Let's Hear Your Spookiest Creepiest Halloween Music

[Garritan]

Let's do something creepy and fun.

Halloween is coming and let's try making some scary, creepy, bone-chilling music.

It can't just be spooky - it should send shivers up and down your spine and cause your hair to stand up on end. http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif

Some tips: Use the GPO harpsichord stops, the organ, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, string glisses, and try adding in some sound effects.

Those who have been frightened to post a demo, here is your chance to haunt the other forum members. http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

The winner will receive a a free GOS sample library (or frightening substitute). ..or is that BE made into a sample library and pumpkin pi. Muuahahah

http://www.garritan.com/images/a-halloween.gif


Please post your trick or treat. Looking forward to hearing your creepiest. This is going to be a SCREAM!

Scary Garritan


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[Bela D Media]

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vms/MarkusSchmidt_Unnamable.mp3

By Markus "The Boo Master" Schidmt :eek:

Not a GPO demo but spooky as hell :o

[Cerrabore]

"The Simpsons: Hit & Run" has a really creepy piece of music in the last level. It uses, I believe, high-pitched percussion (celeste, glock., etc.) and a theremin. Normally I'm not very scared by music -- I enjoy scary music, but am not frightened by it -- but that piece just hit me for some reason.

[Quasar]

Yeah, I've been one of those wimps too frightened to post a demo, but now you're really scarin' me! :eek:

[Styxx]

I started mine yesterday working till 4am Sunday morning. Unfortunately I had to delete all the midi work I did because of clicking and noise. How do you get rid of it in Cubase? I am using Cubase Se.

[spettigrew]

Using just GPO? That would be more of a challenge. Or is including the kitchen sink allowed? Maybe two catagories, one GPO only and one run whatcha brung.
_Scott

[Styxx]

and try adding in some sound effects. I believe that's what the man said we could do and some.

[Joseph Burrell]

Here's an entry for the Spookies Creepiest Halloween music. This demo is from FreddyK.http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif

Addams by FreddyK (http://www.lostandlonging.com/GPODemos/Addams.mp3)

Enjoy!

[fmfgs]

Whats up friends - No spooky ideas?
Lets hear whether GPO can sound UGLY!

ftp://213.189.138.53/hallow1.mp3

Unusual orchestral colors made by:
Glass Harmonica
Full Strings Tremolo
Bass Clarinet Solo
Only non-GPO effect:
G-Town Orchestral Prepared Piano FX Samples:piano scratch 01.wav

If this doesnt make you shiver, do like me: get a decent cold... (At least it gives me time to do useless things like this)
fmfgs

[Kukuriku]

what's the deadline ????

http://baleswebpage.com/

[Garritan]

what's the deadline ????

http://baleswebpage.com/
Halloweeeeen http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif

[nexus]

The trouble with 'spooky music' here as I see it, is what constitutes "scarey"?

I used to get scared as a kid listening to Tiomkin's "The Thing" music score with the martenot and theremins.

However Herrmann's "Psycho" still gets to me (don't listen alone!)

Ligeti and Lutoslowski used to unverve me a bit in my teens.

I believe nowadays, 'scarey' means lots of atonal clusters and string effects in the orchestra. Some of this is acheiveable with GPO alone, some not.

If we just want to get scarey in a sort of humurous tongue-in-cheek way, then I'd say GPO could do a good job of imitating those old schlock B movie scores.

IMHO, to get REALLY creepy today, you need to heavily augment your orchestra with avant garde technique samples and ambient electronic 'atmospheres'. I have made a slew of those over the years, but not much need for them myself (I mostly made them to sell as part of a CD library I was making. I also did some for a music library several years ago).

If I could go wild on using whatever, I'd enter something. However, I'm anxious to see what forum menbers come up with using just GPO. :eek:

[FredProgGH]

Ligeti and Lutoslowski used to unverve me a bit in my teens.



Dude- The scenes iin 2001 with Ligeti freaked me out as a kid more than ANYTHING. Period. Ever. When I watch that movie at home I still look over my shoulders because I'm creeped out. I love it, don't get me wrong (can you tell from my AV??) but to me the wonder of the unkown accompanied by that music is way more intense than any sort of Exocist/ Freddy Kruger trip.

