# How about some Halloween Music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937 "2010-10-21T21:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/41 "2010-10-23T01:53:42Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Orff’s “[O Fortuna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t4ei1khHPI&feature=related)”. Can’t forget o Fotuna. You get some fun-sized Butterfingers. ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/42 "2010-10-23T05:44:39Z")
Here’s what’s on my Halloween mix that I haven’t seen mentioned yet: _Bloodletting_ and _Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man_ by Concrete Blonde _Marie Laveau_ Bobby Bare A whole bunch of Rob Zombie _Cold, Cold Night_ The White Stripes _Feed My Frankenstein_ Alice Cooper _The Long Black Veil_ the Chieftains _Moon Baby_, _Vampires_, and _Voodoo_ Godsmack _Carnival of Souls_ Combustible Edison _Transylvanian Concubine_ Rasputina _Hoodoo Voodoo Doll_ Brian Setzer Orchestra _Hall of Heads_ and _Spider_They Might Be Giants _A Nightmare on My Street_ D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (Hahahahaha!) _Nymphetamine_ Cradle of Filth _Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)_ David Bowie ---
**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 23, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/43 "2010-10-23T06:44:56Z")
Let’s see…from one of Ranchoth’s All-Purpose Preprepared Playlists: [He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)—Alice Cooper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7KDHiofn6o&feature=fvst) [Dragula—Rob Zombie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI&ob=av2e) [Ave Satani—Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OkFLdPaoZQ) [Voodoo—Godsmack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4&ob=av2e) [Whisper—Evanescence](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj6fKvVSfq8) [Transylvanian Conclubine—Rasputina](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UumkUBRCsF0) [What’s He Building?—Tom [URL=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSh2a3sfm\_E”]Waits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMqxNPsfN50) Russian Dance—Tom Waits [Dead Souls—Sopor Aeternus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IER0WL65VFA) [The Mourn—Skinny Puppy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VKlN8QDrzw) [The Fine Art of Poisoning—Jill Tracy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3uJEiDETKE) [Move Your Dead Bones—Dr. Re-Animato](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BnOUOkcr9c)r [All the Myths are True—Abney Park](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07CtHKUxzA) [Piano Sonata 2 (Funeral March)—Chopin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xxM5vVD2zA&feature=fvst) [The Witch Queen of New Orleans—Redbone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVMWkFow7DU&feature=fvst) Tales from the Far Side—Bill Frisell [Magic—Mick Smiley](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XekqEm_WWQ0) [Opening from “The Shining”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_2icBjKRR8) [Killer—Tiger Lillies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTKm9TZRnFk) [Dig Up the Conjo—Blondie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U23NDoqbtec) [Inferno—The Crow (Soundtrack)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYxgrO4tpxA) [Vampire Hunters—Bram Stoker’s Dracula soundtrack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfF2iqLmC4g) [Creation of the Female Monster—Bride of Frankenstein soundtrack](http://www.amazon.com/Bride-Frankenstein-Creation-Female-Monster/dp/B001BKU0KI) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/44 "2010-10-23T07:17:36Z")
_In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida_ isn’t exactly Halloween-themed but it’s “scary” sounding because of the organ; I would use that. I’ll never forget the infamous scene in _Manhunter_ when it was used to great dramatic effect in the battle between Peterson and Dollarhyde. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/45 "2010-10-23T07:20:08Z")
I swear I plugged this already, but it must have been a different thread. My better half is a composer and she has a great little short orchestrated instrumental piece that may fit the bill, free to download. [Witch’s Waltz](http://www.macjams.com/song/42968) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/46 "2010-10-23T07:41:05Z")
I can’t believe we haven’t hear **The Black Widow** , _Alice Cooper_ yet. Certain selections from **Rocky Horror Picture show** could work. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/47 "2010-10-23T10:37:21Z")
> [@Tamarin](#): > > _Hall of Heads_ and _Spider_They Might Be Giants Ah, good ones. And from the same album, [Turn Around](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlyxzZLDIaw). [Mad Not Mad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNW6N_Dv_Xk) by Madness has always sounded spooky to me. Also, their [Shadow of Fear](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_OeHYFR6cM) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/48 "2010-10-24T22:19:02Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > I swear I plugged this already, but it must have been a different thread. > > My better half is a composer and she has a great little short orchestrated instrumental piece that may fit the bill, free to download. > > [Witch’s Waltz](http://www.macjams.com/song/42968) I did, thanks Cookies. You get some M&Ms. ---
**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, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/49 "2010-10-24T22:47:28Z")
Psycho Killer Midnight Rambler Boris The Spider John Entwistle did a whole album’s worth of Halloween-worthy songs with his soundtrack album, [Music from Van-Pires](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_from_Van_Pires) ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/50 "2010-10-24T23:32:39Z")
Nick Cave - “The Carny” ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqfS7NdcwdM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqfS7NdcwdM)) Pretty much anything off _You Have Been Warned_ by A Midnite Choir, but especially “Happy Hour in Hell”, “Amelia” (we learn that it rhymes with “necrophilia”), or “The Drunken Elephant March”. ([http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/midnitechoir](http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/midnitechoir)) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/51 "2010-10-25T01:40:13Z")
