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HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer
This is a pretty creepy song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhKkPCS7NbQ
Tho maybe not the right kind of creepy if you have guests!


If you want to go for some unsettling music, you can almost never go wrong with a little bit of Xenakis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HNGIMtJGuU
For added fun, try to imagine what the people playing this must feel like.

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Debunk This!
Apr 12, 2011


Ghost Riders in The Sky - great spooky cowboy song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2klh2cTa_Q

And for your halloween party - Friday (IN HELL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1D9t8n0qA

Section 9
Mar 24, 2003

Hair Elf
Oh yay! This thread again! Love me some creepy music!

HEALTH - We Are Water
I think I mostly think of this song as being unsettling because of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toG4bHjPLEU

Oingo Boingo - Insanity
This is a short version, but it fits in a bit if you'd throw music from Nightmare Before Christmas in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSuvPuQM7qc

Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
A classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM

Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
Again, mostly distrubing because of the video, but the lyrics help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-9UvrLyj3k

The Swedish Rhapsody
Not really a song. But put this in your playlist and it will probably upset people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUQUD3IMbb4

Darkest of the Hillside Thickets - Burrow Your Way To My Heart
Their whole theme is Lovecraft. I like a lot of their stuff, but this has always been my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL-ukuUxv9g

William Basinski - Disintegration Loops
There's a few of these, but this is the most mournful and creepy, to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYOr8TlnqsY

Someone mentioned Nick Cave, which is spot on
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Jangling Jack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmZZJMvvpVU
The Curse of Milhaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACG9wv69bKU

Ulver - Lyckantropen Themes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBviIXcpDlo

The Paper Chase - The Small of Your Back the Nape of Your Neck (The Blizzard)
A lot of The Paper Chase is good, it's just wonderfully discordant. This is my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCWa0dcFeXk

Someone earlier posted something with Current 93 and Tiny Tim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_PkSEZlE9E

Fantomas - Delirium Cordia
It's an hour or so of creepy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz0FjiS5xaU

The Eel
Another that is mostly disturbing from the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_nBXrNcayE

AKA Pseudonym
May 16, 2004

A dashing and sophisticated young man
Doctor Rope
Cover of the Omen theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZMU-jV7s0

an overdue owl
Feb 26, 2012

hoot


Oh man, The Omen is my jam. Excellent.

Something bone chilling to make britgoons feel nostalgic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1GoO319b_s

The Watch
Feb 10, 2014

He won't see the sun again for years to come...

He's posting on Something Awful
Megamarm

Mustard Snobbery posted:

Graveyard Train (Bandcamp link) might be appropriate music for a Halloween party. They describe themselves as 'alternate horror country'.

Ballad for Beelzebub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6Q0xRW5bQ



After watching this one, I clicked around for more. These guys are great.

The Doomsday Cult Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgQSZ2AGNo0

The Sermon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YkZ1ZVcoMk


Can anyone explain to me what the line "the man who came unstuck" from the second song means (if anything)? I thought it was possibly some kind of Australian idiom I'd never heard, but all I'm getting when I search the internet is the link to the lyrics of that song.

Classic Comrade
Dec 24, 2012

(hair tousled from head shaking during speeches)
Swans- All Lined Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HXa4UiY8Yc

Tangerine Dream- Birth of Liquid Plejades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkM-lwX8ETg

Rachel's- Saccharin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xh53DnP2iI

Luna
May 31, 2001

A hand full of seeds and a mouthful of dirt


This entire album is pretty spooky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlE_VMVrMyk

Dynastocles
May 29, 2009

"If you'll excuse me, my dinner time is six o'clock. Only gangsters eat at 9 o'clock, after some bootlegging and a hot game of craps."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5yR5XhCIeg "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath. Still creepy as hell. Still can't believe it came out in 1970.

krytton
Aug 11, 2014

I have seen infinity
Phillip Glass can get pretty spooky at times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0yP3AfPJec

Criminal Minded
Jan 4, 2005

Spring break forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJzTWk6bSw

MantisToboggan
Feb 1, 2013

krytton posted:

Phillip Glass can get pretty spooky at times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0yP3AfPJec

His theme for Candyman is also really good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jjLMm7C2EY

And speaking of Clive Barker projects, the original music for Hellraiser was really good too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_R-mXRONh0

MantisToboggan has a new favorite as of 10:58 on Sep 15, 2014

Vastarien
Dec 20, 2012

Where I live is nightmare, thus a certain nonchalance.



