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Classical Music for Halloween 8 October 2007
First Question: What kind of emotion are you looking for? Well it probably wouldn't be hard to guess that you're looking for a 'scary' or 'frightening' piece of music that will create the kind of atmosphere that will make your Halloween party go with a bang! But it's more complicated than that, because there are different types of scary music! On this page, we'll take you through all the different scary types of Halloween Classical music that you can use, from Suspense through to Horror, from the Music of the Devil to music evoking Death, and everything in between!
Powerful Classical Music for Halloween
If you're just looking for a good, general piece of Classical Music that anyone would think of as a good strong piece of 'Halloween Music', then you should go for something that has a wide appeal, so that most people will relate to it. Start with an orchestral piece of music like Mussorgsky's 'Night On A Bare Mountain'. This is the type of piece that creates a vivid musical picture, and immediately conjures up the feeling of anticipation and suspense. It helps to have the powerful orchestral sound too - this will often leave people thinking 'wow'! ... it's such a powerful sound! Mussorgsky: Night On A Bare Mountain Another good starter-piece for Halloween is Grieg's 'In The Hall Of The Mountain King'. This piece of music is really full of character, and it builds from a quiet, doom-laden tune played by a single wind instrument, into a powerful and scary piece that thrashes about wildly!
Grieg: In The Hall Of The Mountain King Orff: - Carmina Burana, O Fortuna
Horrifying Classical Music For Halloween
Devilish Classical Music For Halloween John Williams: Devil's Dance
Deathly Classical Music For Halloween: Ghosts and Ghouls The day will come for all of us... these pieces of music celebrate or lament death in all its forms. Interestingly, they're also some of the most beautiful, haunting pieces of music you will find for Halloween... Bolcom: Graceful Ghost When Should You Play Classical Music at Halloween and How? You can't just pick some Halloween Music, put it in your music player, and expect everyone to be spooked! You need to get the environment right in order for the music to have its full effect.
How about making one of the rooms in your home into a haunted house? You can leave a music player hidden in a corner of the room, playing spooky music in the background. It will give your guests the fright of their lives! What happens when your guests arrive for the party? Do you have music playing in the porch or front garden? Leave a music speaker on your doorstep and set them in the mood for a frightening night out, before they've even come indoors!
Some More Great Selections of Bach: Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum BWV 582 Bazzini: La Ronde des Lutins (Round of the Goblins) Beethoven: Ghost Piano Trio Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor Berlioz: March to the Scaffold or Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from Symphony Fantastique Boccherini: Symphony No. 6, The House of the Devil Brahms: Begraebensgesange (Funeral Hymn) Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 Britten: Turn of the Screw Cassado: Dance of the Green Devil Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Capriccio diabolico Chopin: Funeral March Crumb: A Haunted Landscape Dvorak: The Noonday Witch, or The Water Goblin Faure: Chant funeraire Glass: Dracula (String Quartet) Gluck: Dance of the Furies Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette Hermann: Psycho (Film Soundtrack) Hoddinott: Lanternes de morts Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain Liszt: Totentanz (Dance of Death) Mendelssohn: First Walpurgis Night Malipiero: Symphony of Silence and Death Mussorgsky: Songs of Death Paganini: Witches Dance Prokofiev: Suggestion diabolique Puccini: Le Villi: Witch's Sabbath Intermezzo Purcell: Queen Mary's Funeral Music Schubert: Erlkonig Scriabin: Piano Sonata No 9 Black Mass Stravinsky: The Devil's Dance Turnage: Three Screaming Popes Warlock: Curlew Song Cycle
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Perhaps it's not really surprising that many people come looking for Classical Music that fits in well with Halloween, because Classical Music can be really dramatic and genuinely frightening in a way that many other musical genres just can't. The power and intensity of some classical music means that for Halloween, there's a great range of pieces that can fit right in with your Halloween party or event.
Saint Saens: Danse Macabre
Try sitting your guests in a circle, ideally by a roaring fire when it is cold and dark outside, and have a storytelling session, with the music playing in the background. To be really effective, make sure you turn down most of the lights in the room, and have just a couple of low lights (or candles - but be careful of fire risks!), to make a spooky atmosphere!
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