This Halloween, whether you are gonna be staying home and handing out candy to all the pint sized ghouls and vampirellas or partying it up in an abandoned warehouse right before you are abducted and have your internal organs removed and sold on the black market, or maybe fried up on the grill depending on which district said warehouse might be in, there is one thing for certain. . . . You are gonna need a good soundtrack. We all have our favorite theme music. Since it’s the season for all things gory and frightful how about some good horror movie soundtrack music to go with your festivities?
When I was a baby-tou the first music that I would discover that I had a fondness for was actually soundtrack music. So it only made sense that as I grew larger and more evil that I would become a horror movie soundtrack nut. Over the years I have run across some very cool stuff. A few of my prized demonic possessions are the soundtracks to Phantasm, Day of the Dead and Blood on Satan’s claw. Music can calm the savage beast or it can provide lots of cover noise for the screams when you are tearing your soulless victims to pieces. It can also liven (or deaden) any gathering of the flesh whether costumed or naked.
Our most beloved Hallows Eve is coming. For those who wish for something much more heart throbbing and blood pumping than the sounds of crickets chirping here are some cool as hell movie soundtracks that are sure to bring any cemetery dance back to life.
1) Halloween- music composed by John Carpenter.
Seriously. This one is a no brainer. Probably the most famous movie theme this side of that shark music but since we are on land you're gonna have to recognize. (Unless you're partying at sea, in which case just swap out Jaws with some gauze and proceed as you were) Still, what Halloween night is worth lifting up your frightgown over and peeing on the carpet if you haven't tried to conjure up Michael Myers as a guest of honor? (And what better way to call his ass up than to play his theme music, right?) Michael Myers rules. Who else do you know that serves up razor blade candied apples and butchers block shish-ka-bobs so appetizing?
2) The Exorcist- composers: Jack Nitzsche / Mike Oldfield / not the Lalo Schifrin version which omits the Tubular Bells theme music (Yes, imagine that. The Exorcist soundtrack without Tubular Bells. Kind of sucks in that Christmas morning without an axe in your face sort of way doesn't it?).
Probably the second most famous theme song on our list here. Not in actual status mind you. Myers theme music only takes the crown because it is in fact Halloween after all. But Filthy Regan's theme song is always gonna blast from my heart shaped boom box and while kiddies are egging houses and their older siblings are playing pin the hands on the prom queen me and the Filthster are gonna spider walk all over the ceiling and crash land right on the GREAT BIG BED. Okay, sorry. TMI.
3) Hellraiser: The Chronicles- composers: Christopher Young/ Randy Miller.
This one gets mad props on packaging alone and I ain't talking about Pinhead's spikey junk either. Probably the coolest looking soundtrack ever. A box that opens up like a Lament Configuration into a giant cross with a picture of our good buddy Pinny. Mr. Head to you after he comes to drag your ass to playtime in the fiery sin box where he will proceed to rape your soul with a meat hook, which of course will require the proper background music. So, here ya go.
4) Re-animator - music composed by Richard Band.
So let’s see . . . . While double checking your guest list you realize that you need someone to liven up the joint. You got all these zombies and introverts like Pinhead and Mikie boy. What this party needs is a little re-animation power Herbert West style. Bring it.
5) Phantasm- music composed by Fred Myrow.
Pardon me while again in the TMI department I publically announce that when I got this cd off of sleazebay and actually held it in my hand I was so excited that I peed a little. Then I peed a lot. Then I played it. Then I peed some more. What Halloween night is not in need of a little pee? Pee is for pumpkin, baby! Know your alphabet pea soup. Pee is for pumpkin. Tee is for tall man.
6) Psycho- music composed by Bernard Herrman.
Another of the most famous movie themes there will ever be and something you will need to blast from your speakers just to make sure everybody is still breathing. Although, now that I think about it . . . . It’s Halloween and zombies are gonna be everywhere so breathing is not a requirement. Good thing too because if Norman is coming you know damn well that he is bringing mother and skeletons don't breathe.
7) The Omen- music composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Yeah yeah yeah I know. Damian is the son of the devil. So that means that if he is not invited to your candy coated event he is gonna pout like a brat and stamp his feet and swing his tail and before you can say "There’s no place like the terror dome" he will get his way. So if the little shit is gonna show up anyway might as well play his theme music and maybe he won't eat all the chocolate and shit on the carpet. Even Regan knows . . . . Pea goes on the carpet and chocolate goes in the bowl.