[Joseph Burrell]

Which reminds me, has everyone listened to Freddy's demo? :eek:

[Christopher Duncan]

Here's an entry for the Spookies Creepiest Halloween music. This demo is from FreddyK.http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif

Addams by FreddyK (http://www.lostandlonging.com/GPODemos/Addams.mp3)

Enjoy!
I love it! The cat meow was a nice touch. Makes me wanna hear Morticia speak French... :)

[Christopher Duncan]

Whats up friends - No spooky ideas?

Makes me shiver! :)

[Christopher Duncan]

Okay, here's mine. It's perhaps less spooky and more mischievous, but then, goblins are like that sometimes.

I've had this tune running through my head the past couple of weeks, so I figured since it was a Halloween kinda thing it would make a good excuse to give my new toys an initial test drive. It's a rather crude first attempt and certainly not going to win any contests with all the serious composer talent around here, but it was fun to pop a couple of wheelies in GPO to see what it can do.

It's called "When Goblins Frolic", and it comes in two flavors (light green and dark green) - both are 100% GPO.

64k Windows media wma (low bandwidth) (http://www.ShowProgramming.com/Audio/WhenGoblinsFrolic64.m3u)

and

128k mp3 (high bandwidth) (http://www.ShowProgramming.com/Audio/WhenGoblinsFrolic.m3u)

Hope it entertains you - I know I had fun with it. And if I've failed to mention it, GPO rocks! So much for sleeping this next year... :)

[matolen]

Christopher, thats a catchy tune! Nice work!


Now for mine...which is quasi romantic and then agitated; certainly not "jump out of your seat scary" but...well hear it for yourself.

Its, "Somnabulist Stalking"

http://www.musicv2.com/artist/mtlen/796_caligari

Mark

[Christopher Duncan]

Christopher, thats a catchy tune! Nice work!
Thanks, Mark - it was fun. I'm just loving this GPO stuff. Now I can get all these things out of my head and onto a hard drive!


Now for mine...which is quasi romantic and then agitated; certainly not "jump out of your seat scary" but...well hear it for yourself.

Its, "Somnabulist Stalking"

Very cool, man. I like the moodiness of the pitch bends - nice stuff! Makes me want to curl up by the lake with a cute girl and, er, WAIT FOR A STALKER! Sorry, couldn't resist...

I guess we're the only night owls out tonight, eh? :)

[Jonny Lost]

Hey everyone,


OK, here's my submission. Sticking with my film scoring preferences, I wrote a very small tone poem enititled "Ichabod Versus the Shadows". It is basically just what the title says. Imagine Ichabod Crane on his was home from the Van Tassels Halloween Party. This is simply what would go with that scene.

The ensemble is rather small. Here's the list of instruments used:

Solo Flute with Vibrato
Solo Gagliano Violin
Violin Pizz
Solo Stradivari Violin
Violin Pizz
Solo Viola
Viola Pizz
Solo Cello
Cello Pizz
Celesta
Glass Harmonica
Wind Machine

Here's the link:
http://www.jonnylostinc.com/Ichabod%20Versus%20the%20Shadows.mp3

To me, nothing sounds creepier that a string quartet, which is why I used one in the tune. The flute is supposed to represent Ichabod trying to keep himself calm by whistling.

I hope evyone likes it.

By the way, I have greatly enjoyed the other Halloween Demos that other forum members have submitted.

Let me know what you think.

Talk to you all soo,
Jonny

PS: Enjoy that new update! YEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!

[Styxx]

JB That was cool or should I say, scary? :eek:

[Ron Klaren]

what's the deadline ????

http://baleswebpage.com/

Halloweeeeen http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gifCall me stupid, but when is Halloween ?

(We don't have Halloween in the Netherlands)

I'm working on some scary music right now, but I don't want to be to late :D

[Joseph Burrell]

October 31st.

[Ron Klaren]

Thx Joseph !

@Christopher Duncan: For some reason, I can't listen to your music :(

[Christopher Duncan]

Thx Joseph !

@Christopher Duncan: For some reason, I can't listen to your music :(
Hey, Ron.

