# halloween music! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819 "2009-10-23T02:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/21 "2009-10-23T14:51:11Z")
Rob Zombie! “Living Dead Girl” and “Dragula” are probably his best known, and would work for this. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/22 "2009-10-23T15:20:58Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > And ANYTHING by Diamanda Galas! > > Her rendition of GLOOMY SUNDAY… > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_qu7wdUPnas&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qu7wdUPnas&feature=related) Psst: > [@lissener](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5uKL4hBC84&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5uKL4hBC84&feature=related) > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_HwC1L\_sy40](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HwC1L_sy40) > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtdwL2yBKWQ&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtdwL2yBKWQ&feature=related) > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loIc4pnGCcU&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loIc4pnGCcU&feature=related) > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W803o5\_r1mE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W803o5_r1mE) > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9CedPB-N28&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9CedPB-N28&feature=related) (make sure you get to the end of this one, and feel free to ignore the video; it’s home footage of her dead brother and is irrelevant to the song) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/23 "2009-10-23T15:22:49Z")
> [@pope\_hentai](#): > > uhhh… wow… i kept waiting for the songs to start…something tells me your a yoko ono fan too… Sorry dude, but seriously you can’t get any more halloweeny. Specially than that first one. And she does do plenty of “songs.” Find her rendition of “I Put a Spell on You,” or “Gloomy Sunday.”\* Lifechanging. [\*\*\*\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11695665&postcount=19) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/24 "2009-10-23T15:38:01Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Psst: Ooooooh! Well, you didn’t SAY Diamanda Galas or I would have clicked on those plus not mentioned her again! _L_ ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/25 "2009-10-23T15:51:08Z")
And here’s another very very 'weeny Diamanda piece (You’ll have to cut and paste; I borked the link because they’s lots of NSFW imagery in the vid.) ```auto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sLDAMpiDmY&feature=related ``` Ooh, even 'weenier, and no NSFW! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oSf3MLsQO5o/hqdefault.jpg "Diamanda Galas - Free Among the Dead (live 1986)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSf3MLsQO5o) ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/26 "2009-10-23T16:24:49Z")
For some quick metal options off the top of my head: Iced Earth’s Horrorshow album. It’s a theme album about various famous monsters and horrors including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Omen, Jeckyl and Hyde, etc. There’s also a fairly decent band called The Vision Bleak that has a very Power Metal/Goth sound that incorporates a lot of classic horror music sounds infused with metal sounds and rhythms. They also use imagery that would be appropriate to the music and, thus, approrpiate for Halloween like werewolves, living dead, witches, ghosts, horror stories, etc. It generally comes across as pretty lighthearted about the topic to me so it stays fun. Actually, on that thought, there’s quite a few bands out that fancy themselves vampires and, of course, tons of random Death and Black metal bands that sing about demons and zombies and stuff, but most of them probably take it a bit too seriously to really be appropriate for Halloween, so I won’t bother there. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/27 "2009-10-24T00:25:03Z")
Lizst _Totentanz_ (dance of death) - variations on “Dies Irae” [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2NnN\_IlmtE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2NnN_IlmtE) (part 1) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-3VZKcxkbo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-3VZKcxkbo) (part 2 - start at about 6:30 through the end for the most dramatic part) Verdi Requiem, “Dies Irae” [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDbMzp86tOc&feature=fvw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDbMzp86tOc&feature=fvw) (Toscanini conducting, live performance recording - at 3:15 he shouts “Louder, louder!”) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/28 "2009-10-24T00:43:45Z")
If you get Dr. Demento’s radio show in your town, listen (don’t record it, of course, because that would be WRONG!) this Sunday and next Sunday. He’s doing a two-week salute to Halloween novelty music…TRM This week’s playlist: [The Dr. Demento Show #09-42 - October 18, 2009](http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd09.1018.html) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/29 "2009-10-24T00:50:27Z")
Witch Doctor- Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Love Potion Number 9 Gypsies Tramps and Thieves by Cher Johny Came Home Headless by The Arrogant Worms Scary Ned by The Arrogant Worms Rapture by Blondie I’ll post this. I’m having trouble finding what I want. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/30 "2009-10-24T01:22:22Z")
[Hell](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Yfc479Eo8&feature=related) - Squirrel Nut Zippers [Ouija Board Ouija Board](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8V82TXOzm0) - Morrisey A lot of the songs featured in the movie _Donnie Darko_ had a creepy vibe. These come to mind: [The Killing Moon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5QfFQA4Tgc) - Echo and the Bunnymen [Under the Milky Way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6nKP10j4s) - The Church [Mad World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4) - Gary Jules Only _The Killing Moon_ really has Halloweenish lyrics, but the other two have a foreboding tone. Other “creepy vibe” songs: [Riders on the Storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKbPUzhWeeI) - The Doors [Time of the Season](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF9bQp717dE&feature=related) - The Zombies (inexplicably creepy vibe, although the lyrics are perfectly harmless) (crappy audio here, but you get the idea) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/31 "2009-10-24T01:35:44Z")
