One Winged Angel is definitely going on there

Funny you should ask! I have a whole Halloween playlist (it shouldn't come as a shock to anyone).

I add to it every year, and this is what it is right now:
Carnival of Souls by Music for Zombies
Zombie a Go-Go by Voodoo Church
(You're the) Devil in Disguise by Elvis
Right Now I Could Be a Ghost by DARYL
I Want To Be Buried In Your Backyard by Nightmare of You
Wish You Were Dead by Lincoln
Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo
Zombie Song by The Besties
Dress Up In You by Belle and Sebastian
Not Scared, Terrified by the Servant
Ghost by Neutral Milk Motel
Backstabbed Climax by Alan Howarth
Bleeder by Zombie Girl
Pyscho Killer by Duran Duran Duran
Murder Was The Case by Snoop Dogg
Zombie by The Cranberries
Zombie by Twang
Halloween Time by Muckafurgason
James Brown Is Dead by LA Style
Devil Went Down To Georgia by Sublime
Flaming Ghost by Adventures of Jet
Lame Monster Party by Paul and Storm
Ghost Riders in the Sky by Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson
Sea Ghost by The Unicorns
Halloween by Matt Pond PA
Little Ghost by The White Stripes
I Want It by Zombie Girl
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead by Stars
Devil's Dance Floor by Flogging Molly
Walking With a Ghost by Tegan and Sara
At My Funeral by Crash Test Dummies
Dead by Steve Burns
This Is Halloween by Danny Elfman
Getting Scared by Imogen Heap
Ghost by Indigo Girls
Wormskull by Bong-Ra
Sasquatch by Jad and David Fair
The Ghost of You Lingers by Spoon
Fresh Blood by Eels
How To Be Dead by Snow Patrol
Zombie by Nellie McKay
May The Living Be Dead In Our Wake by Flogging Molly
Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton
The Vultures Ate My Dead Ass Up by Wesley Willis
Run Away! Run Away! By Michael Giacchino
Dead by TMBG
Tuff Ghost by The Unicorns
Jack's Lament by Danny Elfman
Exquisite Dead Guy by TMBG
Friday the 13th part 3 by Captain Ahab
Pirate Song by The Besties
Zombie by The FAll-Outs
Closet Monster by Voodoo Glow Skulls
They are Night Zombies! They are Neighbors! by Sufjan Stevens
Zombie by Screeching Weasel
Ghost of Stephen Foster by Squirrel Nut Zippers
T.V. Zombie by The Rondelles
Zombie Killer by Leslie Hall
Zombie Pirates from Outer Space by The Swellers
A Nightmare on My Street by Will Smith
Monster by Meg and Dia
Zombies by The King Khan & BBQ Show
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC
Kiss Me Deadly by Lita Ford
Monsters by Band Of Horses
Blood by My Chemical Romance
Skeletons by Thunderegg
Music To Be Murdered By by Jeff Alexander with Alfred Hitchcock
Ghosts are Good Company by Bishop Allen
The Ghosts That Haunt Me by Crash Test Dummies
Psycho - Suite by Elmer Bernstein
Blood by Bob Schneider
Ghost of a Good Thing by Dashboard Confessional
Run Devil Run by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
Dead! by My Chemical Romance
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Spirit Symphony by music for zombies
Dead Rock & Roll Stars by Wally Pleasant
Sweet Murder by Treeball
The Ghost of Corporate Future by Regina Spektor
The Funeral by Band of Horses

Pff! You call that a list... Actually, that's pretty impressive.

I'd add:
The Monster Mash by Boris
Blood Rites by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead*
Monster by Automatic
Nick Cave's Red Right Hand, The Mercy Seat & Up Jumped the Devil
The Zutons' Nightmare
Enter Sandman by Metallica
Ghost Town by the Specials
Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones
Bela Lugosie** is Dead by Bauhaus
Play Dead by Bjork?
Queens of the Stone Age - A Song for the Dead
Hide the Dead Girl by Terorvision
Ed is Dead by the Pixies
U2 Wake up Dead Man
Stone Dead Forever - Motorhead
Eels' My Beloved Monster
How Many Times do I Have to Kill You by Stumble
The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen
Aim - Demonique
Shallow Grave by Leftfield

Right, I think that's that thread killed off....

