Okay, HALLOWEEN experts--come forth.
 

Okay. I asked this question before and I was referred to several DVD geek sites because they supposedly knew. But they don't know, so I'm asking again.

About, oh, seven or eight years ago, there was a Newly Remixed HALLOWEEN in Dolby Surround etc. released on VHS. Maybe you remember it. I think it was also THX. Alan Howarth, a really amazing music and sound guy, did a complete remix on the film. BUT! But................

He also re-performed and rerecorded all the music and added new orchestrations that made the theme music sound more like that in HALLOWEEN II. He also changed some of the stings, beefed up the gunshot sound effects, added heavier thunderclaps, new cricket effects, and so on. In other words, he changed the sound elements completely. From top to bottom.

Sounds really nice. But it's not the original.

So here's the question: Do the most recent "HALLOWEEN" DVDs feature this newly redone soundtrack with new elements...or do they feature a stereo remixed soundtrack featuring only the ORIGINAL sound elements as we heard them in 1978?

The original theme music for example was very simple, primitive, even, and that to me was why it worked.

I don't wanna buy or even rent any DVDs till I find this out.

Okay, geeks! Show me some stuff!

I have the 25th Anniversary Edition with 5.1 dolby surround sound and in Divimax - supposedly the best video transfer process there is.

The music is the original John Carpenter score and the extras are great.

A must for any collector

I'm gonna rent it and give it a good listen. More geek comments please! Come on you squids.

mine are the 2 versions of the Criterion laserdiscs (single disc and double disc) how do they fare ?

As far as I know, the Criterion laserdiscs feature monaural sound (the original theatrical mono). All that audio is original. Criterion is pretty well known for "keeping it pure" and not allowing people to contribute, say, "new" elements to classic films.

In 1998, Anchor Bay put out a 2-tape VHS version (this is the one I have) which features all the original dialogue, music and sound effects, but remixed and stereo. It's the only stereo/surround version that I know for sure has only the original sound elements.

niiiiiiice

I figured I posted enough cute animal threads, so it's time to post a really pathetic geek thread, you see.

since i'm lame like this i don't have Halloween on dvd, i have cash flow problems until i get a real job.:(

but i do have two copies of it on vhs. original music and everything.

on the geek note though, every time i hear the music i freak, and today i was lucky enough to hear one of my friends who plays a mean piano play the shit out of the theme song. she's awesome. yeah, i also have a Michael Myers mask, poster, a t-shirt with him on it, and all of the movies. i'm such a dork when it comes to these movies that when my sister got me the Michael Myers mask for my 12th birthday i cried i was so happy.

I second that. It just might be the most extras-loaded 2-discer ever.

that's a great avatar deposable. it made me laugh out loud, even though i don't quite agree w/ you.