My bad, I assumed that any player could handle a .m3u playlist file, but we all know what happens when we assume! :o

Try the direct link to the 64k wma file

http://www.showprogramming.com/audio/WhenGoblinsFrolic.wma

or the 128k mp3

http://www.showprogramming.com/audio/WhenGoblinsFrolic.mp3

And thanks for the heads up on this! :)

[bosone]

damn, in past days i had an headache that kept me away form work... and from the computer... the doctory told me not to overuse the PC for several days... and so i don't know if i will be able to compose something for this "halloween contest", even if i have some very theatrical ideas (like my Pedestrial March for the worst demo!!!)
my only chance is in the following weekend... :-)

[Christopher Duncan]

damn, in past days i had an headache that kept me away form work... and from the computer... the doctory told me not to overuse the PC for several days... and so i don't know if i will be able to compose something for this "halloween contest", even if i have some very theatrical ideas (like my Pedestrial March for the worst demo!!!)
my only chance is in the following weekend... :-)Hey, you can still compose it in your head. Then once the headache goes away, all you have left to do is the typing! :)

Hope you get feeling better soon, man. Anything that keeps you away from your music is an unreasonable hardship!

[Styxx]

Call me stupid, but when is Halloween ?

(We don't have Halloween in the Netherlands)

I'm working on some scary music right now, but I don't want to be to late :D
For me, it's anytime my mother in law pops in! ...... just kidding. It's when my father in law pops in. :D :eek:

[Ron Klaren]

For me, it's anytime my mother in law pops in! ...... just kidding. It's when my father in law pops in. :D :eek:
How about both :D

[Ron Klaren]

Here's my entry:

A Date with Freddy (http://members.home.nl/rklaren/A%20date%20with%20Freddy.mp3)

For me, John Carpenter is the master of scary tunes.... just a simple theme, repeating over and over again, adding all kinds of strange things to it along the way.

Although the scariest tunes I remember are Ave Satani (Jerry Goldsmith - The Omen) and the children singing 'Freddy is coming for you' in Nightmare on Elmstreet.

I tried combining the later with the John Carpenter style....

Instruments used:

GPO:
All the string sections (man I love the new KS versions)
2 Organs
Glockenspiel
Double Bass Solo
Piano

Other:
G-Town Stomps and G-Town PianoFX
A female choir (SoV)
Some soundfx I found on the net or created myself

Dim your lights and crank up the volume...... http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Enjoy (I hope)

Ron

[Ron Klaren]

Hey, Ron.

My bad, I assumed that any player could handle a .m3u playlist file, but we all know what happens when we assume! :o

Try the direct link to the 64k wma file

http://www.showprogramming.com/audio/WhenGoblinsFrolic.wma

or the 128k mp3

http://www.showprogramming.com/audio/WhenGoblinsFrolic.mp3

And thanks for the heads up on this! :)
That did the trick.... this worked !!!

Great song !!

Btw. all entry's I heard so far are, again, outstanding !!!!

[Christopher Duncan]

That did the trick.... this worked !!!

Great song !!Thanks, Ron!

And Freddy is spooky stuff indeed! :eek:

[Looper]

Can tunes be emailed somewhere if one is "web space challenged"?

[Christopher Duncan]

Can tunes be emailed somewhere if one is "web space challenged"?Hey, Looper -

Email it to me and I'll put it up for you on my server.
Use my 'Chris' email address on this page:
http://www.showprogramming.com/MoreContact.asp

(so you can send as an attachment with whatever email client you use).

[Joseph Burrell]

Christopher...

And I've been trying to help you???

Great Halloween demo. I can really see Goblins frolicing. A very aptly titled song. I love those 'low' winds, don't you.

Excellent work.

[Joseph Burrell]

No offense to the rest of you...

So far to date, Ron wins my vote.

That's my kind of 'scary' song. You just need some distorted little girl laughter at the beginning of the track.

[Christopher Duncan]

No offense to the rest of you...

So far to date, Ron wins my vote.