Buglord
This track from Exuma has always been one of my Halloween favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_z3KkZWE5k

krytton
Aug 11, 2014

I have seen infinity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqQ59i4PmGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyX7vc0k5_k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2vUk7dJFvg

Whimskey
Jul 4, 2007

The Watch posted:

The Sermon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YkZ1ZVcoMk


Can anyone explain to me what the line "the man who came unstuck" from the second song means (if anything)? I thought it was possibly some kind of Australian idiom I'd never heard, but all I'm getting when I search the internet is the link to the lyrics of that song.

This is fantastic! As for "the man who came unstuck", it's been forever since I read it, but the novel Slaughterhouse Five is about a man who "has come unstuck in time". No idea if that's what the song is referring to though v:shobon:v.

In a sort of similar vein, I recommend Harley Poe. They do lots of folksy, upbeat, sometimes silly songs about b-movie monsters and other spooky topics. Perfect Halloween music.

I Could Always Eat Your Brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOBseTAwjiw

That Time of the Month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOoh1j0iFz8

Everybody Knows My Name
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD310nzPx0Y

Gorehound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ceCc7BTzTU

The Hearse Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3qIBHStUc0

an overdue owl
Feb 26, 2012

hoot


Luna posted:

This entire album is pretty spooky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlE_VMVrMyk

Listening to boards of canada when you're alone at night is a minefield, some of their music is very soothing but then they'll be a track that suddenly makes you acutely aware of just how alone you are.

pumpkinspumpkinspumpkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5Kwx74qMc

Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

I'm 😤 not a 🦸🏻‍♂️hero...🧜🏻



For some reason, I always found this song to be kinda unnerving, in that it sounds like a soundtrack to some kind of fever dream.

LaughMyselfTo
Nov 15, 2012

by XyloJW
Broadway and Disney say hi!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYnI0uQ-Lfk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg-vgGuTD8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esQ0tNoVXKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOeK0Ig-H9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQuVFBSPGcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NoDEu7kpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LjnTemCt5U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fIVLJYaggM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGlagb9hwM0

Oldstench
Jun 29, 2007

Let's talk about where you're going.
Zero Kama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rl8qazgTQM

Sigillum S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmEFsJHVSL4

Ain Soph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OryCwdqlzIE

e: Metgumbnerbone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUDmoCxBQ4I

e2: Aporea - Macedonian orthodox christian ritual music - really beautiful with amazing artwork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nUqqIuCEsk
blog post about it (with links that may still work)

Bloodcider
Jun 19, 2009

Section 9 posted:

Oh yay! This thread again! Love me some creepy music!

HEALTH - We Are Water
I think I mostly think of this song as being unsettling because of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toG4bHjPLEU


Was gonna post this. HEALTH rules.

Mike Patton being spooky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kbwPDa7C5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diR4dCn0R0s

Goofy poo poo from Aesop Rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvAJ_s_C1Mw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4eZvlni3OM

bottybot
Feb 28, 2013
Alien Sex Fiend is pretty great Halloween music. 80s schlock galore

Now I'm feeling zombified! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfm7cOJfOjk

R.I.P - blue crumb truck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ5wUDeYo-k

D-d-d-d-dead and buried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poeTZPimOo0

Boneshaker boneshaker boneshaker baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4sgxvIntBU nice ideas for some decorations for your halloween party too.

an overdue owl
Feb 26, 2012

hoot


Here's something beautiful that everyone (alive AND dead) should listen to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM

or sung!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOSQTELS0Is

Zig, zig, zig, Death in cadence,
Striking a tomb with his heel,
Death at midnight plays a dance-tune,
Zig, zig, zag, on his violin.

edit: oops I didn't see the first version had already been linked in that big list up there, but still, at least the vocal version is new!

an overdue owl has a new favorite as of 02:44 on Sep 28, 2014

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I always thought this was very creepy.

A Nightmare On Elm Street main title theme.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFI4k0-8PbU

bonestructure
Sep 25, 2008

by Ralp
me and my boyfriend on a Friday night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IAfjRpNg1M

Kikka
Feb 10, 2010

I POST STUPID STUFF ABOUT DOCTOR WHO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSaqSVi--Ms

God tier Halloween music

everyone wear hats now
Jul 29, 2010

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum:

Hymn to the morning star:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_5Tp7W-Gg

Widening eye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX67nl-esFg

This might just be me but Folk music scares the poo poo out of me, thanks to The Wicker Man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm9sZ84TCnY

bonestructure
Sep 25, 2008

by Ralp

Redczar
Nov 9, 2011

This song is short and unsettling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18GBiJhI4Jw


And this is creepy as gently caress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU--go_MHnk

FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLceBSD7Cc
Satan is real working in spirit you can see him and hear him in this world everyday.

an overdue owl
Feb 26, 2012

hoot


Some really great stuff being posted, my halloween playlist is turning into something impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFHZS6yH5YQ

Now THIS is essential.

FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

Mostly 60's garage and psych stuff but one 50's novelty song.

The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oBFIwB5rA

Baron Dæmon - Ghost Guitars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI-WW0vQf5s

The Calico Wall - I'm a Living Sickness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG235IO_V9g

The Cords - Ghost Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yUs_oxvppU

The Del Aires - Zombie Stomp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVd0Ziks3NA

Salty Holmes - The Ghost Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdMaSn6CWT0

Pesky Splinter
Feb 16, 2011

A worried pug.
For Hallowe'en cheese:

Tim Curry - Anything Can Happen on Hallowe'en:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FMf8ltkCgM

Count Duckula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmIRwexAcbg

Sleepy Hollow - Headless Horseman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOPeJuvLJYs

And the rest;
Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp3BlFZWJNA

Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT8RjJXXsaghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyRIWpaMYOkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLVGSjAbEKY

Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qEsTCTuajE

Pretty much anything played on a theremin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6KbEnGnymk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sv6TO11TNghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwhfqgzsuVU&t=217s

Pesky Splinter has a new favorite as of 00:01 on Oct 3, 2014

KTBush
Sep 22, 2012
The Doom 64 soundtrack is really good:

http://youtu.be/figiPE6WGAM

And the chase theme from the original Clock Tower is great:

http://youtu.be/-WxrXvDdKuw


EDIT: Thought of another one, Giyas from Earthbound:

http://youtu.be/YYb9kSCkjE8

KTBush has a new favorite as of 22:01 on Oct 5, 2014

ProperCauldron
Oct 11, 2004

nah chill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUmzm4eDw_M

The flaring horns make me think of an old, creeping monster movie.

(I think the song was made to sound like a horror movie theme because it's about evangelicals replacing the science in science textbooks with baloney.)

Ambitious Spider
Feb 13, 2012



Lipstick Apathy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lBF2h-Pl0

Actually the whole album is kind of based on her brother's incredible horror novel House of Leaves.

Hoopy Frood
May 1, 2008
Dear Chechnya - Flourescent Adolescence (sorry it's not a Youtube link)
https://myspace.com/dearchechnya/music/song/fluorescent-adolescence-25187625-24988810

The music is actually kind of nice, but it's the audio track in it that's creepy. Read this for context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates

KTBush
Sep 22, 2012
Day of the Dead (1985) was the third film of George Romero's "Dead" series and it had this really weird 80s synth tropical(?) soundtrack that I really enjoy for some reason:

http://youtu.be/LwHQltabnxU

EDIT: Part of that soundtrack was sampled by the Gorillaz:

http://youtu.be/ZurS1L3cV48

KTBush has a new favorite as of 00:41 on Oct 7, 2014

drowningidiot
Sep 27, 2014
The music from the opening train ride in Half Life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVu3qlU22qc

Black Swan OST - The New Season:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et6xWzpoTAs

ebilflindas
Sep 16, 2013

Can't have a creepy music thread without this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tONEk9YMoIw
Try listening to it walking down a dark street in the middle of the night.

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an overdue owl
Feb 26, 2012

hoot


Excellent creep factor all round guys.

This is a bit different:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR9CRxY9Ne0

wikipedia posted:

The song has a persistent urban legend. During an instrumental portion of the song, a high-pitched scream is heard - this was Billy Beck, but according to the most common legend, it was the voice of an individual being murdered live while the tape was rolling. The "victim's" identity varies greatly depending on the version.

The supposed sources of the scream have included an individual who was killed at some prior time, her scream inexplicably recorded and looped into the track. Another version says that a girl has fallen off the roller coaster and was screaming to her death. Another version tells of a rabbit being killed outside the studio whose scream was accidentally picked up by the band's recording equipment.

The most widespread version of the myth, however, tells that Ester Cordet, who appeared nude on the Honey album cover, had been badly burned by the super-heated honey used for the photo shoot, which occurred simultaneous with the recording session, and her agonized screams were inadvertently captured on tape. A further variation had Cordet suffering permanent disfigurement due to the burns; she interrupted the band's recording session, threatening to sue, at which point the band's manager stabbed her to death in the control room.

An urban legend as it may be, I heard it when I was a kid and it still freaks me out a little. I had the image of that honey accident stuck in my mind for a long time.

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