Celeval
10-05-2008, 09:42 PM
Halloween Playlists
A conversation I had while out to lunch today with friends prompted thoughts of a wider discussion. Now that we're in October and Halloween is coming closer, I started looking to put together a good Halloween playlist to put into rotation. I've got a couple dozen songs I already have (mix of all genres), but they're really pretty all over the place between kitschy, spooky, etc... but I don't quite have the numbers to cut it down and avoid too much repetition. Two spoiler sets, one with the list that I own and one with some recommendations I've picked up from various sources. As per usual with my own playlists, it's heavy on the Broadway/Soundtrack types.
It's not for a Halloween party or anything in particular, just general October listening and possibly something to put on in the background while giving out candy in a few weeks (so probably too explicit = bad... particularly with a young kid in the house).
There's got to be better ideas out there than what I have. So... what's missing?
Current Playlist:
Entr'Acte - Phantom of the Opera
Masquerade - Phantom of the Opera
Macavity: the Mystery Cat - Cats
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
This is Halloween - Danny Elfman
Nightmare on My Street - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Sadeness (I) - Enigma
Haunted - Evanescence
Cry Little Sister - The Lost Boys
Ghost - Indigo Girls
Prologue - Harry Potter & the Sorceror's Stone
Duel of the Fates - Star Wars Episode I
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
The Monster is Loose - Meatloaf
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Tubular Bells - Exorcist
March of the Witch Hunters - Wicked
Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul & Mary
A Kind of Magic - Queen
Princes of the Universe - Queen
Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
Mephistopheles - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Requiem (The Fifth) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Suggestions:
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Monster Mash - ?
Theme - Halloween
Sweet Dreams - Eurhythmics
Toccata in D Minor - Bach
Main Title - Nightmare on Elm Street
Title - Tales from the Crypt
Hall of the Mountain King - ?
A Night on Bald Mountain - ?
The Sorceror's Apprentice - Fantasia
Theme - X-Files
Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead - Wizard of Oz
Theme - Jaws
Theme - ET
Theme - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Last Midnight - Into the Woods
A conversation I had while out to lunch today with friends prompted thoughts of a wider discussion. Now that we're in October and Halloween is coming closer, I started looking to put together a good Halloween playlist to put into rotation. I've got a couple dozen songs I already have (mix of all genres), but they're really pretty all over the place between kitschy, spooky, etc... but I don't quite have the numbers to cut it down and avoid too much repetition. Two spoiler sets, one with the list that I own and one with some recommendations I've picked up from various sources. As per usual with my own playlists, it's heavy on the Broadway/Soundtrack types.
It's not for a Halloween party or anything in particular, just general October listening and possibly something to put on in the background while giving out candy in a few weeks (so probably too explicit = bad... particularly with a young kid in the house).
There's got to be better ideas out there than what I have. So... what's missing?
Current Playlist:
Entr'Acte - Phantom of the Opera
Masquerade - Phantom of the Opera
Macavity: the Mystery Cat - Cats
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
This is Halloween - Danny Elfman
Nightmare on My Street - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Sadeness (I) - Enigma
Haunted - Evanescence
Cry Little Sister - The Lost Boys
Ghost - Indigo Girls
Prologue - Harry Potter & the Sorceror's Stone
Duel of the Fates - Star Wars Episode I
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
The Monster is Loose - Meatloaf
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Tubular Bells - Exorcist
March of the Witch Hunters - Wicked
Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul & Mary
A Kind of Magic - Queen
Princes of the Universe - Queen
Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
Mephistopheles - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Requiem (The Fifth) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Suggestions:
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Monster Mash - ?
Theme - Halloween
Sweet Dreams - Eurhythmics
Toccata in D Minor - Bach
Main Title - Nightmare on Elm Street
Title - Tales from the Crypt
Hall of the Mountain King - ?
A Night on Bald Mountain - ?
The Sorceror's Apprentice - Fantasia
Theme - X-Files
Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead - Wizard of Oz
Theme - Jaws
Theme - ET
Theme - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Last Midnight - Into the Woods