That's my kind of 'scary' song. You just need some distorted little girl laughter at the beginning of the track.Ron's stuff is great! I don't like to listen to it too close to bedtime. :eek:

And thanks for the kind words on Goblins. It's certainly not as spooky as any of the other stuff, but it was an absolute blast seeing how easy it was with GPO to turn what I hear in my head into a .wav file.

I only do what the voices in my head tell me to do. Fortunately, those voices are usually musical.

[Ron Klaren]

Wow... thank's Joseph and Christopher, but you're way to kind :D

I have another entry.... something totally different than A date with Freddy.

While searching the internet for scary sounds, I stumbled across a spooky haunted house kinda tune, unfourtunatly, I listened to it, went on with my search and forgot the url afterwards...

So i decided to slap a similar piece together from memory... it's absolutly not exactly how the original was, but just my interpetation of it.

Not that that's all such a big deal... but I didn't want to take credit for something I didn't really write myself.:o

Here it is: Haunted Castle (http://members.home.nl/rklaren/Haunted%20Castle.mp3) (Less then 2 MB, 1 minute)

It only took about 3-4 hours to make... (lot's of copy & paste :))

Instruments used:

Harpsicord
Organ flutes
Organ Plenum
Organ Pedal
Handbells
Orch Percussion
Pizz Cellos
Pizz Basses
Sus+Short AG Violins 1
Sus+Short AG Violins 2
Sus+Short AG Violas
Sus+Short AG Cellos
Sus+Short AG Basses

Church Reverb

Some Radio FM Compression from Cubase

Ron

[Christopher Duncan]

I have another entry.... something totally different than A date with Freddy.Cool, man! Almost sounds like a rock guitar coming in at around 0:05...

[Ron Klaren]

Thanks man !!

The 'Rock Guitar' is in fact the sound of the new Agressive patches... it's the Violas, Cellos and Basses combined at full volume and full attack... actually it's a bit over the top the way it is now... but what the heck... it was just for fun... :D

[Christopher Duncan]

Thanks man !!
actually it's a bit over the top the way it is nowYou say that like it's a bad thing... :)
Remember, excellence, by definition, is an extreme!

[Joseph Burrell]

If I actually knew anything about music I'd write something similar to Danny Elman's March of the Dead that featured in Army of Darkness (a classic cult horror film). That song always gets my blood pumping. Especially those staccato tuba passages.

"Come get some." - Bruce Campbell

[Christopher Duncan]

If I actually knew anything about music...I realize this is probably blasphemy in a neighborhood populated by so many gifted and well educated composers, but I contend that "knowing something about music" is no longer a prerequisite to creating a moving final product. Between the GPO samples and the included Overture notation software, you don't have to have a masters degree in music to create emotionally compelling compositions.

Can you hear the music in your head? That's all you need. Listen to one instrument at a time, put the notes that you hear down on a staff, and then move to the next instrument. Then hit play. If something doesn't work for you, tweak it, rinse and repeat. When you hit play and it sounds like what you hear in your head, you're done.

There are a number of approaches to creating music, and each is correct if it works for the artist. Having a wealth of knowledge from years of studying music is a huge benefit. Being a virtuoso on one or more instruments can be inspirational. However, even with these advantages, the bottom line is very simple. In order to create great music, you have to hear it and feel it. And with the tools we have available today, if you can hear it in your head and feel it in your soul, you can make it come out of the computer. It's a wonderous time to be a musician, an opportunity to create without boundaries. Don't let anyone convince you of artificial limitations, that you can't create worthy music until you've done X, Y and Z. The only thing that truly matters is what you hear when you press play. At that moment, how you got there fades into irrelevance as people instead listen to what you've created.

Oh, wait, I'm screwing up all your reasons not to post your spooky stuff, aren't I? http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif Oops. Sorry. My bad. I'll just sneak out the back door here while no one's looking...

[Jonny Lost]

Here, Here Christopher! Well said. I could go on and on about this topic, but I'm sure there are limitations to the amount of words you can place in each posts! :-)

Lets here it for the technological minded self taught musicians! (Like I and Danny Elfman used to be!)


