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post #1 of 44
10/30/08 at 9:40am
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Well, in anticipation of Halloween, here is my favorite spooky song. Feel free to post other classics and new stuff!

"Monster Mash" – the classic with Bobby "Boris" Picket and the Cryptkickers, and a nice montage of b/w movie clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI
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post #2 of 44
10/30/08 at 10:19am
Dragula

and the scariest video of all time....

Gary Glitter
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post #3 of 44
10/30/08 at 10:24am
Berlioz - 5th Movement, Symphonie Fantastique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrezpUWIY98

You need to wait until about 3:25 for it to really kick in.

Prokofiev - Montagues & Capulets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI9ak...eature=related

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYmIKcP7Nbc

JS Bach - Toccata & Fugue in D minor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

Fun, Odysseusm!
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post #4 of 44
10/30/08 at 10:41am
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Thanks for these, I especially appreciate the classical refs and of course Oldfield (used for Exorcist, I think...)
How 'bout the theme music for the eerie, surreal "Twin Peaks" TV series?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oDuGN6K3VQ
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post #5 of 44
10/30/08 at 12:05pm
From Disney's 1940 Fantasia, based on Modest Mussorgsky's A Night on Bald Mountain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Ca_edg6RE
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post #6 of 44
10/30/08 at 12:14pm
I love Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre. It sounds fun to me. I always imagine couples whirling around a candlelit ballroom in gothic costume.

I also love the Toccata and Fugue! Especially the really "busy" part! Sorry, I know nothing about music terminology, so that's the best I can describe it.
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post #7 of 44
10/30/08 at 2:30pm
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Excellent suggestions, keep 'em coming.
Before Alvin and the Chipmunks, there was "The Flying Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley.
Enjoy this blast from the early 60's with a nice slide show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C_MM9ug2D4
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post #8 of 44
10/30/08 at 3:32pm
The Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) are always good for spooky scenarios. Mozart, Verdi and Berlioz have good Dies Irae compositions, my favorite being Verdis. This exceprt fo the mass has also inspired Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre and Berlioz 5th Movement, Symphonie Fantastique which I also like. Night on Bald (or bare) Mountain is another good one.
A Mexican Parody metal group called Moderatto has an interesting version of Ghostbusters. A bit repetitive, but good for fun background music. Unfortunately I could not find it on the internet.
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post #9 of 44
10/30/08 at 3:38pm
about 3/4 of the music I like would fit very well in here.
This one is kinda funny..OK, it's not. Don't watch, it's bad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_RdY...eature=related
Or this one..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SS7s...eature=related

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post #10 of 44
10/30/08 at 3:43pm
Pretty much anything by The Doors, especially Riders On The Storm and People Are Strange.
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post #11 of 44
10/30/08 at 4:54pm
OK, this is cool. Really.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriBc...eature=related
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post #12 of 44
10/30/08 at 5:13pm
Great picks!

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Originally Posted by odysseusm View Post

...and of course Oldfield (used for Exorcist, I think...)

Yes, you're quite right.

Thought of a couple more:

Grieg - In The Hall of the Mountain King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyi3C4gNnE

Carl Orff - O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Eya3_IqOQ

Ramones - Pet Sematary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEOZA2k3Plw
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post #13 of 44
10/30/08 at 8:40pm
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Well, thanks for the Carmina Burana suggestions. Let’s tie it to a scent, how about Old Spice!!! Yeah baby!
[[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtk7m_fUmqY"]YouTube - Old Spice (aftershave) advert Xmas 1989[/ame]

And just to go back to the “Twin Peaks” vibe – a spooky, evocative song by Chris Isaak, “Wicked Game”.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DMsgjqY6Wk"]YouTube - Wicked Game - Chris Isaak - Lyrics[/ame]
[new link]
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post #14 of 44
10/30/08 at 9:37pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by DocmanCC View Post

From Disney's 1940 Fantasia, based on Modest Mussorgsky's A Night on Bald Mountain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Ca_edg6RE

Mussorgsky just lends itself to Halloween, doesn't it?

I also love Pictures at an Exhibition: The Gnome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMu5vi_7A8M).