8) A Nightmare on Elm Street- music composed by Charles Bernstein.
The night is young and your guests are still showing up and demanding to be fed or bled dry. Nobody understands this better than Freddy. So if the slice is right . . . . Come on down! To Elm Street, that is.
9) Sleepy Hollow- music composed by Danny Elfman.
Any dark jubilee is gonna need some Danny Elfman. It’s a rule. Different strokes for different corpses. The kiddies might wanna throw on some Nightmare before Christmas action and sing it like a slashed throat chime. Those who have had too much bloody pumpkin cider and are about five seconds from putting a lampshade over their head and falling down the steps might wish to do a little limbo to all that calypso music on the Beetlejuice soundtrack. In just a few weeks we can even break out Edward Scissordick and get all cozy like. But while this is Halloween and we all love a good tumble down to lights out we are gonna need it extra dark so bring the headless horseman and maybe he will sever a few heads for you to shrink down and throw in the punch bowl so you can have a good game of bobbing for bobbleheads.
10) What Lies Beneath- music composed by Alan Silvestri.
Hey creatures of the non-possessed kind, it's Filthy Regan here. This is truly one of my all time favorites. It is one hellova brilliant soundtrack that is guaranteed to send chills up and down your spineless backs. There are smooth eerie slow melodies that will envelope your ears with a soft blissful sound like a feather to your ear. It creates a feeling of anticipation as the tunes grow in power and strength, and then blast a chill with a base tone and a frosty pitch that will shudder you into your very core. Sound too good to be true? Then give this 5 1/2 minutes a listen here. If you listen to this in its entirety, and it does not give you the shivers then you are possibly not human:
11) Evil Dead trilogy box set- music composed by Joseph Loduca (with a nifty little Danny Elfman composition on the Army of Darkness disc).
After you swallow some atomic punch what else is there to do but SWALLOW YOUR SOUL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL?! Sounds good to me. So put on this cool as hell box set that comprises the soundtrack to all three Evil Dead flicks and pull out your necronomicons and let’s get freaky as hell babies spewing up gobs of cherry juice and milk.
12) Suspiria- music composed by Goblin.
Like Danny Elfman any darkened theater is gonna need some Goblin so as to spruce things up when the battery lights start flashing for re-charge. All of your guests have arrived and there are corpses on the ceiling and hell beasts gurgling from the kitchen sink. But don't flip that garbage disposal switch just yet and call it a night light. The soundtrack to this classic Argento flick will keep you in denial that those corpses are going to have to fall from the ceiling and climb back into their wormy boxes. Lots of loud noises and eerie whispers are sure to scare up a last blast of frightful fun fury and scare the hell out of your neighbors when you crank this one up on your speakers. A perfect soundtrack for last call.
13) Carrie- music composed by Pino Donaggio.
So another Halloween celebration has come to a close. What better way to calm that savage beast with some wallflower music? It will send you back to your crypts with a smile on your face and prevent the inevitable pig blood hangover that will last until next Halloween because a day that is not leading up to Halloween is only late for the party and who the hell wants to be late?
Maybe once you are cleaning up the entrails and blood pools and preparing yourself for another eleven months of no Halloween fun you want to have some cool mood music in the background to keep you from totally bumming out. It’s not technically a movie soundtrack so much as a retrospective of great soundtrack moments such as Rosemary’s Baby, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Cape Fear, and Spider Baby. . . . Not to mention a kick ass version of The Omen theme song.
Spider Baby is Regan's FAVORITE song.....just so everyone knows. If I happen to be having one of my vile fits and spewing hoards of putrid gut fluids everywhere and spinning around or stabbing myself in one of my orifices with a crucifix and you really want me to stop; just pop this song on, and I will cease all activity and break out into a filthy monsoon walk all up and down the walls and across the ceiling....yup.
Fantomas- The Director's Cut.
And Filthy Regan agrees with her Manitou beast 100% on his twisted delectable selections for your warped ear holes. All of you soft skinners out there do yourself a favor and load up on this music for a delightfully ear twisting Halloween!
Okay, so I know what all of you are thinking. Where was Jason and why wasn't he invited? I mean, that is a pretty famous piece of music and . . . . Well, Jason is kind of big. Wouldn't want to piss him off. But you know what? This is Manitou and Regan's blog and since we are partying it up and having such a good time and nobody knows where any of the good times are gonna lead . . . . We don't need no stinking cockblockers!
***Original blog post date 10/14/2011***
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