It’s Halloween! Drop me a scary beat.

                Halloween music can either but fun or scary.  I prefer fun because I don’t want to be listening to it in my room and getting scared.  But through the years new artist came along and changed the game. 

                First off, I’m going to start with my all-time favorite Halloween song, Ghostbuster.  My love for Bill Murray has also been a biased for my love for this song.  Because the song is so catchy everyone knows the words and who to call.  Obviously Ghostbuster!  The song taught us a life lesson and also gave listeners another more up-beat festive song.

                Spooky Scary Skeletons is one of the oldest Halloween songs I know of.  It started as just a song in a Disney cartoon short back in 1929 but the song was catchy and for some became a favorite.  The cartoon depicts dancing skeletons in a grave yard and was played for years on TV.  A little later down the road Dr. Seuss brought to the table a dark musical called Halloween is Grinch Night.  The 1977 show didn’t quit make a hit with audiences and was never aired after the first year.

                One Halloween Movie musical which has been popular since its release in 1993 is Nightmare before Christmas.  The movie has 21 songs throughout and in my house everyone knows the words to them all.  In the year 2008 the songs were remade by popular alternative artist.  They include Marilyn Manson, Korn, All American Rejects, and Amy Lee from Evanescence as well as many other artists.  The recent album as well as the original motion picture album are both in the top 5 Halloween albums of all time.

                Rock and Roll music also plays a large roll in Halloween music.  Some songs arnt considered to be only Halloween songs because of the genera tho.  Rob Zombies directing and music making are both known for their creepy and gruesome tone.  Alice Coopers song “He’s Back” was feature in “Friday the 13^th: Jason’s back” movie and became an anthem for Halloween at the time.  Alice Cooper is one of the faces of Halloween.  Some would say he is to Halloween what Santa is to Christmas.  Iggy Pop’s song “Why was I born” was also featured in “Freddy’s dead: the Final Nightmare” and sparked popularity to the not so popular song.  A few other memorable mentions of artist who had songs feature in Horror Movies are The Ramones, J. Geils Band, Donavan, and David Bowe.

                Halloween Rocks.