Under the Halloween Tree

We end this Halloween season with a bit of gentle fun, John Debney's enchanting soundtrack to the 1994 telefilm The Halloween Tree.  It was based of course on Ray Bradbury's fun tour of Halloween origins, the volume of the same name.

Here are the tracks:

01. Main Titles

02. Our Costumes

03. Pip's House

04. The Note / The Ravine

05. The Funeral March / Stairs

06. The Marley Knocker

07. Meeting Moundshroud

08. Pip and the Tree

09. Where is Pip?

10. The Barn Poster Kite

11. Landing in Egypt

12. Feast of the Spirits

13. Through the Streets

14. The Tomb Chase

15. Mummies

16. Pip's Casket

17. Funeral Procession

18. Leaving Egypt

19. Medieval Festival / New Years'

20. Stonehenge

21. Broomsticks

22. Witches Hideout

23. "What's a Witch?"

24. Witches Chant

25. Burnings and Flight

26. The Construction Yard

27. Sanctuary

28. The Cathedral

29. The Whistle / Gargoyles

30. Gargoyle Chase pt. 1

31. Gargoyle Chase pt. 2

32. Next Stop, Mexico!

33. Candle-lit Graves

34. Gargoyles Dissipate

35. Sugar Candy Skulls / Piñata

36. The Catacombs / Pip Trapped

37. The Trade

38. Coming Back

39. Pip's Alive! / Moundshroud's Pumpkin

40. End Titles

And here is the link:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KEE70YEZ

And, as the butcher said when he sold me the empty frankfurter casing,

HAPPY HOLLOW-WEENIE!

You Heard it in Alien

When I first saw Alien in the theatre in 1979, I snuck out to the lobby after it ended and called my wife from a pay phone, telling her I was going to sneak back into the movie and watch it a second time -- which I did.  (No way would she have wanted to go to a scary movie!)

After all the frights and tension, it was most charming to sit back and watch the final few moments of the movie, as Lt Ripley relaxes into her well-earned hypersleep, to the accompanying sound of lush, almost decadent-sounding classical music, which continued into the end credits.

If you, too, were enraptured by this music, you can listen to it again here.  It's from Symphony 1, "Romantic," by American composer Howard Hanson.

This compilation contains his first and second symphonies, along with another piece that tickled my musical fancy when I heard it, Lament for Beowulf.  (Being an English major and all.)

Here are the selections:
Symphony No. 1, Op. 22 -
1) I. Andante solenne - Allegro con forza
2) II. Andante teneramente, con semplicita
3) III. Allegro con fuoco
4) Lament for Beowulf - Op. 25
Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 -
5) I. Adagio - Allegro moderato
6) II. Andante con tenerezza
7) III. Allegro con brio

Here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XTI5F5ON 

See you Monday to wrap up the Halloween Season!

Listen for the Clanking Skeletons

This fine selection of fantasy film music by master Bernard Herrmann is another selection that has lapsed from current release.  It features music from four films:

1) Journey to the Center of the Earth
2) The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
3) The Day the Earth Stood Still
4) Fahrenheit 451



Here is the link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RWBJFV8R

 

Ghouls with Attitude, Volume 2

 

Here is the second installation of Oddio Overplay’s Halloween record.  As I said last Monday, the comps are sadly no longer available from them!

Here are the tracks:

1)  Billy DeMarcus - Drac's Back

2)  Movie Trailer - Ghost In The Invisible Bikini

3)  Peter Pan Singers  - Theme to Casper the Friendly Ghost

4)  The Creatures - Mostly Ghostly

5)   Tyrone A' Saurus & his Cro-Magnons - The Monster Twist

6)  Mann Drake - Vampire's Ball

7)  Movie Trailer - The Return of Count Yorga

8)  The Hamburger Brothers - Omar The Vampire

9)  The Zanies - The Mad Scientist

10)  The Cool Ghoul - You Can't Ghoul Me

11)  Ted Cassidy - The Lurch

12)  The Detergents - Igor's Cellar

13)  The Milton the Monster Show - Theme Song

14)  Movie Trailer - Graveyard Tramps

15)  Cathy Mills - Monster Hop

16)  Glen Ryle - Wolf Gal

17)  Movie Trailer - Dr. Jeckyl and Sister Hyde

18)  Ralph Marterie and His Marlboro Men -  Alfred Hitchcock Presents

19)  Lois Prante Ellis and Mary Ann Parker - Troll At The General Meeting

20)  Jimmy Cross - I Want My Baby Back

21)  Count Baltes & The Egors - Opening The Coffin

22)  Sounds of Terror! - The Exorcism

23)  Al Zanino - The Vampire Speaks

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XB3JJYVJ  

  See you again soon!

[untitled] Halloween sounds

I came across this CD in a way I can't now recal.  It's a single track of various anguished sounds , cries, and such.  It's safe to play in the background while the kids come up to yur porch (no swear words like some I've heard).

I gussied it up with a CD front & rear case insert, should you wish.  The original had none, by the time I got it.

