Halloween Music

[ty7du]

The Doors have the best nads? LOL!

Woah! The Wolfman's got nards!

Top of the Morning is a wonderful track on Tubular Bells III, playful yet calm...perfect for plane rides.

Ok...time to find something Halloweeny.

Now, why wasn't this on the soundtrack for Return of the Living Dead? Or was there another release somewhere else...? Hmmm...

[Earthnut]

Wow, I want to thank each and every one of you for making this thread such a hit. I never dreamed there would be so many replies. Yee Ha Yippee ! ! !

Thanks to you all.

[ethsnafu]

Darlene it's our pleasure and thank you for creating the thread in the first place. It's been great fun to contribute. Today's share is a wonderfully spooky piece from Krzysztof Komeda from Rosemary's Baby. Simple, chilling and somewhat beautiful. Check it out.

[Guest WaveCrest]

I thought of mentioning this song in this thread a few days ago, and whilst it isn't a scary song it has "ghost" in the title. The song being There's a Ghost in My House by R. Dean Taylor. It reached no.3 in the UK in 1974.

[SadEyes]

This is a chiller too, Jerry Goldsmith´s "Ave Satani" from his score from the original "Omen" (1977):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OkFLdPaoZQ

And another Main Title, this time from Wojciech Kilar from the movie "The Ninth Gate":

[ethsnafu]

Goldsmith's compositions for "Omen" is a superb choice Alex. I rather like this work from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" as well but to be honest his work is all very memorable and enjoyable.

Now I'm going to select an odd choice and it isn't something that is well suited to Halloween but it is certainly a composition that I associate with some of the most brutal scenes of horror you can find on celluloid. My choice is the opening theme from Cannibal Holocaust by Riz Ortolani and it's another one of those genius compositions that is used to juxtapose brutally graphic onscreen violence with just a simple, bone-cuttingly beautiful tune. I'm a great fan of when music is used this way.

Eth

[Guest SpooktalkGiGi]

from one of my favoirte singers Donovan, Season of the Witch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HjH1GG3ro

[Guest SpooktalkGiGi]

and this one, Hurdy Gurdy Man, a haunting and creepy song and was used in the movie Zodiac about the Zodiac killer. and i have this album on my Zune. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6jeQUbovjI

[Guest SpooktalkGiGi]

and i thought what the heck, i love this man and this is my all time favorite song in the whole wide world ever and it will be played at my funeral, it may not be scary but it is iconic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd2aKEUeac

[SadEyes]

Good Choice, Mark, love the score for "Cannibal Holocaust" too.