Halloween Music

[krb187]

I want to know what music you think is scary, creepy, or just good for Halloween. For example a certain song/band/album etc.

[NCHadmin]

Here's a few cd's that are great for touring the crypts at night.
   Midnight Syndicate (they have several cd's, I like "Born of the Night" best, but that's me)
   Brutal Planet  (has great sound effects, hard to find, Morris Costumes may still carry it)
   Mannheim Steamroller's Halloween cd's (good mood setters)

Several scary movie soundtracks are excellent, here's what I think are the best:
   Land of the Dead (most excellent high-tension themes)
   Greetings from Burkitsville  (unnerving and unexpectedly good)
   Silent Hill (as creepy as the games it came from)
   Sleepy Hollow  (great spooky themes)

-NCHAdmin

ps - "This is Halloween" is my favorite song, of course!

[Slappy]

Gotta agree with Admin.  There is also some incredible orchestral music that is creepy, but I can't come up with it off the top of my head right now.

I've always thought Godsmack has a pretty creepy sound.  I remember "Voodoo" playing at the beginning of "Fear" on MTV.  A great mood setter. 

I do have to add the soundtrack to "Halloween".  The music from the "Saw" franchise is a good one for getting people anxious.  The minor keys are awesome.  And I might also add several soundtracks from Stanley Kubrick movies, such as "Full Metal Jacket".  While most people won't think of them, there is a lot of creepy, tense music in his movies.

[krb187]

I've always found tribal music kind of creepy. Midway had a great tribal sountrack playing at one part of there haunt last year and it was really unnerving to me.

[Badger]

Anything by Midnight Syndicate, Virgil Franklin, Gathering of Darkness, or Jerry Vayne.  Google them for music samples...

[slaughter]

We play ALOT of 70's & 80's metal... we found out alot of people don't like loud rock music, so it works as a tool to get out of their comfort zone. Some people do like it, & for those people it seems to pump them up to go inside. It's a win win for me Because I could listen to it 24 / 7 plus that is the real " stlye" of haunt. we strive for that grainy,dark, in your face , oldschool stlye of haunt!

[ReLlIK ThE KiLlEr CloWn]

We play ALOT of 70's & 80's metal... we found out alot of people don't like loud rock music, so it works as a tool to get out of their comfort zone.

We did the exact same, except at the clown scene of course..
Then I chose to do all the techno remixs of rock songs..

[packbacker]

Yep I'm working on some CDs in August....shut up.   

I've got a series of three that I'm working on for trick or treaters, rides to haunts, etc.  Tell me what essential horror film themes, halloween songs, mood music, etc. I'm missing!!!  Open to all suggestions!  Discs 2 and 3 need the most work.



Disc 1-- Basically theme music
Halloween, NOES, F13th, Suspiria, Psycho, The Fog, Phantasm, Exorcist, The Shining, Cape Fear, Dawn of the Dead, The Omen, Phantom of the Opera, Ed Wood, Return of the Living Dead, Saw, The Thing


Disc 2--- Darker Mood Music
Some Herschell Gordon Lewis mood music, Marilyn Manson's "This is Halloween", Alice Cooper's "Welcome to My Nightmare", Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses", Highway to Hell, "Every Day is Halloween", "Spiderbaby", "Boris the Spider", "Cry Little Sister" from "The Lost Boys"


Disc 3---- Lighter fare
Ghostbusters, Monster Mash, Thriller, Original "This is Halloween", werewolves of london, don't fear the reaper, bad moon rising, I put a spell on you

[Slappy]

Is that the original "Cry Little Sister", or the latest remix by Seasons After?  If you haven't heard that one, be sure to check it out.  Also, might I suggest "Nightmare" by Avenged Sevenfold, an excellent song (as well as most other songs by Avenged Sevenfold).  Give me time, I'll think of more.

[packbacker]

Good stuff.  Like the Cry Little Sister version.  I think the Avenged Sevenfold song is a bit too extreme if I use disc 2 for trick or treaters but haven't ruled it out yet...

Keep em coming.

[handfulofrubies82]

For lighter fare, you might try Aiko Aiko  or Iko Iko. Not exactly halloween, but I first heard it in the Skeleton Key - we used it in our haunted louisiana swamp yard haunt one year.  I don't know exactly which artist to reccomend, you might just want to try a few.

[Slappy]

There used to be another thread on here about Halloween music, it had some good idea.  Let me see if I can find it...

Here it is! 

http://www.nchaunts.com/forum/index.php/topic,583.0.html

[krb187]

Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson is a must. Also check out the cd Iowa by Slipknot, the actual song Iowa is one of the creepiest things I've ever heard and Gently and Skin Ticket are pretty creepy too.

[Karmakrazy13]

There used to be another thread on here about Halloween music, it had some good idea.  Let me see if I can find it...

Here it is! 

http://www.nchaunts.com/forum/index.php/topic,583.0.html

[Karmakrazy13]

Nox Arcana is a must