Director John Carpenter became a movie legend by not only directing but also composing the score for 'Halloween.' Due to a low budget, he couldn't hire an orchestra, so he used a synthesizer (specifically the Moog and Prophet-5). The result was the legendary '5/4 time' theme that became the sound of pure dread. The synthesizer’s cold, mechanical, and repetitive nature perfectly matched the character of Michael Myers—a killer who was described as having 'no human emotion.' This score proved that a single artist with a machine could create a cinematic legend as powerful as a full orchestra, forever changing how horror movies were scored and making the synthesizer a staple of the genre.