Not sure this will go anywhere but if you have any fun Halloween randomness you would like to share…
I wish they would bring back the special Halloween Forum or perhaps expand it to the Fall/Winter Holiday Forum to encompass all the holidays upcoming in the next couple of months.
Ambient Halloween sounds for parties or Trick or Treating
Zombie Jamboree
On Halloween, my dad used to put a speaker on the front porch and play the sound effects from this record for the trick-or-treaters who came by:
I listen to this song at least once per year.
Sirius has a 4 month free trial which is perfect for holiday music. The Scream channel is excellent background music for any Halloween themed event.
When I was a kid, I and other kids in the neighborhood would have haunted houses we hosted in garages and basements, and that Disney album was the classic go-to soundtrack. Fun memories.
Thurl Ravenscroft has the perfect voice for Halloween. You’ve heard him at Disney’s Haunted Mansion, as the one singing about the Grinch, and as Tony the Tiger. Here he is as a Teenage Brain Surgeon
Thanks for the tip. I haven’t had time to listen much, but it still works as a nice palate cleanser between all the other tired channels.
Fossils from Carnival of the Animals by Saint Saens.
Nosferatu
My absolute favorites are Nick Cave’s Red Right Hand and Alice Cooper’s Years Ago/Steven.
But I like to play this when the littlest ones are coming around for candy (we sit outside and hand out the candy so that the kiddos don’t have to come all the way up to our door):
