After Halloween, John Carpenter would go on to make other films in which all of the traits of the Carpenter style would be on full display.
Assault on Precinct 13 certainly showed the crystallization of an auteur but it was Halloween that established the John Carpenter style.
Sure, this is stripped down in Halloween, but it’s where John Carpenter utilized audio in a way that he would in several other films.
I would venture to say that over 50% of the mood in any John Carpenter film is because of the soundtrack that he’s employed.
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