Creepiest Music Ever!!


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OK, I'm not sure if this worked, so I'll try it again...

Hooray! My first thread (Sorry, Noob moment over).

As an offshoot of the "Personal Theme Music" thread, what is the creepiest and/or scariest theme music you guys and gals have ever heard?

Personally, I have two: the theme from Halloween and the theme from John Carpenter's The Thing.

What's yours?

DogBone

P.S. Also, one other that I have is one I can't name. I've been looking for the title and composer so I can but the song off of iTunes, but no one seems to know it. So if anyone does, please let me know.

The music doesn't start until about :45 seconds in, but it's heard on the soundtrack to the movie Sunshine. Anyone know what this music is? I especially love the violin work in the piece; gives the whole thing a very haunting sound.


DogBone wrote:

P.S. Also, one other that I have is one I can't name. I've been looking for the title and composer so I can but the song off of iTunes, but no one seems to know it. So if anyone does, please let me know.

The music doesn't start until about :45 seconds in, but it's heard on the soundtrack to the movie Sunshine. Anyone know what this music is? I especially love the violin work in the piece; gives the whole thing a very haunting sound.

According to the dude in the postings on the YouTube link, it's called Lux Aeterna, and was originally written and performed by Clint Mansell and The Chronos Quartet as part of the soundtrack to Requiem For A Dream. It was modified and originally used for The Tower Towers trailer, called "Requiem For a Tower". It has since been used in a number of other trailers. You can find an mp3 of it in a number of places if you google "requiem for a tower".

Welcome and I hope that helps!

Liberty's Edge

DogBone wrote:

...P.S. Also, one other that I have is one I can't name. I've been looking for the title and composer so I can but the song off of iTunes, but no one seems to know it. So if anyone does, please let me know.

The music doesn't start until about :45 seconds in, but it's heard on the soundtrack to the movie Sunshine. Anyone know what this music is? I especially love the violin work in the piece; gives the whole thing a very haunting sound.

John Murphy (28 Days Later...Weeks Later) wrote the music for Sunshine; Underworld wrote some of the instrumental slips. His score to Sunshine is not currently available for purchase, and was never released on CD.


John Maness wrote:

According to the dude in the postings on the YouTube link, it's called Lux Aeterna, and was originally written and performed by Clint Mansell and The Chronos Quartet as part of the soundtrack to Requiem For A Dream. It was modified and originally used for The Tower Towers trailer, called "Requiem For a Tower". It has since been used in a number of other trailers. You can find an mp3 of it in a number of places if you google "requiem for a tower".

Welcome and I hope that helps!

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!

Thank you SOOOOOO much. I have been looking for that song everywhere. I know I said it before, but it's the best description; one of the most haunting pieces of music ever recorded. I really appreciate the assist. Thanks again.

DogBone

P.S. By the way, what's you scariest song?

Liberty's Edge

DogBone wrote:
John Maness wrote:

According to the dude in the postings on the YouTube link, it's called Lux Aeterna, and was originally written and performed by Clint Mansell and The Chronos Quartet as part of the soundtrack to Requiem For A Dream. It was modified and originally used for The Tower Towers trailer, called "Requiem For a Tower". It has since been used in a number of other trailers. You can find an mp3 of it in a number of places if you google "requiem for a tower".

Welcome and I hope that helps!

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!

Thank you SOOOOOO much. I have been looking for that song everywhere. I know I said it before, but it's the best description; one of the most haunting pieces of music ever recorded. I really appreciate the assist. Thanks again.

DogBone

P.S. By the way, what's you scariest song?

Are you talking about the actual movie or the trailer? Lux Aeterna is the song in the trailer, but it's never heard in the actual movie.


Andrew Turner wrote:
Are you talking about the actual movie or the trailer? Lux Aeterna is the song in the trailer, but it's never heard in the actual movie.

Sorry, let me clarify: scariest, creepiest, most sends-chills-down-your-spine song you've ever heard. Could be from a movie, soundtrack, or just a random track off a CD. It just so happens my few choices are movie themes. But any music will be OK.

DogBone


Slayer's "Hell Awaits"...anything by WHAM LOL.


Or Michael Jackson...now thats creepy!


The "smurfs" theme song was rather haunting...


The theme to Spider Baby. Creepy/goofy/perfect/awesome!

