TV
Shows are good because they're short and
capture a (usually kitchy) theme in a minute or so.
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The Addams Family
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Bewitched
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Theme From Dark Shadows
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The Munsters
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The Twilight Zone
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X-Files Theme
Soundtracks
There's nothing better for setting the
mood for a creepy scene than finding music written just for that purpose,
and that's what film music is all about.
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The Exorcist - Mike Oldfield - Tubular
Bells
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Theme from Halloween - John Carpenter
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Hellraiser and Hellraiser II: Hellbound
- Christopher Young
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Jaws Theme - John Williams
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Psycho - Bernard Herrmann
Classical
Many classical pieces have found their
way into use in movies and other media precisely because they're like soundtracks
for visuals before the fact.
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Bach - Tocatta & Fugue In D Minor
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Funeral March
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Modest Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
Musicals
These are great for folks (like me, admittedly)
who love to not only dress up but also to get into character and perform.
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The Nightmare Before Xmas - Danny Elfman
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Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd
Webber
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Rocky Horrow Picture Show - Richard
O'Brien
Rock and Roll
This ranges the gamut of styles, so it
depends on your purpose. Here again we have kitchy, fun songs, but
there are plenty of darker offerings as well.
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AC/DC - Hell's Bells
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AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Alan Parsons Project - The Tell-Tale Heart
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Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
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B-52s - Rock Lobster (more for the music than
lyrical context)
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Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
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Bobbie Boris Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
- Monster Mash
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Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
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Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
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CCR - Bad Moon Rising
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Cure - Lullaby
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Doors - People Are Strange
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Duane Eddy - Ghost Riders In the Sky
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Eagles - Witchy Woman
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Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
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Kiss - Creatures of The Night
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Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (see also cover
of "This Is Halloween" by Manson)
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Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
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Metallica - Enter Sandman
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Michael Jackson - Thriller by (preferably
the dance mix from the video)
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Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
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Ooingo Boingo - Weird Science
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Ozzy Osboune - Bark at the Moon
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Pat Benatar - Hell is for Children
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Ramones - Pet Sematary
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Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
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Rob Zombie - Dragula
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Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl
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Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
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Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
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Rush - Witch Hunt
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Santana - Black Magic Woman
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
(see also Manson's cover on the Natural Born Killers sndtrk)
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Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
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Smashing Pumpkins - We Only Come Out At Night
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Van Halen - Running with the Devil
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Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
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