One of the most exciting aspects of David Gordon Green’s Halloween is that it’s going to give us a brand new John Carpenter score, which will mark Carpenter’s musical return to the big screen after many, many years. The horror master is currently hard at work scoring the film with his son Cody, and Gordon Green teased their work at SDCC over the weekend.

Our own Rafael Motamayor was on hand and relays what he heard.

“We use the original theme by John as the foundation of this movie,” Gordon Green noted, going on to indicate that we’re getting a blend of classic and new music. “He’s composing with his son, Cody, and Daniel Davies, as we speak. So far it’s fun to be able to figure out, ‘When do you want the iconic music, and when do you want fresh and inventive music?’“

He added, “The score also has a bit of Christine and Big Trouble in Little China in it.”

The last film Carpenter scored? That’d be Ghosts of Mars way back in 2001!

In the new film, co-written by Danny McBride…

“Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.”

“A British documentary crew comes to the States to visit Michael in prison for a retrospective of the maniac’s night of terror — but their project becomes way more interesting when Myers escapes custody, retrieves his signature mask and seeks revenge on Laurie, with others naturally being part of his impressive career body count along the way.

In the decades following the fateful Halloween night that forever altered the former babysitter’s life, Laurie has armed and prepped herself for Michael’s inevitable return — to the detriment of her family, including daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson.”

Judy Greer plays Karen Strode, Laurie’s daughter, while Andi Matichak landed the coveted role of the film’s young lead (daughter to Greer and granddaughter to Curtis).

Nick Castle will return to the role of Michael Myers, while stunt performer and actor James Jude Courtney has also been cast to play Myers.

The cast also includes Virginia “Ginny” Gardner (Project Almanac, Marvel’s “Runaways”), Miles Robbins (Mozart in the Jungle, My Friend Dahmer), Dylan Arnold (Mudbound, Laggies, When We Rise), and Drew Scheid (“Stranger Things”, The War with Grandpa). They will be playing the friends of Matichak’s Allyson.

Michael returns to Haddonfield on October 19, 2018.