*Actually I don't like this one, so maybe not...
**Bela was a famous Dracula actor

Really, Buffs? Belle and Sebastian? That's about the least scary thing I can think of (but maybe I'm just missing something).

I tend to go for dark, moody music around Halloween. A lot of contemporary classical stuff, like Bartok and Shostakovich string quartets, Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, Ligeti's Atmospheres or pretty much anything by George Crumb.

Also, can't go wrong with the Italian group Goblin, The Residents' Eskimo album, or some of the creepier improvs from King Crimson's Starless and Bible Black.

But perhaps the ultimate Halloween album for me is Heresie by a Belgian chamber-rock group called Univers Zero. The first track, "La Faulx," sounds like the soundtrack to an unspeakable ritual, summoning the many-tentacled Great Old Ones from their eons-long slumber. I'm getting shivers just thinking about it.

Some are not scary, but they do have some ghostly themes. :)

I can't wait to check out all of this music!

re: Buff's list

Sweet Jeans! That's an awesome list! Neutral Milk Hotel, TMBG, Squirrel Nut Zippers and The Eels!

Buffs and Bloke... you guys rock! I'm stunned. Hm... yeah, I don't think I could add to that at all... it's completely beyond my bush league offerings.

Alexs, your post gave me a thought - "Night on Bald Mountain," by Moussorgsky. Some of you probably can't help but think of the Fantasia animation drawn to accompany that piece. If you haven't seen Disney's Fantasia, here's this scene as a little Hallowe'en warm up, from this "classic" (couldn't resist) of early animation. Enjoy.

Jamesbloke wrote:

Pff! You call that a list... Actually, that's pretty impressive.

I'd add:
The Monster Mash by Boris
Blood Rites by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead*
Monster by Automatic
Nick Cave's Red Right Hand, The Mercy Seat & Up Jumped the Devil
The Zutons' Nightmare
Enter Sandman by Metallica
Ghost Town by the Specials
Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones
Bela Lugosie** is Dead by Bauhaus
Play Dead by Bjork?
Queens of the Stone Age - A Song for the Dead
Hide the Dead Girl by Terorvision
Ed is Dead by the Pixies
U2 Wake up Dead Man
Stone Dead Forever - Motorhead
Eels' My Beloved Monster
How Many Times do I Have to Kill You by Stumble
The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen
Aim - Demonique
Shallow Grave by Leftfield

Right, I think that's that thread killed off....

*Actually I don't like this one, so maybe not...
**Bela was a famous Dracula actor

But when it comes to christmas songs...

I love Fantasia, and you're totally right Jake, that is exactly what I picture. I enjoyed watching it again! :)

animal wrote:

But when it comes to christmas songs...

That's a whole separate thread - for a later date!

How about:

Don't fear the Reaper by the Blue Oyster Cult
Digging the Grave by Faith No More
Meteors with Grave Yard Stomp
Motorhead's Dancing on your Grave
Children of the Damned by Iron Maiden
Miss Lucifer by Primal Scream
Nina Simone - I put a spell on you
Screamager by Therapy?
The Fear by Travis
Demons by Fat boy Slim
Electric Demon by Electric Six (remember them?)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Chase the Devil
Eagles of Death Metal - Chase the Devil (no relation) & Kiss the Devil
Gomez - Devil will Ride
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Devil's Waitin'
Beatles with Devil in her Heart (bit belle & Sebastien)
Devil in your Shoes by Shed Seven
Drain the Blood by the Distillers
Meteors (yes them again) - Mutant Rock

The Art of Noise's A Time For Fear isn't quite right - Momento would be better (similar to Animal's One Winged Angel)
Same thing with Michael & Janet Jackson's Scream or Scream by Echobelly, or Killer's Lullaby by Faithless, or Scared of Girls by The Cure.

I think that's my mp3 library used up.

Wait! Does, There's a She-Wolf in the Closet (A-Wooo) by Shakira count?

Sorry - I had to bump this back up to the top because - I can't believe we missed this song or this song off the list!

You could add Living Dead Girl and Dragula by Rob Zombie.

And I like this song, its from a zombie map on COD but I dont know who its by:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgYvG5ckM8k

GHOSTBUSTERS! HOW DID WE FORGET?!

A little late i know, but matthew ryan has a new cd (DEAR LOVER). i got it yesterday. I love it so much. this is my favorite song on the album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJYs4CT66v0  -CitizenBuck