One track of thunder - bats - crunching bones - night creatures - growls - screams - barks - howls - creaks - clanks - cries

And here is the link:    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O51LAQUZ

It's Fantastic !

Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique is a well-known classic with a wonderfully creepy ending -- movement 5, the "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath," featuring the "Dies Irae" theme.   Here we have a piano transcription.

The tracks:
1. I. Reveries - Passions
2. II. Un Bal
3. III. Scene Aux Champs
4. IV. Marche Au Supplice
5. V. Songe D'une Nuit Du Sabbat
The link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FRGLXL6Y

Ghouls with Attitude, Volume 1

The Oddio Overplay website no longer seems to carry this anthology of fun and “scary” music.  Glad I found it first to share with you!

This is Volume 1.  Next Monday will bring Volume 2.

Here are the tracks:

1 Tarantula Ghoul and the Gravediggers - Graveyard Rock   

2 Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians - Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsatured Blood   

3 Movie Trailer - Vampire Playgirls   

4 Bobby Bare - Vampira   

5 The Crewnecks - Rockin' Zombie   

6 Griz Green - Jam at the Mortuary   

7 Movie Trailer - Monsters Crash the Pajama Party   

8 The MSR Singers - Monster Man   

9 The Abominable Surfers - Monster Surfer   

10 Bobby 'Boris' Jones - Surfer Smash   

11 Jupiter Jones - The Spook Spoke   

12 Bob McFadden and Dor - I Dig You Baby   

13 Movie Trailer - The Mind of Mr. Soames   

14 Albert DeSalvo - Strangler in the Night   

15 Kenny and the Fiends - House on Haunted Hill   

16 Winchell's Donut House Halloween Record - Hear the Monsters (Spooky Sounds and a Spooky Tale)   

17 Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra - The Raven   

18 The Modernaires - The Rockin' Ghost   

19 Bob Rosengarden & Phil Kraus - Satan Takes a Holiday   

20 Boris Karloff and Friends - Ha Ha Ha / The Bride of Frankenstein   

21 Movie Trailer - Brain Eaters   

22 Groovie Goolies - Goolie Garden   

23 Hap Palmer - Haunted House   

24 Bruce Haack and Norman Bridwell - The Witch's Vacation   

25 Sounds of Terror! - Burned at the Stake    

26 Louise Huebner - Intro Orgies, a Tool of Witchcraft   

27 Marty Manning and His Orchestra - Night on Bald Mountain   

28 Criswell (The Legendary) - Someone Walked Over My Grave  

and here is the link:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WVXUPCF2

Well, Swash My Buckles!

This is a great recording of some fun and moving music.

These are the tracks:

1.   Prologue (Main Title) (01:34)

2.   Banquet At Nottingham Castle (01:52)

3.   Robin Enters The Great Hall (00:56)

4.   Escape From The Castle (05:09)

5.   Robin Meets Little John (01:38)

6.   The Oath And The Black Arrow (01:54)

7.   Robin And Friar Tuck (01:24)

8.   Ambush In Sherwood (03:01)

9.   Feast In The Forest (02:52)

10.   Robin And Marian (03:09)

11.   The Archery Tournament (03:04)

12.   Escape From The Gallows (02:13)

13.   Love Scene (05:40)

14.   Dagger Fight: King Richard In Sherwood (02:07)

15.   Coronation Procession (03:05)

16.   Duel, Victory And Epilogue (03:22)

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3NOMIJI0

See ya Monday . . .

Billy Strange's "Secret Agent File"

With his big ol' guitar and swaggering beat, guitarist Billy strange puts his own mark on some familiar spy tunes.

Here are the tracks:

1            Thunderball

2            A Man Alone

3            9th Man Theme

4            I Spy

5            The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Theme

6            The James Bond Theme

7            Our Man Flint

8            The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

9            Run Spy Run

10          Get Smart

11          007 Theme

12          Goldfinger

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4VXUX7MD

 

CD Creepies

A little shivering music, Maestro!  -- or should it be Monstro?

These are the tracks:

1)  Contata and Fugue  

2)  Frenzy #1

3)  Torment

4)  Psycho

5)  Private Lab    

6)  The Unexpected

7)  Night on Bald Mountain     

8)  Angel of Death

9)  The Devil Rides       

10)  Lucifer's Choir

11)  Troubled Voices    

12)  Sinister Street

13)  Spinecharge

14)  Omen

15)  Marked Man 

16)  Sleeper Awaits

  time 33:25

17)  Thunder and Rain  

18)  Bats Flying in Cave

19)  Electric Lab  

20)  Mad Man Laugh

21)  Witch's Laugh        

22)  Church Bell Toll

23)  Wolf Howl     

24)  Owl Hoot

25)  Beast Roar   

26)  Heart Speeds Up

27)  Creaky Door 

28)  Rattling Chains

29)  Monster Scream

30)  Laboratory Chemicals

31)  Crazy Machine       

32)  Barking Blood Hounds

33)  Attack Dog Fight    

34)  Squeaking Rats

35)  Eerie Wind   

36)  Terrified Crowd

37)  Woman Ghost (Sad)        

38)  Poltergeist (Happy)

39)  Cat Meow     

40)  Horrified Woman

41)  Horrified Man

42)  Water Drip In Cave

43)  Hounds Of Hell      

44)  Castle Footsteps

45)  Haunted House Creak     

46)  Kookaburra Bird Laugh

  time 19:07

47)  Monster Story        

  time 11:33

total time 1:04:05

And here is the link:  http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQK2G5O2

Major Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller's civilian orchestra could not ompete with the talent assembled for him by the US Government as he played for his service comrades in WWII.

