Horror Song Of The Day: New York One More Day by Francesco De Masi


Tonight’s horror song of the day is perhaps not as well-known as some of the other songs that I’ve shared.  It appeared in Lucio Fulci’s controversial (to put it mildly) giallo, The New York Ripper.   That film is so infamous for its violence, nihilism, and killer who quacks like a duck that it is something overlooked that it features a great score from Francesco De Masi.

This is the main theme from The New York Ripper and it captures the movie’s mix of horror and police procedural.  It’s the 70s cop show theme from Hell.

 

Bonus Horror Song Of The Day: The Lions and the Cucumber by The Vampires’ Sound Incorporation


Today’s bonus horror song of the day comes from the 1971 film, Vampyros Lesbos.  The Vampires’ Sound Incorporation was a band specifically formed to do the soundtrack for Jess Franco’s classic portrait of Eurotrash decadence.  This song found renewed popularity in the 90s when Quentin Tarantino included it on the Jackie Brown soundtrack.

I like this song.  It’s great driving music and it sounds like something that a vampire would actually listen to.

Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Electronic Battle Weapon 7 (Acid Children) by The Chemical Brothers


“You are all my children now.”

Hey, does that voice sound familiar?  Who would have thought you could dance to Freddy Krueger?

Some people have told me that they find the clown in this video to even scarier than Freddy.

Horror Song of the Day: Buio Omega by Goblin


Today’s horror song of the day comes from the 1979 film, Beyond The Darkness.

This film’s soundtrack, courtesy of Goblin, was so acclaimed that it later turned up in several other Italian horror film, usually without anyone bothering to ask Goblin ahead of time.

Horror Song of the Day: Main Title Theme From The Shining, composed by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind


For today’s horror song of the day, we have the main title track for 1980’s The Shining.  Composed by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, this music perfectly capture the ominous grandeur of the Overlook Hotel and the snowy mountains that surround it.

It’s also a great song to play at the start of any road trip.  Scare the Hell out of your friends.  It’s fun!