. I know we had fun on the project, but you never know peoples time and financial interests and all these things. The realities of dealmaking, moviemaking, dont always slide in so smoothly. But there wasnt a hiccup. We looked at each other and said, How do we make this work? Lets do it again. Twice. The expanded version of Halloween includes more than 28 additional minutes of music from the film and presents a more complete, immersive listening experience. The additional material included on the expanded edition adds a total of 24 cues to the album, spread across two more sides of vinyl on the deluxe double LP version. This new expanded edition comes packaged with all-new artwork by Chris Bilheimer and an exclusive 24×36 poster designed by Creepy Duck. Expanded versions of the Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends scores, as well as a box set collecting all three expanded editions, will also be available from Sacred Bones on the same release date.