These performances were all live recordings, hence the applause at the end of the selections,  I feel like joining in.

These are the tracks:

01 - Over There

02 - The G. I. Jive

03 - Peggy the Pin-Up Girl

04 - Speak Low

05 - Tail-End Charlie

06 - Anvil Chorus

07 - Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

08 - There Are Yanks

09 - Pistol Packin' Mama

10 - Everybody Loves My Baby

11 - Enlisted Men's Mess

12 - I'll Be Around

13 - There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin

14 - People Will Say We're in Love

15 - Pearls on Velvet

16 - St. Louis Blues March

17 - Poinciana

18 - It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)

19 - Jeep Jockey Jump

20 - Victory Polka

21 - Farewell Blues

And here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=531EDCI2

Peter Maxewll Davies' "Vesalii Icones"

This is modern music, perhaps an a-tonal music.  Nevertheless it music that can be very moving.  The piece

There's also an insert shewing these Stations.

Some other pieces are included afterwards.

  Here are the tracks in this compilation:

Vesalii Icones
for Cello, Small Instrumental Group & Dancer, J. 85
1 Prima Musculorum Tabula The Agony In The Garden 5:32
2 Secunda Musculorum Tabula The Betrayal Of Judas 2:33
3 Tertia Musculorum Tabula Christ And Pilate 2:35
4 Quarta Musculorum Tabula The Flagellation 2:04
5 Quinta Musculorum Tabula Christ Condemned To Death 3:51
6 Sexta Musculorum Tabula The Mocking Of Christ 2:57
7 Septima Musculorum Tabula Christ Receives The Cross 1:58
8 Octava Musculorum Tabula St. Veronica Wipes His Face 2:52
9 Nona Musculorum Tabula Christ Prepared For Death 1:05
10 Decima Musculorum Tabula Christ Nailed To The Cross 1:58
11 Undecima Musculorum Tabula The Death Of Christ 4:42
12 Duodecima Musculorum Tabula The Descent From The Cross 2:45
13 Deceimateria Musculorum Tabula The Entombment Of Christ 3:00
14 Decimaquarta Musculorum Tabula The Resurrection - Antichrist 1:50
The Bairns of Brugh for instrumental ensemble, J. 17615 The Bairns of Brugh Runes from a Holy Island 6:00
Runes from a Holy Island for instrumental ensemble, J. 14816 Runes from a Holy Island First Movement 2:37
17 Runes from a Holy Island Second Movement 0:56
18 Runes from a Holy Island Third Movement 1:58
19 Runes from a Holy Island Fourth Movement 3:58
20 Runes from a Holy Island Fifth Movement 1:36

And here is the link:    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AC2FXVRI

 

 

"Vesalii Icones" is twelve movements based on Tarot cards melded with various traditions of "Stations of the Cross."

MA-16 - Ghos-terrific Sounds

Here is your 2011 Halloween compilation of scare-tastic fun.

These are the tracks:

1        Mr After Halloween Costume Shop Salesman      Al Lowe       1:00

2        "The Return of Dracula": The End     Gerald Fried         4:08

3        Teenage Frankenstein  Alice Cooper        3:27

4        Trick or Treat       Andrew Gold        3:23

5        Everybody Loves You When You're Dead Stranglers   2:39

6        Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon      The Cramps      3:12

7        Count Dracula      All About Halloween       1:09

8        Halloween in Heaven     Type O Negative  4:50

9        The Nightmare Before Christmas      Pharaoh Atem      1:37

10      Godzilla (Album Version)         Blue Oyster Cult   3:42

11      Halloween Parade         David Berkeley        3:16

12      Gigantor      Helmet          4:12

13      Surfin' Halloween Big Chopper         1:27

14      Count Dracula      Robbie the Werewolf      5:09

15      Halloween Monster Mania       stAllio!           7:55

16      Planet of the Apes         Frankenstein Drag Queens       3:00

17      The Legend of Wooley Swamp         Charlie Daniels       3:56

18      Spooks of Halloween Town       Yoko Shimomura           1:20

19      Hand of Blood      Bullet for My Valentine   3:37

20      Casper, the Friendly Ghost          Peter Pan Singers    0:53

21      Scary Song Frankenstein Drag Queens        2:37

22      Zombie Stomp           H. Zombie featuring Toño Pneumo        4:14

23      Halloween Party       Sue Schnitzer  3:54

24      Frankenstein Rock         Eddie Thomas      1:50

25      I Want a Monster      Prairie Dawn     2:12

Here is the link:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=21I92JFY