Music for Halloween

[Scott]

in the spirit of the season,what's your mood or theme driven soundtrack/playlist?

....something other than monster mash,of course


Mine-
Horse and I
-Bat for Lashes
Howl(promo)

Spooky-Dusty Springfield(dunno really why as it's not much to with halloween in mood but the title and the lyrics seem fitting for me)

Rippin Kittin-Golden Boy with Miss Kittin

Danse Macabre Op40-Saint Saens

Lovely Head-Goldfrapp(like something baroque meeting 'the cabinet of dr. caligari)

Slippage-Goldfrapp(very creepy,sexy song that conjures up images from 'creature from the black lagoon',for some reason)

Waking the Witch-Kate Bush

Main Title/Lullaby-Komeda and Mia Farrow from 'Rosemary's Baby' Sdtrk.

Peek-a-Boo-Siouxsie and the Banshees(though one could argue,many Banshees tracks could qualify for such a thing...just one of my favourites)

Suspiria Main Title-Goblin from 'Suspiria' sdtrk.

 

[papa_levante]

Aw, I was just about to say "The Monster Mash"!

"Halloween" by Dave Matthews Band. Perfect.

 

[ragtag]

Peek-a-Boo-Siouxsie and the Banshees(though one could argue,many Banshees tracks could qualify for such a thing...just one of my favourites)

Suspiria Main Title-Goblin from 'Suspiria' sdtrk.

definitely the Suspiria soundtrack! for Siouxsie and the Banshees i also really like "Kiss Them For Me" because it's really a creepy song when you find out that it's about Jayne Mansfield.

• Cat Power - Werewolf (this is beautiful and has a perfect mood)
• Belly - Low Red Moon
• PJ Harvey - Plants and Rags, Man Size Sextet (i love the strings) and pretty much anything from To Bring You My Love
• Rollingstones - Paint it Black
• Tori Amos - Happy Phantom
• Night on Bald Mountain

 

[lisandwich]

• Cat Power - Werewolf (this is beautiful and has a perfect mood)

Such a beautiful song.

 

[leda]

great picks, Scott & ragtag
(ditto on PJ and Suspiria)

siouxsie & the banshees - face to face
siouxsie - sea of tranquility
broadcast - until then
the cure - same deep water as you/burn
white rose movement - deborah carne
new order - dracula's castle
angelo badalamenti - the pink room (TP Fire walk with me soundtrack)
portishead - sour times
birthday party - release the bats
killing joke - love like blood
jarvis cocker - black magic
my bloody valentine - soon
wimme - gierran (enchantment)
the cramps - i can't hardly stand it/human fly/goo goo muck
mos def - the boogie man song
divine comedy - happy goth
nick cave&the bad seeds - the mercy seat/do you love me 1&2
sisters of mercy - flood 1/this corrosion
bauhaus - lagartija nick/bela lugosi...(and the Nouvelle vague version)
massive attack - angel/risingson/teardrop
cocteau twins - shallow then halo
smashing pumpkins - eye
echo & the bunnymen - killing moon
tricky - pumpkin/hell is round the corner
depeche mode - fly on the windscreen/i feel you
london after midnight - your best nightmare
kukl - dismembered
dead can dance - the ubiquitous mr lovegrove/black sun
rasputina - gingerbread coffin


off the top of my head, in no particular order

 

[lisandwich]

broadcast is perfect halloween music. i'll have to check out some more on your list, leda.

 

[Scott]

btw,theres another great album i forgot to mention which is the gorey end by the tiger lillies and kronos quartetbased on the last,unpublished stories by edward gorey. very eerie and visual..

and there's a few add n to (x) songs like 'B.P Perino' and another 'like revenge of the black regent'

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

Lullaby by The Cure and Jeepster by T-Rex...

Besides that can't think of any separate tracks at this moment in time, unforunately. Though for sheer yet inviting eerieness, I'd say - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Siouxsie and The Banshees and though completely unrelated, Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit' always leaves me quite shaken...

 

[jennifer~]

Clara Rockmore - The Art of the Theremin
Lydia Lunch - Queen of Siam
Diamanda Galas - Plague Mass (terrifying)
Cinema Strange - self-titled
Shadow Project - Dreams for the Dying (esp. track 7, Holding You Close)
Nico - The Marble Index

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[papa_levante]

I think "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack is fun fun fun!

 

[MulletProof]

• Themselves- You devil you.
• Fursaxa- Una de gato.
• Air- Wonder milky b*tch.
• Metallic Falcons- Airships.
• Tom Waits- Everything goes to hell.
• Starving Weirdos- Self-hypnosis.
• Badgerlore- Building a nest (though there's no way I can get through this in the middle of the night )
• Radiohead- Jigsaw falling into place.
• Six Organs of Admittance's 666 days of blood- untitled 5, 7 & 3.
• Moissec/ Jane Birkin- Pour un flirt avec toi.
• Till Bröenner- Billy's Trip (cinemix).
• Skullflower- Lost in the darkened gardens of some vast star.
• Angels of Light- Good bye Mary Lou.

 

[Gincat]

I would add my list, but Leda has already posted quite a few of my favs.

I'll throw in some Robert Johnson, Hellhound on my Trail, etc.

 

[ToxicMoxie]

I find Car Chase Terror by M83 terrifying.
And Run by Air is creepy too. But, I still LOVE both of these!

 

[jennifer~]

Songs:

45 Grave - Riboflavin
Can - Aumgn
Bauhaus - Dark Entries
The Creatures - Imagoró
The Vanishing - Terror, I've Been Dying to Meet You
The Vanishing - White Walls
The Velvet Underground - The Murder Mystery
The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
Leonard Cohen - Avalanche
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song
Kate Bush - Leave It Open
Iggy Pop - Funtime
The Sisters of Mercy - Marian
Cocteau Twins - The Thinner the Air
Rasputina - Transylvanian Concubine
Virgin Black - Whispers of Dead Sisters
Sonic Youth - Shadow of a Doubt

 

[ragtag]

^ oh, Rasputina's so perfect for this!

Shadow of a Doubt is a great one, too.

 

[Scott]

oh the thinner the air...nice one! blood b*tch is also a good one...

great choices everybody

 

[Hipkitten]

All you need is Godspeed You Black Emperor. I suggest putting on the 2 disk Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven to create a moody/spooky atmosphere.

And The Toyes classic Monster Hash is a must as well

amazon.com

 

[Gypsy_Doll]

Attack of the trip hop ​

Portishead-Scorn
Pentaphobe-Cybelle
Maduro-Shimmer Sustain
Portishead-Cowboys
Portishead-Humming
Massive Attack-Inertia Creeps
Massive Attack-Butterfly Caught
Andrea Parker-Breaking the code
Pentaphobe-Same eye
Andrea Parker-Clutching at straws
Mcsleazy-Outrageous
Pentaphobe-Intermittante

 

[Gincat]

Adding Tricky's Abbaon Fat Track
Martina Toppley-Bird's Ilya (She always sounds so haunted, especially in this one)

Oh and don't laugh, but for something a little more lighthearted and quicker paced there's The Blue Oyster Cult's Fire of Unknown Origin. "Death comes driving down the highwaaay in it's Sunday best!"

 

[lovelife]

Wow, you guys have a surplus of music knowledge

E-Nomine:Mitternacht
The Arcade Fire-Black Mirror
Mortal Kombat Trilogy OST(I have some tracks if anyone is interested)
Norma Jean-Organized Beyond Recognition
The Servant-Cells
Dj Jazzy Jeff feat. Will Smith-Nightmare on My Street

More will come to me