And anything by Schoenberg seems Halloween-y too. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-fyWc6Mpd8)
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post #15 of 44
10/31/08 at 5:38am
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Opening themes from three spooky TV shows:

“Alfred Hitchcock presents”
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nOfjHPcflI"]YouTube - Alfred Hitchcock Presents - intro (S8)[/ame]

I love this next one, it is excellent and so literate. “The Twilight Zone”
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y"]YouTube - Twilight Zone intro.[/ame]

For Canadians, this last one will bring back happy memories. A cult classic children’s show from the 1970’s, “The Hilarious House of Frightenstein:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZKybIIyvG4"]YouTube - Frightenstein Intro[/ame]
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post #16 of 44
10/31/08 at 6:28am
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Well, I’ll do a “rival songs” entry here. This thread would not be complete without Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”

His version… he’s havin’ fun. Live in 1982
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uV9xIzzcHg"]YouTube - Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London (live 1982)[/ame]

And the unique David Lindley and his rockin’ band El Rayo-X. Having even more fun!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpebrtsSSYY"]YouTube - David Lindley - Werewolves of London[/ame]

Props to the late great Z-man but I like Mr. Dave’s version even better.
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post #17 of 44
10/31/08 at 8:45am
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This thread would not be complete without this:
"Spooky" by the Classics IV

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6opToSj942k"]YouTube - Spooky by Classics IV[/ame]
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post #18 of 44
10/31/08 at 2:38pm
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Forgive this trip down memory lane, maybe some will share in this childhood memory.
Theme from Milton the Monster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8aERAe1wmk
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post #19 of 44
10/31/08 at 7:23pm
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running out of time, so here is one more to round out the collection.
Kinda spooky in an '80s way.
Billy Idol, "White Wedding"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AofzL...eature=related

cheerio!
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post #20 of 44
10/31/08 at 7:56pm
Halloween rock songs...

Abra Cadaver by The Hives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GElFbj6hGFQ

Burn The Witch by Queens Of The Stone Age

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52vcspOpH94

For something genuinely out-there but very Halloween, Ennio Morricone by Les Georges Leningrad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTCjEc2C6aI
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post #21 of 44
10/25/09 at 7:51am
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Well, Ody the old crypt-keeper dug into the vaults and unearthed this thread. Bwah-hah-hah...
Please add new suggestions!
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post #22 of 44
10/25/09 at 7:57am
They really are a scree-yem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFD7KGBUtKI
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post #23 of 44
10/25/09 at 10:48am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TimothyX View Post

They really are a scree-yem.

That's a great addition. Vic Mizzy, the composer and singer of "The Addams Family" theme song also wrote the theme to "Green Acres". He coached the cast of Addams Family on the finger-snapping. Vic passed away earlier this week. Thanks for some memorable tunes, Vic.
Neat... sweet... petite...
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post #24 of 44
10/25/09 at 11:12am
Great stuff! Memories...my dad used to pull out his old Richard Strauss records on Halloween. They worked well, I think. A couple of samples...

Last part of Tod Und Verklarung:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpVxqsHdDI4

Also Sprach Zarathustra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkhM3Q9Pf-4
(This was before Star Wars, so I will alway associate it with Halloween first.)
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post #25 of 44
10/25/09 at 12:06pm
Oingo Boingo! Deadman's Party
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UbGtjnluyY"]YouTube - Oingo Boingo - It's a Dead Man's Party[/ame]

The Strangelings' cover of Season of the Witch
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYQn8ewgWBI&feature=related"]YouTube - Season of the Witch - The Strangelings[/ame]


And forgive me for posting something that isn't music-only but the music in this scene always evokes memories of being scared out of my PJs as a little girl:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESI19h4wDo"]YouTube - Flying Monkeys attack[/ame]
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post #26 of 44
10/25/09 at 1:25pm
How about some Halloween dance music?

Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Heads Will Roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK4SUof_yv8
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post #27 of 44
10/25/09 at 2:24pm
For something different how about some Velvet Revolver - Slither

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PquJfJi2V8Y
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post #28 of 44
10/25/09 at 3:01pm
Well, leave it to Alice Cooper to have a new Halloween single this year...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bts3VrqJI8
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post #29 of 44
10/27/09 at 7:59am
Everday Is Halloween by Ministry, of course.
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post #30 of 44
10/27/09 at 8:27am
Has nobody mentioned Thriller?!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o"]YouTube - "Thriller" (original upload)[/ame]

Enter Sandman
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QP-SIW6iKY"]YouTube - Enter Sandman - Metallica[/ame]
"Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight"




Edit: How do you make those show just as links, and not as video boxes?
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post #31 of 44
10/27/09 at 9:09am
I didn't see the GHOSTBUSTERS theme. My vote is for that!

