Halloween song recommendations

Hmmm ... not familiar with "Amityville". Dude, there's great threads
here that rise to the surface this time of year called,

"What Is the Scariest/Creepyist Music You've Heard?" and
"Albums That Make You Scared to Close Your Eyes" ( Click 'em )

On top of that, I can recommend a few LPs that can scratch that itch:

"Themes from Classic Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films"
"These Ghoulish Things"
"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and
"Sci-Fi Channel's: The Dark Side"

Among those four are very familiar themes that are indispensable.

Among the widely available soundtracks such as "Rosemary's Baby",
"The Shining" and "Psycho", there are specialty publishers of lesser-
known soundtracks that press limited runs of niche films. One among
those is Howlin' Wolf Records, which released the excellent CD,

"Silent Night, Bloody Night"

soundtrack around 2013 or so. Check 'em out.

 

I enjoy the creepier side of Alice Cooper.

10 Creepiest Alice Cooper Songs – Green and Black Music

 

Helloween - Halloween

This is the short version, there's a 13 minute version too.

 

King Diamond - Abigail

 

It's kinda spooky...



and thanks for those links

 

Superb! I'd forgotten about Radio Hour.

 

'80's STYLE!!!!

 

Oh, while I'm at it ... not Halloween but WONDERFUL atmosphere
and several within that hint at Halloween mightily. She even was under
the tutorship of Bert Jansch for a spell. Check her out, AWESOME CD.
"Courting Autumn". This tune fits:

 

Lizzy Borden - Master of Disguise

 

Dude, a blast from the past:


ZACHERLEY RETURNS TO CHILLER THEATRE

Bumper: CHILLER THEATRE ! TARANTULA - ZACHERLEY THE COOL GHOUL - DEAD ELVI

 

If you want legit scary...

 

Thanks and no prob ... if you enjoy REALLY creepy fare,
I recommend "Absinthe" by Naked City. Usually John Zorn
is loud ... VERY loud ... not here. A fair sequel to Pink Floyd's
"Ummagumma" in a way. Jeff just posted it. AWESOME.

There's no limit here. TONS of fun and creepy things for everyone.

My go-to is that "Themes" CD at the top of my list. It WILL scare
little kids though. These re-recordings of old movie themes are
faithful and to me, pack more punch than the originals. Dick Jacobs
was a great arranger.

So, my tastes range from this:


"Scooby Doo, Where are you!" Theme Song (1969)


to this:


What's He Building?


Enjoy! I think.

 

The Cramps have several:
Zombie Dance
I Was A Teenage Werewolf
Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon
Human Fly
Burn, She-Devil, Burn

 

the Misfits have many good ones that could fit this, a few come to mind, aside from a very obvious choice with their song "Halloween" others could be Vampira, Ghouls Night Out, Theme For A Jackal, and there are others, some more lyrically tame/less gruesome then others (as the are some of the few I listed), in any case they got stuff that will work good.

Edit: The Cramps have some great songs for this too.

 

"Goblin Girl", by Frank Zappa
"The Great Pumpkin Waltz", by vince Guaraldi

Very different from each other.

 

Ghost In My House - The Fall

 

Ministry - Scare Crow

 

The Dream Syndicate - Halloween

 

Was just about to post the original version by R. Dean Taylor!

 

Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Despite the subject matter this is funny rather than creepy tbh

 

That's a good 'un too

 

I was working on another project and found this which will work well in the mix...

 

You forgot.....

 

Most of these choices are posers

I have a CD of the soundtrack of "The Bride of Frankenstein" from the 30s that is great!