Black Sabbath Not music per se, but worth seeking out: Disney’s _Chilling Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/32 "2009-10-24T01:43:47Z")
[Witch Queen of New Orleans](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdcGf1nAw1M&feature=related) - Redbone And as for “I Put a Spell on You,” there are at least a couple of great versions: [I Put a Spell on You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clryRK5lZCc) - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins [I Put a Spell on You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZTj7xGxpY) - Creedence Clearwater Revival Other versions I’ve heard just don’t measure up to those two. Another “creepy vibe” song: [Little Red Riding Hood](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FA85RO89HA) - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/33 "2009-10-24T03:34:25Z")
•_All the Myths Are True_—Abney Park •_Abominable Dr. Phibes_—The Misfits •As **Chronos** said, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. •_Move Your Dead Bones_—Dr. Re-Animator •_Tales from the Far Side_—Bill Frisell •_Voodoo_—Godsmack •_Transylvanian Concubine_—Rasputina •_Dig Up the Conjo_—Blondie •_The Mourn_—Skinny Puppy •Most of the score to _The Crow_ •_Creation of the Female Monster_—_Bride of Frankenstein_ soundtrack ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/34 "2009-10-24T03:48:48Z")
I used to have a radio show and here’s the playlist to one of my Halloween shows. I’ve tried to find links to YouTube versions of the songs whenever possible. In some instances I could only find live versions instead of album versions. Some I couldn’t find at all. [Siouxsie & The Banshees - Halloween](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za1prUvAHvA) [Toyah - The Creepy Room](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4kbn3uk_0Y) [Happy Rhodes - Asylum Master](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTXJ0Wal79w) Jane Siberry - The Strange Well [Hugo Largo - Scream Tall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I41HjZWN2V8) [Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y99tXNxV5s) [Carla Bley - Musique Mecanique III](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MnW6XKHVkI) Danielle Dax - The Passing Of The Third Floor Back [Dead Can Dance - De Profundis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8FvOuM1FbY) [Diamanda Galas/John Zorn - Metamorfosis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=592npYHMTq4) [Kate Bush - Carmilla](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcc0ODj99qM) (she was like, what, 13? Give her a break) [Kate Bush - The Infant Kiss](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUTkdw4C0XA) [Happy Rhodes - Ecto](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QxLLFcH_nU) [Toyah - Angel & Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFfP9-ZJ8ew) [Mary Kelley - Ghostriders In The Sky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7jPpZ_x7m4) [Kate Bush - Get Out Of My House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMDgvxbsvPw) Annibel Lamb - Things That I Fear [Fibonaccis - Old Mean Ed Gein](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Flvxx_m7Ag) Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia - Fear Of Spiders [The World Of Skin (Swans, Jarboe) - Blood On Your Hands](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pumj6ym-w0) [Kate Bush - Mother Stands For Comfort](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRNju3-Xyek) [Fibonaccis - Leroy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3xfIlHsP0Q) [Nico - Janitor Of Lunacy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsUAeDXONZo) [Siouxsie & The Banshees - Trust In Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSsncQUH9Jc) [Happy Rhodes - I’m Going Back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AViJYepncAM) [Kate Bush - Waking The Witch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2ZXNLqUeE) Dead Can Dance - Mesmerism Diamanda Galas - Wild Women With Steak Knives Valaida Snow - You Bring Out The Savage In Me [Lene Lovich - You Can’t Kill Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b3D8bTdjTc) [Kate Bush - Hammer Horror](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8uHTFZznLo) Santra - Mein!/As A Mirror Buffy St. Marie - The Vampire Lemon Kittens - (? I didn’t write it down at the time) [Siouxsie & The Banshees - Head Cut](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq1LBYQk-rM) [Siouxsie & The Banshees - Voodoo Dolly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih9oWJzl3K8) [The Shaggs - It’s Halloween](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xFyuD-62w) (I wouldn’t recommend listening to this one. I played it on a dare) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/35 "2009-10-24T05:07:57Z")
[Worms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAC47w80lSI) - The Pogues ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/36 "2009-10-24T05:40:33Z")
[The Ballad of Sweeney Todd](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83F_OHrnhgo#t=1m35s) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/37 "2009-10-26T23:39:37Z")
Dracula’s Greatest Hits [Classic Television Showbiz: It's that Gene Moss time of year...](http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-that-gene-moss-time-of-year.html) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/38 "2009-10-27T00:00:36Z")
I’m sure it must have been mentioned, but I don’t see it anywhere above: O Fortuna (part of Carmina Burana) by Carl Orff - a mainstay of horror movies, what with latin chanting and diabolical crescendoes. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/39 "2009-10-27T00:05:40Z")
Phantom of the Opera. And Re: Your Brains. (I already suggested this one today…) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819/40 "2009-10-27T06:27:43Z")
What, no Misfits? and Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde seems to be missing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-music/514819.md?page=3)