The movie thread was fun so I thought this could be as well.
In this thread just list your ten favorite Halloween Season songs and/or themes. Anything that gets you “in the mood” for October/Halloween. It doesn’t have to be a “Halloween” song per se. It can be any tune that hits that creepy vibe for you from any source be it a movie soundtrack or a band you like, whatever!
I’m going to list my ten favorite songs for the season and my ten favorite horror movie themes!
Ten Favorite Halloween/October Songs
A Secret Place (Megadeth)
Black Lodge (Anthrax)
Dangerous Tonight (Alice Cooper)
Don’t Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden)
Fire in the Sky (Ozzy)
Reason to Kill (Widowmaker)
The Thing That Should Not Be (Metallica)
Them Bones (Alice in Chains)
Vampires (Godsmack)
**Honorable Mentions:
All Night With The Lights On (Michael Monroe)
Don’t Talk to Strangers or Shame on the Night (Dio)
Heft! (Fastway)
In A Lonely Place (Bush)
Sanitarium (Metallica)
Still Life (Iron Maiden)
When Darkness Calls (Lynch Mob)
Ten Favorite Horror Movie Themes
Halloween Theme (Main Title)
Halloween II Theme (Main Title)
Halloween III Theme (Main Title)
Halloween IV Theme (The Return)
Halloween V Theme (The Revenge)
Halloween VI Theme (Jamie’s Escape)
Psycho (Main Title)
The Shining (Main Title)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Main Title)
The Lost Boys theme “Cry Little Sister”
**Honorable Mentions:
Pet Sematary theme
Friday the 13th Theme
The Exorcist Theme
Trick 'r Treat Theme
1.Christian Woman-Type o Negative
2.Dirt-Alice in Chains
3.Raining Blood-Slayer
4.Pictures of You-The Cure
5.Psychotic Break-Jerry Cantrell
6.A Room With a View-Death Angel
7.Scarecrow-Ministry
8.This Mortal Soil-Mastodon
9.Overrated-Helmet
10.Last Dance With Mary Jane-Tom Petty
Themes:
1.Halloween
2.Halloween II
4.The Amityville Horror
5.Chariot of Pumpkins-Season of the Witch
6.The Shining
7.Burnt Offerings
8.The Exorcist
9.Tales From the Darkside
10.Tales From the Crypt
little red riding hood - Sam the Sham
Dragula- Rob Zombie
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevorn
Bad Noon Rising - CCR
Don’t Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Ghost Busters - Ray Parker JR
Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Blue Moon - any version (every since american werewolf in london…just pops in there)
Jeepers Creepers - Paul Whiteman
Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave
Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde
How Soon is Now? - The Smiths (just because it was played at the Halloween party in that craptastic T.V. movie “The Midnight Hour”)
Don’t Fear the Reaper
Burn the Witch - Queens of the Stone Age
Never Believe - Ministry
Debaser - The Pixies
Do The Panic - Phantom Planet
Captain Midnight - Tomahawk
Those…plus just about every one on Bry’s list, especially Thriller and Purple People Eater.
every track on Cypress Hill’s III (Temples Of Boom). Dark, eerie and unforgiving. Plus it was released in October '95, so i associate this album a lot with the halloween season.
This is Halloween-nightmare Before Christmas
Thy Horror Cosmic-The Black Dahlia Murder
From Skin to Liquid-Cannibal Corpse
Children of Decadence-Children of Bodom
Horror Show(The entire Album)-Iced Earth
Freezing Moon-Mayhem
Red Right Hand-Nick Cave
Halloween-Misfits
Hallween II-Misfits
Thrones of Blood-Suffocation
The Samhain version of Halloween II is a bit slower and darker than it predecessor. While Halloween I and II share the same chords and melody Halloween II features a Latin chant whereas Halloween has English lyrics. The Misfits released the Halloween 7" in 1981 with Halloween II as the B-Side. Samhain released Halloween II on November Coming Fire in 1986 (2 years before the band would become Danzig).
You can hear Halloween II in the background in Rob Zombie’s Halloween during the Lynda sex and subsequent murder scene in the old Myers house.
I’m HUGE on using film scores for Halloween. It always puts me in the mood when I play a track or two. Here are my top ten.
Chariots of Pumpkins - Halloween III
Reel 9 - The Fog
Hall of Mirrors - Hellraiser II
Drive to Santa Mira/I Really Love This - Halloween III
The Alter - The Omen
Rod Hanged/Night Stalking - A Nightmare on Elm Street
Unlock the Door - Halloween
Sterilization - The Thing
Christine Theme - Christine
Tales From The Crypt Theme - Tales From the Crypt
Glenn also redid the following Misfits songs with Samhain: Horror Biz (Initium, 1984), All Hell (Unholy Passion EP, 1985). Glenn also recorded early versions of what would go on to become well known Danzig songs with Samhain. You can find these in the Samhain boxset on the Final Decent disc: Twist of Cain and Possession.
