# A CD's worth of dark music

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 23, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cds-worth-of-dark-music/281250 "2004-12-23T00:18:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cds-worth-of-dark-music/281250/41 "2005-01-07T15:42:11Z")

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There’s a classical compilation called **Witches Brew** , which includes these tracks:

1. Danse Macabre - John Toth
2. A Night On The Bare Mountain
3. Two Russian Witches: Baba-Yaga
4. Two Russian Witches: Kikimora
5. Symphonie Fantastique: Dream Of A Witches’ Sabbath
6. A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo
7. Prlds, Book 1: The Dance Of Puck
8. Lyric Ste: March Of The Dwarfs
9. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice - State Of Mexico
10. The Planets: Uranus, The Magician
11. The Narnia Ste: Timeless Narnia
12. The Narnia Ste: The Magician
13. The Narnia Ste: The White Witch
14. The Narnia Ste: Aslan - Marisa Robles/Christopher Hyde
15. Totentanz (Dance Of Death): Finale

> [@GorillaMan](#):
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> …Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique needs to be made… / …The final two movements

> [@Paladud](#):
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> May I ask which part? Never heard it in its entirety

> [@Brufordesque](#):
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> …Soundtrack to The Shining - especially the Wendy Carlos pieces, very creepy stuff

Paladud, if you’ve seen The opening of (the Kubrick version of) The Shining or the film Sleeping with the Enemy you’ve heard ‘Dream of a Witch’s Sabbath’

> [@K364](#):
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> The last movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #6 is arguably the most famous “dispair” music in the Classical realm… Some have labeled it “suicide” music, and assume that Tchaikovsky was forshadowing his soon-to-be death

IMHO,The opening movement is chilling as well.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cds-worth-of-dark-music/281250/42 "2005-01-07T16:06:41Z")

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For Celtic spookiness, try _The Secret Commonwealth_’s CD, [The Uninvited Guest](http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/secretc)

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> 1. Intro
> 2. Nessie of the Loch
> 3. The Glowin’ Bones of Craggie Hope
> 4. Varulven (The Werewolf)
> 5. Scarecrow Walking
> 6. The Last of the H.M.S. Gannet
> 7. The Uninvited Guest
> 8. Whispered Over a New Grave
> 9. The Silke
> 10. Spring Lament
> 11. Fairy’s Fable
> 12. Autumn Wind
> 13. Put Your Hand to the Plow
> 14. Frost on the Pumpkin
> 15. Samhain Feis
> 16. The Parting of Friends
> 17. Farewell

My favorites are #3, 5, & 7.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cds-worth-of-dark-music/281250/43 "2005-01-07T17:17:00Z")

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[SpookShow Radio](http://spookshow.com/) offers “dark” music around the clock, although it seems to be entirely “goth” in programming these days (they need advice from this thread!).

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