Jonny

[Styxx]

Here is my hairy ... I mean, "Spookiest Creepiest Halloween Music." (I tinksk)

http://www.twinzzapstudio21.com/Demos/Michael/Animorphagenesis.mp3

Instrumentation and hairy libation with grimy gestation into the migration! :D
> Roland SC88 sounds with GPO mixed in.
> Trk 1 - SC88 sounds
GPO:
> Trk 2 - Basses Tremolo (in reverse) and laugh sample
> Trk 3 - Harpsichord KS
> Trk 4 - Full Strngs Trill Whole
> Trk 5 - Full Strngs Tremolos
> All the other sounds are a collection of the percussive sound library I am working on.

[Jonny Lost]

Holy Creepy-crawlies Styxx. That is awesome. I must say that yours is the first to actually creep me out, so far. Excellent.


Jonny

PS: I think you may be taking this Joker STyxx thing too far. Too far, too far? Not nearly far enough! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! :-)

[Christopher Duncan]

Here is my hairy ... I mean, "Spookiest Creepiest Halloween Music." (I tinksk) So this is what goes on inside your head. Actually, this explains quite a bit... :)

Cool stuff, man. Very spooky!

[Styxx]

So this is what goes on inside your head. Actually, this explains quite a bit... :)

Cool stuff, man. Very spooky!

It's about time someone could figure it out. Pray tell, what were your findings sir? :D

I admit that GPO wasn't used in the "normal" manner but I had quite a bit of fun messing up the samples with effects to achive my goals (or is that, gools?) :eek:

[Christopher Duncan]

It's about time someone could figure it out. Pray tell, what were your findings sir? :D

I admit that GPO wasn't used in the "normal" manner but I had quite a bit of fun messing up the samples with effects to achive my goals (or is that, gools?) :eek:Well, the problem is that they just haven't developed a language to describe that sort of thing yet. :)

And we'd all be quite disappointed if we got anything "normal" from you!

[antirocket scientist]

Are you allowed to use GOS in the contest, and when is the deadline?
Thanks

[Styxx]

Are you allowed to use GOS in the contest, and when is the deadline?
Thanks
OK, stupid me, scratch what I said befive. I should reread before I open my BIG MOUTH

Here is watt Gary said in his posttoasties!
"The winner will receive a a free GOS sample library (or frightening substitute). ..or is that BE made into a sample library and pumpkin pi. Muuahahah "
As for the dead line, he didn't mention one but I suppose the 30th of Octoberpuss would be the last day I mean wow gag me with a spoon ya think! :D

[squoze]

Here is my offering to the altar of scaredom.
4 scare & 7 eeks ago (http://www.datalane.net/tcc/4scares.mp3)
http://www.datalane.net/tcc/4scares.mp3 (you may have to right click and save as)
It's all GPO except a few screams. 934K / 1:00

I was thinking of Psycho, Tannhauser Overture, and I think there's one of the Planets in there, too.

I know...it's scarry having GPO in beginner's hands, but thanks, Gary, for suggesting this topic.

[Styxx]

squoze,
You should see what I got when I clicked on your link! Scary and thats no BS! :eek:

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It's all Greek to me partner! :D

[Christopher Duncan]

squoze,
You should see what I got when I clicked on your link! Scary and thats no BS! :eek:

"#&)+.1358;=@CDGJMORUVY\^adfhknpsvxz}€‚…ˆ‰Œ�’”—™›ž¡£¦ ©«~°³µ¸»½¿ÂÅÇÊÌÎÑÔ×ÙÜÞàãæèëîðòõøúý


It's all Greek to me partner! :DHey, Styxx.

Link worked fine for me. Is your box still acting funky?

[Styxx]

Hey, Styxx.

Link worked fine for me. Is your box still acting funky?

No, it's working fine. I was at work and thier systems sometimes rejects links for some reason. I'll try it with my system in my studio in a bit. Should be fine.
Then again, I'm not! :D

[Christopher Duncan]

Should be fine.
Then again, I'm not! :DOh, man, don't give me the easy ones, Styxx! :D

[nexus]

...Lets here it for the technological minded self taught musicians! (Like I and Danny Elfman used to be!)....


Jonny

I'll second that, but let's not forget that at least 50% of Danny Elfman has always been Steve Bartek, his orchestrator and collaborator...

