''Halloween'' is the third public album by the group
Two Steps from Hell, released in September 2012. The album contains 48 tracks,
written by composers
Thomas J. Bergersen and
Nick Phoenix
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Pla ...
. All the tracks, apart from ''To Die on Halloween'', are from prior
demonstration albums previously only available to the industry.
This is their first public album to feature tracks with English vocals.
It was Two Step from Hell's first themed album, which they described as "spooky music... the ultimate
Halloween
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party soundtrack.", and others as "paying homage to the
horror genre
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".
However, the group did not consider it one of their "major" releases; their next, ''
SkyWorld'', was released just a month later.
Track listing
Tracks 9 and 27 are reworked versions from their original releases.
An official music video was released on
YouTube
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as a preview for the track ''To Die on Halloween'' on 28 August 2012.
"Cemetery Waltz" was included in ''
Town & Country's'' 2021 list of "The 40 Best Halloween Songs Of All Time".
Critical reception
IFMCA
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History and purpose
...
-associated reviews website, ''MundoBSO'', rated it six out of ten stars.
Use in media
Two Steps From Hell's music has been used frequently in movie trailers and commercials.
*''Ashes'' was used in the "Rise of the Rakghouls" trailer for ''
Star Wars: The Old Republic''.
*''Calamity'' was used in the ''
Killzone 3
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'' Justice Trailer.
*''Hunter's Moon'' was used in the trailer for ''
Beowulf
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''.
*''Black Assassin'' was used in a trailer for ''
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''.
*''Welcome to Widow Woods'' was used in an episode of ''
The Men Who Built America
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''.
*''Deck the Halls with Blood'' was used in the Amnesia mod "Tenebris Lake."
References
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2012 albums
Two Steps from Hell albums