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Alan Howarth

Sound · follow into films and chains

Biography

Alan Howarth (born August 6, 1948) is an American composer and sound designer. He is a frequent collaborator with film director and composer John Carpenter.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Thing

Original Music Composer

Planet Terror

Music

Escape from New York

Original Music Composer

Christine

Original Music Composer

They Live

Original Music Composer

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Original Music Composer

Big Trouble in Little China

Original Music Composer

Halloween II

Original Music Composer

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Discs That Changed How Britain Watched

When DVD landed in Britain in 1997 it promised cinema in your living room. The discs that followed rewired what collectors expected from a film at home.

10 films

20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own

There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...

20 films

The DVDs That Changed Everything

In the autumn of 1997, the first DVD players reached British shops, and the format arrived with a sales pitch that sounded too good to be true: cinema in your l...

13 films

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