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Category Archives: Song of the Day
Bonus Song of the Day: Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes
Thanks to the one and only John Carpenter, the version of this sweet little song that The Chordettes recorded in the 1950s will be forever associated with the Night He Came Home. Sadly, none of the Chordettes are with us anymore and I haven’t been able to find any interviews about how they felt about their song of teenage love being used in Halloween.
I’d like to think they would have appreciated it. Michael Myers may not have had hair like Liberace but he did have a mask that looked a lot like William Shatner.
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Season of the Witch by Lana Del Rey
As I mentioned earlier, there have been many covers of Donovan’s Season of the Witch. This one is from Lana Del Rey.
Horror Song of The Day: Cat People (Putting Out Fire) by Giorgio Moroder and David Bowie
Today’s song comes the hypnotic soundtrack of Paul Schrader’s Cat People. This song was so good that it later showed up and was used to equally strong effect in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Love Song For A Vampire by Annie Lennox
I kind of feel like I didn’t give enough love to the vampires this Horrorthon. I’ll make up for it next year.
For now, though, allow me to offer up this Love Song For A Vampire, which was recorded by Annie Lennox for 1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula!
Horror Song of the Day: Ave Satani by Jerry Goldsmith
Today’s horror song of the day is the only hymn to Satan to have been nominated for an Oscar. From 1976’s The Omen, here is Ave Satani. Don’t sing along as much as you may be tempted too. We’ve all seen Hellraiser.
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith, this version of this song was performed by the Tenerife Film Orchestra and Choir.
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Season of the Witch, covered by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Did you know that Joan Jett did a cover of Season of the Witch?
I didn’t, at least not until the YouTube algorithm decided to let me know. For once, the algorithm was a force of good. (Apparently, this song was used on the soundtrack of Netflix’s Son of Sam documentary. I did watch that documentary and I do remember this song being used in it but I didn’t realize that it was Joan Jett performing the song.)
Here’s Joan Jett and the Blackhearts with their cover of Donovan’s Season of the Witch.
Horror Song of the Day: Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
It’s Sunday and today’s horror song of the day comes from a film that I plan to watch later.
Mike Oldfield didn’t write Tubular Bells specifically for The Exorcist but it’s a song that works perfectly for the film. Oldfield’s song, which was rumored to have originally envisioned as being a Christmas instrumental, become an iconic horror them.
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Season of the Witch by Donovan
Since I’m going to be rewatching Suspiria in a few hours, it only seems appropriate to share what may be the most famous (and perhaps the most covered) song about witchcraft, Donavon’s Season of the Witch!
This song was originally recorded in 1966 and it’s gone on to become a Halloween mainstay. One fan of the song was future director Martin Scorsese, who originally planned to borrow the song’s title for one of his own films. However, George Romero beat Scorsese out the gate with a film called Season of the Witch and Scorsese ended up renaming his film, Mean Streets.
Horror Song of The Day: Main Theme From Suspiria by Goblin
Suspiria (1977, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Luciano Tovoli)
You knew this was coming!
Today’s horror song of the day is the classic main theme to Dario Argento’s Suspiria! (The Argento version is the only version that matters.) The iconic soundtrack was composed by Goblin. I saw an interview with Claudio Simonetti in which he said he wanted the song to be “almost annoying” in its intensity. While I could never be annoyed this song, I do understand Simonetti’s point. The score is designed to be as overwhelming as the evil at the center of the film.
All together now: “WITCH!”
Through the Shattered Lens 