Alan Howarth, who plays OCC Roadhouse in Pinellas Park, Florida on Jan. 19, 2025. Credit: Photo via CC-BY-SA

There are still 290 days left until Halloween, but don’t let that stop you from catching a rare Bay area gig by magnificently-wicked composer Alan Howarth whose work has defined an entire era of film, from “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” to “Poltergeist,” “Escape From New York” and five “Halloween” movies.

Normally seen at conventions, the 76-year-old takes part in the Tampa Bay Screams Horror Con for this biker bar gig near Pinellas Park where he’ll perform film scores.

Tickets to see Alan Howarth play OCC Roadhouse in Pinellas Park on Sunday, Jan. 19 are still available for $25.

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This article appears in Jan 16-22, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...