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Album of the Week: Danny Elfman – "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993)

2009/10/25

Track 3: This is Halloween:

Disney's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" set a new standard for Halloween songs when it came out, and I am still awaiting a collection of songs to match it. "This Is Halloween" is hard to beat on its own. The soundtrack is jam packed with Halloween imagery and uses tons of musical devices related to the holiday. Many artists have covered various songs from the soundtrack too e.g. Marilyn Manson's excellent version of "This Is Halloween":

This album (and movie) are a "must have" in my book. It may just be the pinnacle of Halloween culture in both film and sound. With the Christmas references, it makes an excellent soundtrack and movie all through the months of October and November, and is sure to delight anyone who likes Halloween, young and old alike. It even has a love story wrapped into it, if you're into the whole Franken-Babe – Dead Guy romance thing.

Here are my 5 favorites from the album, with "This is Halloween" being my favorite.

Track 3: This Is Halloween
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI

Track 4: Jack's Lament
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv1HX80u5x4

Track 6: What's This?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuWD-mSUtrU

Track 13: Oogie Boogie's Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0aoVpFCDw

Track 14: Sally's Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFy3gPzuGQc

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Marilyn Manson – "Putting Holes in Happiness (Nick Zinner Remix)" (2007)

2009/10/17

I played Guitar Hero 3 not long ago, and this song is stuck in my head. I like this remix by Nick Zinner, guitarist for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, better than the original (probably just because of the rocking beat and guitar riffs), but you decide:

I think that with Halloween approaching it is only right to start playing some Halloween friendly music. In fact I'll try to give you a different one each day from now until Halloween. There is so little actual quality "Halloween music" that isn't gimmicky or kitschy. I've always thought of Marilyn Manson as a good pick for Halloween though.

To prove my point, listen to "The Beautiful People" and tell me it does not incite ghouls and goblins:

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To buy the "Putting Holes in Happiness (Nick Zinner Remix)" you'll have to buy the "Guitar Hero 3 : Legends of Rock" CD available here. But if you liked the original better…

The MP3 of the original version of "Putting Holes in Happiness" may be purchased here…

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