Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Monster songs to inspire you

Whenever you're feeling a little monstrous  or maybe even just preparing dinner for a spooky Halloween party, you'll need some top notch monster songs to set the mood and make your guest wonder if they're next on the menu.

Here is a list of many of the songs I choose to listen to when I'm making preparations for my Halloween party, I hope you'll find some you haven't heard before and enjoy.

Not all of these are creepy. Some are silly, some don't quite fit the theme of "monster" but I leave that up to you.

ALIENS:

-Spaceman- The Killers

CLASSIC HORROR/ MOVIE SONGS:

-Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Beginning - 101 String Orchestra.
-Night of the living dead -Thematic Pianos
-Halloween theme song
-Beetlejuice theme song
-Ghost Busters theme song
-The Adams Family Song
-Night on Bald Mountain -Fantasia
-Jaws
-X-files theme song
-Theme song from Shaun of the Dead. (Ok, not a classic, but still great!)
-Magic Dance -David Bowie, the Labyrinth
-Munsters theme song
-The Twilight zone -The Ventures


CREEPY SONGS:

-Change (In the house of flies) -Deftones
-A little drop of poison -Tom Waits
- Secret -The Pierces
-Villan -Stephanie Mabey
-People are strange -The Doors
-Girl with one eye- Florence and the machine
-Willy Wonka tunnel song- Marilyn Manson
-Sweet Dreams- Marilyn Manson
-The horror -RJD2
-Halloween -Stephen Lynch
-Welcome to Transylvania -Young Frankenstein
-Cell block tango -Chicago

CREEPY DANCE SONGS:

- Moar Ghosts N Stuff -Deadmau5
- Moon trance -Lindsay Stirling
- Mitternacht -E. Nomine
- Thriller/Heads will roll- Glee
- Monster -Lady Gaga
- Thriller -Michael Jackson
- Dragula -Rob zombie
- Paint it Black -Rolling stones
-Very superstitious -Stevie Wonder
- Heads will roll -Yeah Yeah Yeahs
-Jump in the line -Harry Belafonte

DARK/SPOOKY MUSICALS:

-Repo! The genetic Opera
-Phantom of the Opera
-Sweeny Todd
-Rocky Horror Picture Show
-Little Shop of Horrors


HALLOWEEN SONGS:

-Anything from Nightmare Before Christmas. There are a few notable remakes of these songs sung by different musicians. These are:
            -This is Halloween -Marilyn Manson
            -This is Halloween -Panic! at the disco
            -What's this? -Fallout boy

-Monster Mash -Bobby Boris Pickett

DEVIL/SATAN SONGS:

-Lucifer -E Nomine
-My name is Satan- Stephen Lynch

KIDS SONGS:

-The Headless Horseman- Thurl Ravenscroft
-King Tut -Steve Martin
-Professional Pirate- Muppet Treasure Island
-Huffalumps and woozles -Winnie the Pooh
-The purple people eater -Sheb Wooley

MAD SCIENTIST:

-Skullcrusher Mountain -Jonathan Coultan
-Transylvanian Lullaby- Young Frankenstein

MUMMYS:

-King Tut -Steve Martin
-Let's twist again (mummy time is here) -John Zacherle

SCIFI/ROBOTS:

-The device has been modified -Victims of Science
-Dr Who theme song -Dr Who
-Journey of the Sorcerer- Joby Talbot
-Robots -Flight of the concords
-Still Alive -Portal
-Weird Science- Oingo Boingo
-She blinded me with science -Thomas Dolby

STALKER/ CRAZY:

-Somebody's watching me -Rockwell
-They're coming to take me away HA HAA -Napoleon XIV

WITCHES:

-Double Trouble -John Williams
-I put a spell on you -Screamin' Jay Hawkins
-I Put a spell on you -Marilyn Manson
-Hedwig's theme- Harry Potter
-Spooky - Classics IV

WEREWOLF SONGS:

-das Tier in mir  -E. Nomine
-Howlin for you- The Black Keys
-Werewolf Baby! -Rob Zombie
-Howl -Florence and the machine
-Lil red riding hood -Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
-Bad moon rising -Creedence Clearwater Revival
-Werewolves of London -Warren Zevon

VAMPIRE SONGS:

-Bloodletting (The Vampire song) - Concrete Blonde
-Dracula -Gorillaz
-Riboflavin-flavored non Carbonated polyunsaturated blood- Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians

ZOMBIE SONGS:

-Call of the Zombie - Rob Zombie
-If I were a zombie -Stephanie Mabey
-Living dead girl -Rob Zombie
-Re Your Brains- Jonathan Coultan
-Zombie -Family Force 5

I would also like to suggest the "Halloween Party" channel on Pandora