Liberty's Edge

DogBone wrote:
Andrew Turner wrote:
Are you talking about the actual movie or the trailer? Lux Aeterna is the song in the trailer, but it's never heard in the actual movie.

Sorry, let me clarify: scariest, creepiest, most sends-chills-down-your-spine song you've ever heard. Could be from a movie, soundtrack, or just a random track off a CD. It just so happens my few choices are movie themes. But any music will be OK.

DogBone

Sorry, sorry--I thought at one point you were trying to find the soundtrack and composer info to the movie Sunshine.


Andrew Turner wrote:


Sorry, sorry--I thought at one point you were trying to find the soundtrack and composer info to the movie Sunshine.

Well, yeah I was looking for the name of that song, and I thought, in addition the the scary song request, you guys could help me find it. It does belong on the list, though, as a haunting melody (I always use that word to describe the song, but it's the best desciption I can think of). Didn't mean to confuse, sorry about that.

DogBone


The album Black Angels by The Kronos Quartet has some of the creepiest music I've ever heard on it. I think those guys were all in a very dark place when they recorded it.

As far as movie soundtracks go, Signs has a couple of good tracks, Brazillian Video in particular has a nice creepy build and resolution.


The Crow has the best soundtack ever..because it has Pantera on it...so i guess that would qualify Demon Knight as the best ever also.


And thank you so much Andrew T. and DogBone. I have also been trying for a long time to figure out what Requiem for a Tower is called. The first time I heard it was during a TV trailer for The Two Towers. It bothered me because I thought it was awesome but I knew it wasn't on the movie soundtrack. Since then I have heard it numerous times and always wondered where the hell it came from. You guys solved a big mystery for me today. Cheers!

Grand Lodge

well one of the creepiest songs I've ever dealt with was Finally Free by Dream Theater. Granted there are very specific conditions upon which it is creepy. I have to be sleeping. There are gunshots and a scream about 3/4 of the way through and it always wakes me up in a cold sweat.


The creepiest music I've used in a game have always been low key ones that one can keep going in the background, so they unnerve your players:
Elliot Goldenthal's Alien 3 is a pretty solid standard.
Philp Glass and The Kronos Quartet's Dracula is also a great suite one that can be randomly looped and still keep your players wigged out.
My own favorites are the themes to The Devil Rides Out, The Ninth Gate, Kolchak: The Night Stalker and The Haunting.

Liberty's Edge

Ever hear Shinjuku Thief? The Witch Trilogy is pretty creepy and intense. Understated and unsettling.


Diamanda Galas- Saint of the Pit.

John Williams- Jaws theme.

Aphex Twin- Come to daddy.


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Definately have scared the goth out of some people with Diamanda. Her first 3 albums are excellent, though now she's seems to be more into jazz.

I feel unclean is a better representation of her creepiness. Definately goes along with some evil ritual.

Diamanda Galas- Unclean.

Halber


"What's he building in there?" by Tom Waits.

See it here.


The soundtrack to the second and third installments in the Silent Hill series. Three was more rock than scary, but there are a few tracks on there that actually make me feel dizzy, they are so disconcerting.


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Rulebook Subscriber

There's always the good old Exorcist theme.


I've always liked Current 93's album Faust for something really creepy. It sounds really satanic and really sets the mood for some horror gaming!

Sovereign Court Wayfinder, PaizoCon Founder

The soundtrack to "Mothman" is definitely creepy. (shudder)


Creepiest Song Ever

That song haunts my dreams ever since I first heard it.

Liberty's Edge

Robert Hradek wrote:

Definately have scared the goth out of some people with Diamanda. Her first 3 albums are excellent, though now she's seems to be more into jazz.

I feel unclean is a better representation of her creepiness. Definately goes along with some evil ritual.

Diamanda Galas- Unclean.

Halber

I love Diamanda. This song makes my blood freeze and boil at the same time.

Let's see... Oh, yes:

- "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

- "My War" by Black Flag

- "Imagine" by A Perfect Circle

- "The Dope Show" by Marilyn Manson

- "Halber Mensch" by Einsturzende Neubauten

- "There Will Be Blood" soundtrack

- "Dagon" soundtrack

- "Resident Evil" soundtrack (Marilyn Manson)

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