Rockapella’s version of “Zombie Jamboree”. Spike Jones and the City Slickers’ version of “My Old Flame”. Alice Cooper’s “Welcome to My Nightmare”. Vincent Price’s appearance on _The Muppet Show_ doing “You’ve Got a Friend”. ---
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Verdi _Requiem_, “Dies Irae” (Live performance, Toscanini shouts “Louder, louder” at 3:14) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDbMzp86tOc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDbMzp86tOc) ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/53 "2010-10-25T06:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=Tamarin] Hall of Heads and SpiderThey Might Be Giants [/QUOTE] > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Ah, good ones. And from the same album, [Turn Around](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlyxzZLDIaw). Also, from their album Lincoln, [Where Your Eyes Don’t Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqY3kASMFW8). “Should you worry when the skull-head is in front of you, or is it worse because it’s always waiting where your eyes don’t go?” ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937/54 "2010-10-25T07:47:24Z")
Forgot to mention: You might want to check out Za Frumi. Some of their stuff can be kinda creepy. (They essentially do radio plays about orcs, vampires, and so forth, with dark ambient music interspersed with folk music.) e.g., [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBcSKDhdNg8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBcSKDhdNg8) While poking around on Youtube for Za Frumi clips, there were a few links to Teatro Satanico, which might fit the bill. e.g., [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMfR\_liqYKI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMfR_liqYKI) Another possibility I forgot to mention might be Halo Manash (disturbing ambient drone, e.g. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_K0fPW0kG7Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0fPW0kG7Y)) ---
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Voodoo Voodoo - LaVern Baker [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vn1Adf4cfyE/hqdefault.jpg "LAVERN BAKER- "VOODOO VOODOO" (1958)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn1Adf4cfyE) ---
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“[Experiment in Terror](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqt2BmEfOCw)” (AKA the \*Chiller Theater \*theme) - Al Caiola I was gonna throw in _O Fortuna_. I missed it when I searched on Carmina Burana. Maybe a reach, but how about the theme to _True Blood_, Jace Everett’s “[Bad Things](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxINMuOgAu8)” ---
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Missed the edit window. “[Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyUzUxE_2w)” by Warren Zevon ---
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“Werewolf” by Five Man Electrical Band ---
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I don’t celebrate Halloween, but I have to quick examples of music off the top of my head anyway: **Horror Show** by Iced Earth - It’s a concept album with each track devoted to the villain of a classic horror flick like Dracula, Frankenstein, Damien, Jeckyl and Hyde, the Mummy, etc. It’s all power metal in the vein of Iron Maiden too, so it’s fairly accessible. And pretty much anything by The Vision Bleak as, at least their first two albums, focus heavily on themes associated with traditional horror, like Werewolves, witches, ghosts, zombies, mummies, and even Kutulu (as they spell it). It’s also very musically appropriate, using a lot of musical themes associated with horror, like organs, choirs, harsichord, strings, and relatively simple melodies in minor scales and the vocalist is even a deep baritone, so it sounds like it could be the theme for an old 40-50s era horror flick if not for the gothic metal crunchy guitar work. ---
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Good stuff, good stuff. We’re hosting a Halloween party this weekend, so we’ve been putting together a Halloween song playlist. I just got “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” thanks to this thread (I love that song, period, never mind Halloween). I’m waiting on “Frankenstein” - ah, there it is. Lovely. Some of the ones we have that I haven’t seen yet (if they’re already here, my apologies): People Are Strange (Echo and the Bunnymen) Cry Little Sister (Gerard McMann) Dracula From Houston (Butthole Surfers) Dracula’s Lament (Jason Segel) Nasty Little Perv (Perry Farrell) Ghost Riders in the Sky (Johnny Cash) The Ghost in You (Psychedelic Furs) Ghosts of You (Chantal Kreviazuk) Scream (Michael and Janet Jackson) Devil’s Slide (Joe Satriani) Evil Woman (ELO) Twilight Zone (Golden Earring) Witchy Woman (The Eagles) (You’re The) Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley Voodo Chile (Slight Return) - Stevie Ray Vaughan Voodoo Thang (Colin James) Black, Black Heart (David Usher) Superstition (Widemouth Mason) Pet Semetary (The Ramones) Feed Me, Seymour (Levi Stubbs) Alfred Hitchcock Theme Stonehenge (Spinal Tap) How Soon is Now? (The Smiths) A Criminal Mind (Gowan) Every Breath You Take (The Police) - put this creepy song where it belongs - at a Halloween party, not at a wedding Murder By Numbers (The Police) All Your Base Are Belong To Us (Invasion of the Gabber Robots) Good Old Days (“Weird” Al Yankovic) Burning Down The House (Talking Heads) Armageddon (Prism) Electric Chair (Prince) Rapture (Blondie) Eyes of a Stranger (Payola$) Eyes Without a Face (Billy Idol) Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing (Chris Isaak) Bat Out of Hell (Meatloaf) Bitten By the Wolf (Chickenfoot) Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden) Dance After Curfew (Nash The Slash) Flesh Under Skin (National Velvet) Hell Hole (Spinal Tap) Hell Hound On My Trail (Eric Clapton) Hell Is For Children (Pat Benatar) Hell’s Bells (AC/DC) Hell’s Half Acre (Robbie Robertson) Highway To Hell (AC/DC) Most of the Lost Boys and Rise of the Lycans soundtracks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-some-halloween-music/557937.md?page=4)