Horror Playlist

[riddleinthedark]

I'm putting together music for a Halloween party that I'm hosting with some friends. Thought it be interesting to hear some of your favorite scary tunes - from songs to movie themes.

Here are some songs - Possum Kingdom by The Toadies, Bad Moon Rison by CCR, Thriller by Michael Jackson.

Movie themes - Hellraiser by Christopher Young, Hello Zepp (Saw Theme) by Charlie Clouser.

[darkfiction74]

Check out Nox Arcana or Midnight Syndicate if you like orchestral horror music. Both are great!

[darkfiction74]

Some examples:

[yddy]

Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
This is Halloween by Marilyn Manson
Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett
The Addams Family Theme
The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme

I'm sure I'll add a few more.

[cronos2]

The Coffinshakers! Vampiric country undead! Lots of great songs! Heres one of them:

youtu.be/AXLda_N-6y0

[llorona]

creepy stuff:
Lullaby -The Cure
Mysterons -Portishead
The City Sleeps - MC 900 Foot Jesus
Mad World - Gary Jules (Donnie Darko) --ultra depressing-probably not for a party

less somber stuff:
Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo
Devils Chasing Me- Reverend Horton Heat
Bark At the Moon --OZzy
Burn the Witch-Queens of the Stone Age

literal-net:
Everyday is Halloween-Ministry

[hammerhead]

My favourite scary tune is one I've only been able to find in one place- at the end of a Radio Drama Revival Halloween programme. I have no idea what it's called, but it's by the N Orleans band Liquidrone.

The end of the programme is here. Though it takes forever to buffer, Once it does, skip to 34:34

Other scary tunes I love:

Mercy St by Peter Gabriel
Inertia Creeps and Angel by Massive Attack

While not really scary and even less coherent, there's no denying that "Season of the Witch" is the ultimate Halloween song.

There are a number of movie themes that are scary, of course. Tubular Bells comes to mind, but also James Newton Howard's score for "The Sixth Sense", Howard Shore's score for "The Silence of the Lambs", Wojciech Kilar's score for "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and Alejandro Amenabar's score for "The Others". And while it may not exactly be scary, the score for "Coraline" by Bruno Culais carries a wonderful sense of dark otherworldliness.

Several songs from "From Dusk Til Dawn" qualify, including After Dark by Tito and Tarantula and Dark Night by the Blasters.

"Halloween song" lists seem obsessed with the Ghostbusters theme, but if I were going to pick a Halloween song from that soundtrack, it would be the remix of Mick Smiley's "Magic".

[riddleinthedark]

Thanks for everyone's feedback. It sure got the creative juices flowing and inspired me to find material for the party.

Here's most of the songs that were used:

1) The Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia
2) Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
3) Charlie Clouser - Hello Zepp (Saw)
4) Danny Elfman - This is Halloween (Nightmare Before Christmas)
5) DJ Jazzy & The Fresh Prince - A Nightmare On My Street
6) AFI - Halloween
7) David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
8) Christopher Young - Hellraiser Theme
9) Echo & The Bunneymen - The Killing Moon
10) Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
11) Bobby 'Borris' Picket - Monster Mash
12) CCR - Bad Moon Rising
13) Gerald McMamm - Cry Little Sister (Lost Boys)
14) Jace Everett - Bad Things (True Blood)
15) John Carpenter - Halloween Theme, Laurie's Theme
16) Marilyn Mason - The Beautiful People
17) Metallica - Enter Sandman
18) Michael Jackson - Thriller
19) Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
20) Ray Parker Jr - Ghost Busters
21) Rihanna - Disturbia
22) Rob Zombie - Dragula, Living Dead Girl, I'm Your Boogieman
23) Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
24) Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
25) The Ramones - Pet Sematary
26) Toadies - Possum Kingdom
27) Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
28) Squirrel Nut Zipper - Hell
29) Tears for Fears - Mad World
30) Pixies - Where is My Mind

[maarow]

I know the season is over but here are a few I haven't seen mentioned that I couldn't resist pointing out:

Zombie Jamboree - Kingston Trio or Harry Belafonte
Anything from Suspiria, though Witch is the creepiest IMO
The Spider Baby theme song
Theme from Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Headless Horseman - Kay Starr
Zombies Ate Her Brains - The Creepshow
Wolf Moon - Type O Negative (or Black Number One, which is Halloween-themed)
Witches - Switchblade Symphony
Dawn of the Dead or Love at First Fright - Murderdolls
A Gorey Demise - Creature Feature
The Blob Theme - Burt Bacharach and Mack David
Mysterious Mose - an old standard covered by many swing bands, but my favorite is that by Harry Reser and the Radio All-Star Novelty Orchestra
Ghost House - Stories from the Moon
D.O.A. - Bloodrock (freaky song about a man dying after a plane crash)

Miranda Sex Garden has a lot of good creepy-sounding songs. None are specifically Halloween-centric but Play or Wooden Boat have a horror vibe to them.

[Zeus]

It's a bit late, but X-Entertainment's old Jukebox remains my most reliable source of kickass background music on Halloween.

www.x-entertainment.com/thehalloweenjukebox.html