Thread: A more specific request for help finding Halloween music

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Jolpead, I agree, the Phantom "boom boom" mix you found was atrocious! I have a really cool one called Phantom of the Opera - Halloween Techno Remix but have no idea where I got it. I'm sure you wouldn't like it either.

What about some slower stuff by "Staind"?

Originally Posted by tgoodman

Jolpead, I agree, the Phantom "boom boom" mix you found was atrocious! I have a really cool one called Phantom of the Opera - Halloween Techno Remix but have no idea where I got it. I'm sure you wouldn't like it either.

What about some slower stuff by "Staind"?

I took a listen to some songs by them. They're nice, but not themed for Halloween in any way. I don't require that songs have a direct Halloween link - but they should set an appropriate mood. If a song has lyrics, this automatically means that the lyrics must follow a compatible subject.

For example, "Moon Over Bourbon Street" by Sting isn't directly Halloween themed - but the whole song is about a vampire, so it's compatible.

On the other side, the Beetlejuice main titles are mostly instrumental - but there's no question that it sets a proper atmosphere for anything to do with Halloween. It gets bonus points because the movie it comes from is definitely Halloween worthy.


Obviously, music has to also be good to qualify.


And I'm having the damndest time finding music that meets criteria I didn't think were that strict.

I was also looking for some interesting music and I came across this list of songs. Some are exactly what I was looking for, some not my personal music taste, but all "dark and creepy". Thanks to Dark and Creepy - Spooky music, pictures, art, and other creepy stuff for weirdos for the list. (Comments are by the website creator, not me.)



Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead / Hollow Hills / Slice of Life

Danielle Dax - Pariah / 16 Candles (I gave myself a nice scare listening to Pariah last Halloween while driving a lonely foggy road ’round midnight)

Tiamat - Alteration X10 / Teonanacatl / Whatever That Hurts (these were immediately staples of my musical diet when I first heard them)

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Desert Kisses / Arabian Knights

Dead Can Dance - Black Sun / The Cardinal Sin (”Lucretia waits in vain for the child of her dreams…within her aching womb there burns a funeral pyre.“…and that’s from the less-grim song of the pair )

California Guitar Trio - Toccata And Fugue In D Minor (gorgeous)

The Damned - Grimly Fiendish (did you ever see the Damned on the Young Ones?)

Oingo Boingo - Pictures of You (ooh this is a very unique song, super cool and creepy lyrics on this one!)

Misfits - Halloween (yay)

Trance to the Sun - The Nun V.V. (”Different evil fates await each and every one of my friends“…wow)

45 Grave - Dream Hits / Phantoms / Slice of Life / Surfbat / Riboflavin Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood (no explanation necessary…one of my all-time favorite albums is Autopsy)

Alice Cooper - Years Ago / Steven (”I must be dreaming…please stop screaming“…whatta creepy song! Every time I hear it I wanna watch weird 70’s horror movies like “Martin”)

Bishop of Hexen - Crossing The Borders Between Light & Darkness

Halloween Hootennany - (A great psychobilly-type compilation with a version of the Munsters theme, an awesome Halloween poem by Zacherle, etc etc)

Airn LeBus / Spectra Mori - The Well (OK that is shameless self-promotion but it’s muy spooky I swear!)

Insane Clown Posse - Halloween on Military Street (gross and funny lyrics, lol, etc)