Editing John Carpenter (section)

===2010s: ''The Ward'', focus on music and return to ''Halloween''===
''[[The Ward (film)|The Ward]]'', Carpenter's first film since ''[[Ghosts of Mars]]'', premiered at [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 13, 2010, before a limited release in the United States in July 2011. It received generally poor reviews from critics and grossed only $5.3 million worldwide against an estimated $10 million budget. As of 2024, it is the most recent film he directed.

Carpenter narrated the video game ''[[F.E.A.R. 3]]'', while also consulting on its storyline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36882/baddass-announcement-trailer-fear-3|title=Badass Announcement Trailer – F.E.A.R. 3|date=August 29, 2012|publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> On October 10, 2010, Carpenter received the Lifetime Award from the Freak Show Horror Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38362/john-carpenter-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-freak-show-horror-film-festival|title=John Carpenter to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Freak Show Horror Film|date=October 11, 2012|publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref>

On February 3, 2015, the indie label [[Sacred Bones Records]] released his album ''[[Lost Themes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/85233/listen-new-track-john-carpenters-album-lost-themes/|title=John Carpenter's Lost Themes|date=January 13, 2015|publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref> On October 19, 2015, [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] announced that Carpenter will be performing old and new compositions in [[London]] and [[Manchester]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/newsview/1511191555/|title=John Carpenter To Perform His Film Soundtracks And New Compositions In London & Manchester Over Halloween 2016|publisher=All Tomorrow's Parties}}</ref> In February 2016, Carpenter announced a sequel to ''Lost Themes'' titled ''[[Lost Themes II]]'', which was released on April 15 that year.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Minsker|first1=Evan|title=John Carpenter Announces New LP ''Lost Themes II''|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/63197-john-carpenter-announces-new-lp-lost-themes-ii/|access-date=February 20, 2016|work=[[Pitchfork Media]]|date=February 1, 2016}}</ref> He then released his third studio album, titled ''[[Anthology: Movie Themes 1974–1998]]'', on October 20, 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/john-carpenter-to-revisit-greatest-hits-on-new-album-w498811 | title=Filmmaker John Carpenter to Revisit Greatest Hits on New Album | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=August 22, 2017 | access-date=October 16, 2017 | author=Grow, Kory}}</ref>

Carpenter returned, as executive producer, co-composer, and creative consultant, on the eleventh entry in the ''[[Halloween (franchise)|Halloween]]'' film series, simply titled ''[[Halloween (2018 film)|Halloween]]'', released in October 2018. The film is a direct sequel to Carpenter's original film, ignoring the continuity of all other subsequent films. It was his first direct involvement with the franchise since 1982's ''[[Halloween III: Season of the Witch]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Big Breaking Halloween Movie News from John Carpenter and Blumhouse|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/167914/breaking-john-carpenter-executive-produce-next-halloween/|access-date=May 24, 2016|work=Dread Central|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>