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John Carpenter
Halloween Theme / Main Title
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Everybody assumes Dre only dug through funk crates, but for "Murder Ink" he reached for John Carpenter's "Halloween Theme / Main Title." Play them back to back and you'll hear exactly where the chill on that track comes from.
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Written by John Carpenter.
Recorded earlier by John Carpenter in 1979.
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Dr. Dre's "Murder Ink" samples a record called "Halloween Theme / Main Title." Who had that theme on record before Dre ever touched it?John Carpenter
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