Who you gonna call?
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post #32 of 44
10/27/09 at 5:09pm
From one of my favorite Halloween movies...
IDLE HANDS

Offspring performing "Sedated", Although I Like the ramones version waaaay better. this is def going into this weekend's halloween party's playlist.

[nomedia]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS0s_1pdKkc[/nomedia]

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post #33 of 44
10/27/09 at 5:24pm
Gnarls Barkley - The Boogie Monster
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGI6yx4GkoM"]YouTube - the Boogie Monster - Gnarls Barkley[/nomedia]

I'm doing a whole playlist now, and I'll post the final song list later today or tommorow.
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post #34 of 44
10/28/09 at 1:58pm
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The long-awaited re-release by Disney of their mid-60's classic TV miniseries, "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh" has made this material available once again. I loved this show as a kid. The fiendish laugh, the scary costumes!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ach4lJercFc"]YouTube - The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh[/ame]
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post #35 of 44
10/29/09 at 10:38am
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A trio of songs with similar themes. All from the mid-Seventies.

Early Eagles! “Witchy Woman”
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai8_eIWV-FY"]YouTube - Eagles - Witchy Woman[/ame]

Carlos Santana, “Black Magic Woman”
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpY293eoQ8M"]YouTube - SANTANA "Black Magic Woman" Live 1979[/ame]

And we’ll leave the final word to Stevie Nicks, “Rhiannon”
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3w5fttedA"]YouTube - Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon Live 1976 Stevie Nicks[/ame]
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post #36 of 44
10/30/09 at 6:13am
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Can't believe I didn't think of this earlier! Stevie Wonder, "Superstition"
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZFf0pm0SE"]YouTube - Stevie Wonder ~ Superstition[/ame]
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post #37 of 44
10/30/09 at 8:54am
i put a spell on you

nightmare on my street
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post #38 of 44
10/30/09 at 9:01am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Speed00kills View Post

i put a spell on you

Very good suggestion! The original version, by Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clryRK5lZCc"]YouTube - Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You[/ame]
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post #39 of 44
10/30/09 at 6:13pm
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Originally Posted by odysseusm View Post

Very good suggestion! The original version, by Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

Ooh -- good one!
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post #40 of 44
10/30/09 at 6:30pm
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Originally Posted by an_oud_girl View Post


I also love the Toccata and Fugue! Especially the really "busy" part! Sorry, I know nothing about music terminology, so that's the best I can describe it.

" Busy" works for me. Live organ: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw"]YouTube - Toccata & Fugue in d minor (BACH, J.S.)[/ame]

JS Bach sure knew how to scare those powdered wigs.

Here's 2 min of him in the young man and death:
http://www.nureyev.org/rudolf-nureye...rudolf-nureyev

You can find Nureyev or Baryshnikov in similar yet different interpretations of this "let's hang ourselves at the end" dance, some 20 years apart from each other on YouTube, and I suggest you do.

On a campier note, you can't find the scene from Brian de Palma's 1974 cult classic "Phantom of The Paradise" when Beef sings " Life at Last"----just the music, which won't do. Paul Williams composed and wrote the songs and also stars as 'Swan'--so, dang it all--rent the DVD OK?

Sweet Dreams,

Mario
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post #41 of 44
10/30/09 at 6:53pm
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Yeah, you are so right Mario. "Phantom of the Paradise" is very odd camp cult movie.
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post #42 of 44
10/31/09 at 7:27am
All very great suggestions!

I am a closet fan of Phantom of the Paradise. Jessica Harper has a really interesting voice.

My Halloween suggestion:
All Souls Night, the Loreena McKennit version, very celtic and lovely
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post #43 of 44
10/31/09 at 9:35am
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Loreena McKennit has a mystical vibe, that's a good choice.
Here's another version of the classic "Monster Mash".
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZftK2kO6U"]YouTube - Monster Mash[/ame]
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post #44 of 44
10/31/09 at 9:50am
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I'm so pleased that the extended version of this is available. A dark song, more socially prophetic than spooky... but excellent. Chris Rea rules!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZlWqVeLzg&feature=related"]YouTube - Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Full Version[/ame]
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