Ja, ganz ehrlich. 
„With the exception of The Thing, Starman, and Memoirs of an Invisible Man, he has scored all of his films (though some are collaborations), most famously the themes from Halloween and Assault on Precinct 13. His music is generally synthesized with accompaniment from piano and atmospherics.“
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter
Sein Vater war ein Musikprofessor, das erklärt vermutlich vieles.
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Ohne Musik ist alles Leben ein Irrtum.