Some examples...
"Planet Caravan" by Black SabbathA haunting, atypical song for the boys, and one of my favorite choices for the season. Feels like walking through a pitch black forest.
"In Dark Trees" by Brian EnoA similar vibe as above, but even moreso.
"March Eighteenth" by the Grassy KnollThe title is out of season, but the mood is quite eerie.
"The Pink Room" by Angelo Badalementifrom the Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me soundtrack.Classic Halloween party music. Plodding drums, menacing surf guitar, and that lumbering cello riff.
― monocle (Sean Miguel), Thursday, 12 October 2006 08:49 (twenty years ago)
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 12 October 2006 08:57 (twenty years ago)
― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Thursday, 12 October 2006 08:58 (twenty years ago)
― mister the guanoman (mister the guanoman), Thursday, 12 October 2006 09:03 (twenty years ago)
― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Thursday, 12 October 2006 09:15 (twenty years ago)
― sublime frequency (sublime frequency), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:23 (twenty years ago)
Tom Waits - Black WingsDeVotchKa - In The TowerNeil Young - Dead Man soundtrackDaniel Lanois - Asylum (Sling Blade soundtrack)Brian Eno - MattaBill Frisell - Variation On A Theme (Tales from the Farside)Medeski, Martin & Wood - Off The TableFriends of Dean Martinez - EthchlorvynolMitchell Froom - Fruta Prohibida
― ratcat (Sean Miguel), Thursday, 12 October 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)
― Hot Chicken #9 (Sean Miguel), Thursday, 12 October 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)
(to my knowledge, the first rap/bass track built on the Halloween theme song, complete with deep vocoded vocals)
― PappaWheelie: Giving out breaks to the needy since September 25th, 2006 (PappaWh, Thursday, 12 October 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)
(About Halloween, but not for Halloween; sorry)
― daavid (daavid), Thursday, 12 October 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 12 October 2006 20:52 (twenty years ago)
― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 12 October 2006 23:02 (twenty years ago)
― jazzamatazz (Sean Miguel), Friday, 13 October 2006 07:19 (twenty years ago)
― Carl Buddig (Sean Miguel), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)
― Rodney is a group! (R. J. Greene), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 04:06 (twenty years ago)
― MRZBW (MRZBW), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 12:13 (twenty years ago)
For a nice twist on Donovan, try Luna's version.
― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 13:51 (twenty years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)
no mention?
http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/read/dizzee-rascal-dirtee-halloween-couple-of-stacks-666
― Blandford Forum, Sunday, 2 November 2014 19:35 (eleven years ago)
I don't know if this is the most recent thread, but I'm putting together my yearly mix, looking to avoid Halloween staples, and there are some great suggestions here. Anything newer anybody can think of?
I'm listening to selections from Mandy OST, Hereditary OST, John Carpenter, Gnaw Their Tongues, Haxan Cloak, clipping., various death metal interludes, about to hit the Dungeon Synth thread. Am also enjoying Eerie and unnerving songs.
― beard papa, Friday, 23 October 2020 18:38 (six years ago)
always thought goodie mob's classic "cell therapy" fits this bill, with its eerie louie armstrong vocal samples, keyboards that sound like a creature scratching at your door, and general air of paranoia about someone peeking through the window.
― glengarry gary beers (voodoo chili), Friday, 23 October 2020 18:41 (six years ago)
I like that. Yeah, I don't necessarily go for strict holiday music, but just for dark & unsettling in general. I also like surprising/jarring contrasts that come from mixing something like this song - with very clean/sparse production and prominent vocals with dark ambient/drone. I like how it brings the focus in and out. These are some that have made the cut in the past.
Delerium - Twilight Rituals (the one on Spotify is not the right song from the album I have in my collection or this Youtube)Sarpantitum - Immortalized As Golden SpiresRainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Upside Down Left EyeThe Devil Awakens - John CarpenterJourneyman - SpyMick Gordon - Argent EnergyChristopher Young - The CenobitesJames Plotkin - Red PlateauTechno Animal - Needle ParkHenry Mancini - Experiment in Terror (Fantomas version is great, too)
― beard papa, Friday, 23 October 2020 20:19 (six years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1qdnOMLWS8
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 23 October 2020 20:25 (six years ago)
Libra - Shock OST, the drum mikes were waaay too close, it's awesome
― Cabo Weibo (卡波微博) (Deflatormouse), Friday, 23 October 2020 22:47 (six years ago)
Bump, who's got the hipster Halloween spotify playlist
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 31 October 2020 21:28 (five years ago)
I usually just rock the misfits
― brimstead, Saturday, 31 October 2020 22:05 (five years ago)
Been working on this one for a number of years:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PUPqPUbNpRAzZXo6GD6t2?si=FtTUszh_Q2uEs5aKEqpBSw
― Spottie, Saturday, 31 October 2020 23:36 (five years ago)
This might be a good place to note I posted a Halloween playlist favorites poll that's currently languishing on ILE because I posted it there by accident like an idiot:Halloween/spooky season playlist favorites
― Chris L, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 06:59 (three years ago)
It's usually regarded as a "weird" or psychedelic rather than a "scary" album, but I had a very eerie nocturnal experience walking through a foggy autumnal High Park listening to Alice Cooper's Pretties For You. A lot of musical decisions that seem arbitrary or silly listening at home in daylight have an irrational power in an alien situation.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 5 October 2023 02:14 (three years ago)