Universal Monster Army

I'm know I'm starting alot of new topics,but i'm new at this and having alot of fun.So please just put up with me.Can anyone suggest some Horror music?I got alot of the harder stuff The Misfits,Rob Zombie,Danzig.Wednesday 13.Anything else you guys can turn me on to?Especially anything with the Universal Monsters theme,but anything horror related will do.Oh,yeah a cool song I recently discovered is "Red Right Hand",by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.Really spooky,check it out.

I look back to older classics from my youth that I "see" as halloween music...

Monster Mash
Godzilla (blue oyster cult)
Edgar Winter's Frankenstein,
Thriller,
Elvira's music,
Purple People eater,
Mannhein Steamroller's Halloween cds,
Van Helsing soundtrack,
Hocus Pocus soundtrack,

Heck, my halloween mix plays for about 6 hours or so, and totally fills one cd.. and in my dvd player, I have it as well as soundtracks to halloween movies.. Halloween, Ghostbusters, Hellboy, ect.

This one is hard to track down but is very cool. Phantom Creeps. Great horror/surf hybrid.
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/6514/cdreviewsphantomc.html (http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/6514/cdreviewsphantomc.html)

With only 1000 total pressed, odds are unless you know someone with mp3 rips, yer just not going to find this though.

Cole, there are several members here who are Past Masters both of knowing this stuff, and of "burning their own" mixes -

Guys?

-Craig W.

Quote from: Gareee on October 18, 2008, 09:35:57 AM
With only 1000 total pressed, odds are unless you know someone with mp3 rips, yer just not going to find this though.

grab it while you can
http://cgi.ebay.com/Horror-Surf-Garage-3-CD-Lot-Phantom-Creeps-Demon-Seeds_W0QQitemZ320310886932QQihZ011QQcategoryZ46498QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Horror-Surf-Garage-3-CD-Lot-Phantom-Creeps-Demon-Seeds_W0QQitemZ320310886932QQihZ011QQcategoryZ46498QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

For my money Midnight Syndicate is the most awesome.  They create all new music with such Haunting themes you feel as if you are walking through the graveyard with a Vampire.  I have all their CD's.  Out of the Darkness and Vampyre are my two favorites in the bunch, but it is all awesome music.  Their cover art is equally impressive. 

You will find their music playing at most Haunted Houses around the Country as well as Bush Gardens Howl-o-Scream.  Their Music is part of a show at Bush Gardens. 

Be on the Lookout for "The Dead Matter"

Just call me a huge fan

Try these guys--
http://www.batlord.com/menu_01.htm (http://www.batlord.com/menu_01.htm)

Particularly the song "Undertaker". Although they look a lot like your typical Goth Rockers, their music has more of a 60s feel to it. I think you'll like it if you give it a try.

I don't look for really creepy stuff, I prefer some of the 50's shock horror music (Like in the Creature), or fun halloween themed tunes like monster mash, elvira, and the like. Those, and music that just seems like it belongs around halloween, sometimes by title (like, say, werewolves of london, or fresh price's nightmare on my street.)

And if you want some classical works, here are a few recs from me and some of my classical music cronies:

Mephisto Waltzes (4), for piano Mephisto Waltz
Composed by Franz Liszt

Småtrold (Puck), lyric piece for piano, Op. 71/3
Composed by Edvard Grieg

Danse macabre, symphonic poem in G minor, Op. 40
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens

Märchenbilder, for piano, No. 4, The Gnomes, Op. 3/4
Composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Walpurgisnacht ("Lieb Mutter, heut Nacht..."), duet for 2 sopranos & piano, Op. 75/4
Composed by Johannes Brahms

Andres Maienlied ("Die Schwalbe fliegt"), song for voice & piano ("Hexenlied"), Op. 8/8
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

La Ronde des Lutins, scherzo fantastique for violin & piano, Op 25
Composed by Antonio Bazzini

The Graceful Ghost, a concert variation for violin & piano
Composed by William Bolcom

Funeral March of a Marionette, for piano or orchestra in D minor
Composed by Charles Gounod

Concert Fantasy on themes from Gounod's "Faust," for violin & orchestra (or piano)
Composed by Pablo de Sarasate

Caprice for solo violin in B flat major ("The Devil's Chuckle"), Op. 1/13
Composed by Niccolo Paganini

Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g5 ("The Devil's Trill")
Composed by Giuseppe Tartini

Sonata for violin solo No. 2 in A minor ("Obsession"), Op. 27/2 Obsession
Composed by Eugene-Auguste Ysaye

SQ No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich

Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Composed by J. S. Bach

Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48 (Op. 14) Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
Composed by Hector Berlioz

and this dvd was rec. to me for Halloween, but I have not seen it yet:

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I used to have a "spook rock" radio show in college.
I was really just trying to rip off Zacherley, but wasn't everybody else anyway?

I played a lot of The Misfits, The Cramps, The Damned but I would throw in stuff like Danzig and Type O Negative and Tiger Army.

I also collect old Monster Rock novelty records from the 50s and 60s so I had tons of that too. Occasionally I'd throw in bizarre stuff like Tom Waits and Nick Cave.

Do some searches for these bands
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The Cramps
The Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13
Morgus & The Ghouls
The Mummies
Grave Mistake
The Cryptkeeper Five
Spy Society 99
Tarantula Ghoul
45 Grave
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Screamin' Lord Sutch
Samhain

I could go on and on...

 Cole, some real fun monster music came from Horror Host John Zacherle.

Hey Josie,
                  Thank you for mentioning my 2 CD's with Zach [Dead Man's Ball & Interment For Two] Nice to know somebody out there appreciates the effort!
                                                                                               Mike G

Try to find the two great comps on the Buffalo Bop Label, Monster Bop and Hooror Hop. There's also a hard-to-find CD called Doo Wop Halloween is a Scream, and one called These Ghoulish THings.

