Music to Summon Zombies By

i would really love to have scott seward's input on this, fwiw

there are actual songs/compositions that accompany voodoo rituals, you know

anyway Dr. John's Gris Gris (Walk on Gilded Splinters in particular) obvy

sdtk to Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen (if one is available)

Shakey, I do realize that there are specific rituals that call for different invocations & rhythms, etc, but there's so many different localized cultural variants I don't really know quite where to start.

Phazm - Damballah. Trust me on this one.

very true - just thought looking into field recordings or something might be a good place to start, depending on how "authentic" you're interested in going.

THRILLER, dude.

Blue Flowers by Dr. Octagon. What a spooky tune.

Rob Zombie - More Human than Human

Exuma

Dark Magus

Peter Gabriel--The Rhythm Of The Heat, particularly the last minute or so.

"Phazm - Damballah. Trust me on this one"

I think this one was written by Exuma - there should be even a Nina Simone version somewhere.

SJH: "I Put A Spell On You."
Muddy: "Louisiana Blues."
Bo: "Who Do You Love."

"Rising From The Dread" - UK Decay

The self-titled album by Don Bradshaw Leather. Srsly. It's getting reissued by David Tibet, may be out already.

try ketjak: the ramayana monkey chant. not afro-caribbean, but hey, this is show business, baby.

http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/ketjack.html

dark magus is an excellent suggestion as well.

Co-opting Ramayana monkey chant probably a good idea. Worked for the Coen Bros in Blood Simple.

OH SHIT-- the fucking Morricone soundtrack to Exorcist II: The Heretic! Truss me on this.

Tom Waits: "Heigh-Ho (The Dwarf's Marching Song)" from Stay Awake

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excellent

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what, no mention of the obvious: "Voodoo Child (slight return)"?

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I suggest certain tracks off Sephiroth - Cathedron. Spooky field recordings that suddenly burst into industrial/tribal drum explosions. It has awed everyone I've played it to.

Dark Magus third or fourthed or whatever, and def. Black Orpheus can't believe that didn't occur to me

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elmo, listen to "Denned Earth" on that myspace page.

Fela: "Zombie."
Cranberries: "Zombie." (jk)

Rolling Voodoo/Santeria/Zombie/Zuvembie Thread 2007 (Obeah Men drink for free)

not exactly caribbean-sounding, but this should fuck with the audiences heads a bit:

http://media.brainwashed.com/vvm/downloads/caretaker/offal7/offal07_10_thecaretaker.mp3

you guys are awesome.

then again, why not get some drums and some gourds and do something live? that might even be spookier.

haha how about Live and Let Die

Funkadelic: "March to the Witch's Castle."
Curtis Mayfield: "Don't Worry If There's A Hell Below We're All Gonna Go."

March to the Witches Castle is great but lyrics about Vietnam vets may not work... I actually some Amp Fiddler-band cover this recently and was totally amazed.

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scott, i would prefer something live if i had more time to prepare -- i need to throw this together by saturday, so downloading & burning tracks is my best bet right now.

xp: So you summon a Vietnam vet zombie then?

scary...

Comus?

Oh, and Exuma times infinity.

Alien Sex Fiend - "Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied" (note: not really)

yah, exuma made rad voodoo music.

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there's always "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" off Bitches Brew

How about some Motorhead:

"Killed By Death"
"Dancing On Your Grave"
"Stone Dead Forever"

or Sabbath:

"Children of the Grave"
"Black Sabbath"

exuma A+ awesome, this should work pretty well

"Odessey & Oracle"

i see what u did there

how about the Goblin / Turzi / Zombi italo horror type stuff

honestly, i'm going to have lots of occasions all summer to use all these suggestions, keep 'em coming

and if you wanna try screamin' jay hawkins stuff, go for "I hear voices" instead of "I put a spell on you".

i was leaning towards some jay hawkins stuff, i'll look into that, thanks ed.

ed, you know what this is for -- you should show up! 12 noon, broadway, saturday.

honestly, i'm going to have lots of occasions all summer to use all these suggestions, keep 'em coming

I would love an invitation to a zombie BBQ.

jimmy page - lucifer rising sdtk.

ooh! YSI!

good luck tomorrow, elmo. I can't make it but I'll definitely try to swing by one of yr future exhumation parties.

more suggestions:

white zombie - "ratmouth"
back from when they were a noisy scumrock band, prior to becoming the godfathers of nu-metal. opens with a "the killers are eating the flesh of the people they've murdered" sample from night of the living dead. and yeah it rocks.

white mice - "BLassTPhLeGMEICE"
song opens with the sample "and don't forget the taste of human flesh" and I can't believe I forgot to recommend the hometown favorites.

diamanda galas - "litanies of satan"
she's speaking french, so just make like haitian undead. guaranteed to scare 'em, even in the cheap seats. osatanprendspitiedemalonguemisere!

scott: i listened to ruhr hunter. i felt like something was going to come out of the earth and grab my ankles and drag me down.

edward III: OTM on the diamanda galas.