Episodes
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Monster Booogie
TRACK #316: Monster Booogie by Gregory D and DJ Mannie Fresh Speaking of dudes from our Freddy Raps episode and sampling classic horrors themes for raps beat…oh and recent questionable reboots of aging horror properties…oh and even Halloween, I guess, by way of Rob Zombie… man, that’s a lot of...
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Main Titles (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
TRACK #249: Main Titles (A Nightmare on Elm Street) by Charles Bernstein Well, it would be practically un-Halloween Shindig of us to have a Friday the 13th song, much less 2, and not follow them up with a Nightmare on Elm Street song. It’s a practice we’ve long indulged, though typically in the...
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Overlay of Evil/ Main Titles (Friday the 13th)
TRACK #248: Overlay of Evil / Main Titles (Friday the 13th) by Harry Manferdini Well, it’s been 8 years. 8 long years that have passed, rather quickly it sometimes seems, since I began the website form of Halloween Shindig. Yet, despite that speed, it somehow still feels almost like a lifetime…
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The Creepshow Welcomes You
TRACK #232: The Creepshow Welcomes You by John Harrison As I’m sure anyone reading this is probably well aware, the steaming horror platform Shudder has been airing new episodes of Greg Nicotero’s Creepshow revival. And while the response seems to be pretty positive, with some even claiming the...
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Beetlejuice (Main Titles)
TRACK #231: Beetlejuice (Main Titles) by Danny Elfman We haven’t had a good Horror Theme here in a spell and it’s also been a while since we’ve had a visit Shindig All-Star Danny Elfman. So, we’ll take care of both here with this addition that’s been waiting too long in the attic to pop out […]
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Theme from The Burning
TRACK #191: Theme from The Burning by Rick Wakeman If you’re a fan of Yes, meandering 70’s Prog Rock or early control voltage wielders, chances are you’re familiar with rock keyboardists, pioneer synthesist and cape enthusiast Rick Wakeman. This guy crushed a Model D in the late 70’s and…
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Main Title (Rosemary’s Baby)
TRACK #187: Main Title (Rosemary’s Baby) by Krzysztof Komeda and Mia Farrow Fading us out of our witch/spell/magick block is the melancholic and eerie theme from a tale of perhaps the worst witches cinema may have yet seen. Witches so powerful, many have suggested their influence seeped through…
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Laurie’s Theme
TRACK #179: Laurie’s Theme by John Carpenter As influential and essential as Alan Howarth may have ultimately been to that “Carpenter” sound, nothing proves John’s singular mastery like his score from 1978’s Halloween. Everyone knows the iconic theme. Hell, people that haven’t even seen the movie...
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Chariots of Pumpkins
TRACK #178: Chariots of the Pumpkins by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth Speaking of perfect ways to start of an October 31st, lets move to this selection from the (unjustly) lesser-lauded Halloween 3, a film so damn Halloweeny, it practically out-Halloweens every other film in a series called...
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Phantasm (Intro and Main Theme)
TRACK #177: Phantasm (Intro and Main Title) by Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave With so many great horror scores from the 70’s and early 80’s, you might be hard-pressed to pick a favorite. Maybe Carpenter’s Halloween Theme is your choice. Perhaps it’s Michael Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. Would you…
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Suspiria
TRACK #176: Suspiria by Goblin No Goblin block (or indeed even any brief conversation about Goblin) exists without a mention of perhaps their most famous of all arrangements, that from Argento’s Ballerina-Witch-epic, Suspiria. This spooky, ethereal and very Italian supernatural shocker is classic...
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Tenebre
TRACK #175: Tenebre by Goblin Next up from Goblin is a track that technically isn’t a even a Goblin song at all, but a song performed by the 3 Godfathers Claudio Simonetti, Massimo Morante and Fabio Pignatelli specifically (and individually): the theme from Tenebre. Goblin had long since called…
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L’alba Dei Morti Viventi
TRACK #174: L’alba Dei Morti Viventi by Goblin When George Romero’s highly anticipated sequel to Night of the Living Dead hit Europe, Dario Argento recut it as Zombi. This is why sometimes you’ll see Fulci’s Zombi titled Zombi 2. Which can get get a little extra confusing by the time you get to...
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Profondo Rosso
TRACK #173: Profondo Rosso by Goblin Despite being represented on the original Halloween Shindig mix CD back in ‘02, or their standing as the Horror Themes icon since this site launched, Italian Prog outfit Goblin has yet to see any action in 170 tracks. What gives? Well, they’ve always just…
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The Theme from The Fog
TRACK #172: The Theme from The Fog by John Carpenter This is Stevie Wayne here, your night light, on fabulous 1340 Shindig Radio, spinning the tunes for you all October long. Halloween is just around the corner now, and I’ve got a solid block of spooky synth songs to shake your Samhain soiree. No...
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The Haunted Mansion Theme
TRACK #141: The Haunted Mansion Theme by Buddy Baker & Xavier Atencio I’ll start this off with the perhaps blasphemous admission (particularly considering my Southern California residence) that I have never been to Disneyland. I’ve heard every reaction, so feel free to engage in whichever one…
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Friday The 13th Part 3 Theme
TRACK #123: Theme From Friday The 13th Part 3 by Hot Ice It may not be Harry Manfredini’s classic arrangement, but his Theme From Friday The 13th Part 3, as performed by Hot Ice is as bad news as any horror theme you can throw at me. Spooky, synthy and down right Halloweeny, it’s one […]
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Night Of The Demons Theme
TRACK #108: Night Of The Demons Theme by Dennis Michael Tenney There are few Halloween movies I love as much as Night of Demons. It satisfies all the criteria for a Halloween horror hit. If you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing it, click here for some reasons why it should be playing right now […]
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