There's a lot of stuff to download on the web, from individual songs to ready-made mixes Unfortauanley, I haven't saved any links--try this one though:
http://reverendfrost.blogspot.com/

Also: Gein and the Graverobbers
The Moon-Rays

Here are two more suggestions:

"As Seen on TV Halloween Specials" this is a great collection of TV themes from the Munsters, Bewitched, Scooby Do and lots of others.  Included on the CD is some of the aforementioned classics and also two songs from Rocky Horror Picture Show.  There is also a track from Little Shop of Horrors.  I have this with me and listen to it all the time.  

Another is Drews Halloween Thrillers CD 1, picked this one up at a Party City store.  I love all the tracks, this is a fun CD.  There is a CD 2 sold sperately, did not like that one as much.  CD 1 has the following tracks:

1 Monster Mash
2 Thriller, Michael Jacksons
3 Halloween Theme - my all time favorite, play it over and over
4 Im Your Boogie Man
5 Welcome to my Nightmare
6 Theme from Psycho
7 Ghostbusters - Who you gonna call?
8 Don't Fear the Reaper, awesome tune
9 Tubular Bells
10 Time Warp

And if yer into usenet, there's alt.binaries.holidays for all the halloween music you'd want to download.

Quote from: Gasport on October 19, 2008, 10:35:27 AM
Hey Josie,
                  Thank you for mentioning my 2 CD's with Zach [Dead Man's Ball & Interment For Two] Nice to know somebody out there appreciates the effort!
                                                                                               Mike G

All thanks goes to you Mike. As well as Rich, and of course to John himself. Quality merchandise deserves recognition and appreciation. These CD's have brought me hours of pleasure, so I wanted to share their existence with Cole.

Quote from: josie monster on October 19, 2008, 11:07:26 AM
All thanks goes to you Mike. As well as Rich, and of course to John himself. Quality merchandise deserves recognition and appreciation. These CD's have brought me hours of pleasure, so I wanted to share their existence with Cole.

Thank you for sharing.I bought some of John Zacherly's stuff along with other stuff people posted about.Thanks everyone!

InStruMEntal 60's TyPE SuRF:

THe GhaStly OnEs... listen here: http://www.myspace.com/ghastlyones
SAtaN's PiLGrImS... listen here: http://www.myspace.com/satanspilgrims
ThE NeBulaS... listen here: http://www.myspace.com/thenebulas

12 Step Rebels
13 Cats
45 Grave
Alphabet Bombers
Angry Samoans
Astro Zombies
Atomic Spuds
Bang Bang Bazooka
Barnyard Ballers
Batmobile
Blitzkid
Bloodjunkies
Bomboras
Coffinshakers
Alice Cooper
The Cramps
Cryptkeeper Five
Deadcats
Deadly Ones
Demented Are Go
Demonics
The Dickies
Electric Frankenstein
Roky Erickson
Fantomas
Frankie Stein & His Ghouls
Diamanda Galas
Genitorturers
Ghastly Ones
The Ghouls
The Goblins
Gorehounds
Gothabilly
Groovie Ghoulies
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Bob McFadden
Mercyful Fate
The Meteors
The Misfits
Monster Club
The Monsters
Gene Moss & His Monsters
The Mummies
Neanderthals
Nekromantix
Arch Oboler
Phantom Creeps
Phantom Rockers
Photon Torpedoes
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Radio Werewolf
Radium Cats
Rockin' Bones
Scientist
Scots
Screaming Lord Sutch
Spectres
Speed Devils
Spike Jones
The Tombstone Brawlers
Tiki Tiki Bamboos
Vamprie Beachbabes
Zacherle (Zacherley)
Zombie Ghost Train
Zombina and the Skeletons

 I would say the Ghastly Ones are great band for creepy surf rock. Also, the Bomboras, the Cramps, The Legendary Invisible Men. There's so many. I have my own mix/playlist that includes everything form Alice Cooper to Xmal Deutschland. I posted this on here once before but on the file sharing site "soulseek", there's an awesome compilation of some really great Halloween/Monster music. It's liste under the compilation title of "A Bloody Halloween". I downloaded it and I haven't stopped playing it. If you like Nick Cave then you should check out the artist Barry Adamson "A Murky World". Return of the Living Dead soundtrack...phenomenal.

Oh man, Toy Ranch.Thank you so much for that list.I have a touch of OCD so I have to google them all.haha

Oh, bummer i was trying to avoid doing a big list like Toy Ranch did but it turns out its what the guy asking the question wanted.

go figure.

party!

A whole lot of what I'd list has already been mentioned -- but I'll throw in "Blood on the Bluegrass" by Th' Legendary Shack Shakers as a great creepy teenage vampire cult murder ballad -- perfect for Halloween.  There's plenty more in their swamp/sideshow/tent revival/southern gothic repertoire that'd fit the bill....

Quote from: Drew Bludd on October 20, 2008, 03:39:38 PM
Oh, bummer i was trying to avoid doing a big list like Toy Ranch did but it turns out its what the guy asking the question wanted.

go figure.

party!

Hey dude you were very helpful!You gave me The Cramps.I love those guys."TV Set" is awesome!

Can't forget a classic fun spook song. Oingo Boingos Deadmans Party. Great video on Youtube.

Quote from: Cole on October 20, 2008, 05:31:21 PM
Hey dude you were very helpful!You gave me The Cramps.

HA HA......You can get some medicine for that....  ::)....seriously The Cramps are wicked band.

haha that is funny!That did not come out quite right.haha :D

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