Here’s a good-natured update of the sexual paranoia theme: Andre 3000 plays a vampire who isn’t scared of anything, except a cute female vampire played by Kelis. Fun fact: Sheb Wooley was also an actor who starred in the TV series Rawhide and the Clint Eastwood movie The Outlaw Josey Wales.Ĭlick to load video 45: Outkast feat. The sped-up vocals of Sheb Wooley’s hit were a new thing at the time (the Chipmunks also debuted that year), as was rock’n’roll itself. It didn’t seem like anybody was taking anything too seriously in the summer of 1958, when this eternal bit of outer-space silliness hit No.1. The charmingly haunting cover, which features vintage touches and plenty of spooky reverb, was commissioned by Guillermo Del Toro for his 2019 film, Scary Stories to be Told in the Dark, and can be heard during the end credits. Lana Del Rey’s bewitching rendition of Donovan’s psychedelic pop track is sure to put a spell on anyone who hears it. Fans at the time thought Kanye West couldn’t possibly get any weirder. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and Bon Iver: MonsterĪ landmark in the horrorcore rap genre, “Monster” may have the most weirdly diverse all-star lineup ever to appear on a track (and we’re sure, the only time any songwriter ever rhymed “sarcophagus” with “esophagus”). Rihanna’s chorus makes this Eminem hip-hop chart-topper an excellent addition to any Halloween song playlist: “I’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed/Get along with the voices inside of my head/You’re tryin’ to save me, stop holding your breath/And you think I’m crazy, yeah, you think I’m crazy.”Ĭlick to load video 48: Kanye West feat. No Halloween songs playlist would be complete without Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell On You” It’s been covered countless times, but nothing beats the original, with Jay’s incredible vocal delivery. 58: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell On You Good luck getting to sleep after listening to this truly scary song. Want to see demons in your sleep? This magnum opus from Throbbing Gristle has barely-there vocals with only a crying synth for accompaniment. (“Careful With That Axe, Eugene,” anyone?) The guitar riffs on “Sheep” are the thing that makes this tune so frightening, with the instrument mimicking frightened sheep at various points. Pink Floyd are often marked out as psychedelic stoners, but they had a few scary songs to their name. Despite its easy-going bass line and relative lack of dissonance, listen closely to the lyrics and you’ll understand why some regard it as one of the scariest songs of all time. Perhaps best known for its use in various films (like the Scream series) and TV ( Peaky Blinders), this Nick Cave tune evokes the spooky season better than just about anyone. Jonathan Snipes (Clipping.61: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand Jeremy Schmidt (Black Mountain, Sinoia Caves composer, Beyond the Black Rainbow) Sebastiaan Putseys (One Way Static Records) Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantômas composer, The Place Beyond the Pines) Spencer Hickman (Death Waltz Recording Company & Mondo) ![]() Ryan Graveface (Black Moth Super Rainbow, Casket Girls Terror Vision Records and Video) Kyle Dixon, Mark Donica, Adam Jones and Michael Stein (Survive Stranger Things) To celebrate the renewed interest, we’ve compiled the 35 greatest soundtracks of all time as chosen by an esteemed panel of 14 reissue record label owners and indebted musicians. More recently, they’ve become objets d’art thanks to a slew of reissue labels repressing them on colorful vinyl underneath eye-popping sleeve designs. They’ve established and maintained a teeming culture around analog synthesizers, provided generations with dissonant gateways into the heady worlds of 20th century composition and musique concrète and influenced bands like Portishead, Boards of Canada and Animal Collective. Beyond being dark and diverse mood-setters for thriller nights, horror film soundtracks have quietly changed the world like a virus.
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