# What are some good, scary works of choral music for a classical-music noob? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-scary-works-of-choral-music-for-a-classical-music-noob/503321 "2009-07-17T09:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-scary-works-of-choral-music-for-a-classical-music-noob/503321/21 "2012-12-23T02:26:42Z")
I gotta say, Carmina Burana and Alexander Nevsky are probably going to be the tops…though Penderecki’s [Canticum Canticorum Salomonis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUcpA89BH0E) would fit the bill. Or [his Dies Irae](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Sn_r9_tWA) (which I’ve newly discovered!) which was written in honor of the Warsaw Uprising. Heavy. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-scary-works-of-choral-music-for-a-classical-music-noob/503321/22 "2012-12-23T04:02:26Z")
It isn’t exactly classical, but check out Nico’s Desertshore and Marble Index albums. They are awesome and have a spooky vibe that could work in an old Roger Corman or Euro horror soundtrack. Songs like The Falconer (which has a beautiful piano piece in the middle) or Janitor of Lunacy I think might work for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-scary-works-of-choral-music-for-a-classical-music-noob/503321.md?page=1)