[Styxx]

Oh, man, don't give me the easy ones, Styxx! :D
Go ahead Christopher, I'm more than half way there already!:D

[Looper]

Here's my spookiest creepiest music.

www.ShowProgramming.com/Audio/ScareTactics101.mp3

This is all GPO generated with effects such as ring mod, bit crusher, reverb and delay added.

Thanks to Christopher for hosting this on his server.

[FredProgGH]

Here's my spookiest creepiest music.

www.ShowProgramming.com/Audio/ScareTactics101.mp3

This is all GPO generated with effects such as ring mod, bit crusher, reverb and delay added.

Thanks to Christopher for hosting this on his server.


Count Floyd presents----

Dr. Tounge's 3D House Of Pancakes!!!

"Would you like.... a menu!!!??" Ree- ree- ree- ree- ree

Sorry, got carried away- What a cool piece!

[Christopher Duncan]

Count Floyd presents----

Dr. Tounge's 3D House Of Pancakes!!!

"Would you like.... a menu!!!??" Ree- ree- ree- ree- ree

Sorry, got carried away- What a cool piece!Or, as Gary Larson's cows would say,

Mooooooooohahahahaha....

Sorry. It's late and I'm tired. :)

Great tune, ain't it?

[Joseph Burrell]

Brian, that was the coolest. I like how you mangled up GPO. The piano was splendidly done. Too hard to choose between these great pieces.

[Christopher Duncan]

Ancient Curse: "May you live in interesting times." I once got a fortune cookie that read,

You will live in interesting times.

Not "may you", but rather, "you will". I found a new Chinese place to frequent.

[Ron Klaren]

Wow... yet even more great spooky music....

Styxx: Good to hear more from you !!! Great scary tune !
Looper: Great Stuff... good to see people using more then just Ambience !

I don't know who is going to decide who wins.... but I'm glad it isn't me (who has to decide... still would like to win :D), he/she will have a really hard time choosing.... all songs are absolutly great !!

Ron

[Joseph Burrell]

I once got a fortune cookie that read,

You will live in interesting times.

Not "may you", but rather, "you will". I found a new Chinese place to frequent.

At least the fortune cookie didn't say, "you will soon have a painful, yet interesting bowel movement." :D :p :eek:

[GameGenie]

http://midi77.tripod.com/grave.mp3

[Joseph Burrell]

Can't get it to work. :(

Anyway, cool name. I lovingly remember my GameGenie days on the old NES.

[provette82]

[QUOTE=Christopher Duncan]Okay, here's mine. It's perhaps less spooky and more mischievous, but then, goblins are like that sometimes.

Liked it..... do more.

Paul O - Houston

[provette82]

very small tone poem enititled "Ichabod Versus the Shadows". It is basically just what the title says. Imagine Ichabod Crane on his was home from the Van Tassels Halloween Party. This is simply what would go with that scene.
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Liked it ...... do more !!! Ahem.....

Provette82
Paul O - Houston

[GameGenie]

Sorry,

http://midi77.tripod.com/cgi-bin/grave.mp3

[Ron Klaren]

Sorry,

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[spettigrew]

Those who have been frightened to post a demo, here is your chance to haunt the other forum members. http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Scary Garritan
[/center]
I fall into the frightened category. I've heard a lot of very good music, from a lot of talented composers, since I've been here and it's intimidating. Anyway, my entry can be found here - Scary Entry (url deleted)
Don't expect to hear the traditional sound of a classical orchestra. After playing in one for years, I'm thrilled to make it sound different.
There's been a lot of nice music here; this isn't nice.
Instruments Used:
Violin 3 Guarn Solo
Violin 1 Gagli Solo
Basses Tremelo
ContraBassoon 1 Solo
Cellos Trills H
Basses Sus+ Shrt
Violins 1 Trem
Violins 2 Trem
Steinway Pno Lite
Tuba 2 Solo AG
Basic Orch Pec - All

I'd also like to add my voice to the chorus of praise for Gary, his products and the wonderful tech support he offers. What's truly unprecedented IMO, is the fact that he gives assignments to his users to compete for valuable prizes. There's something strangely Utopian going on here and I hope it spreads. I see a day when Presidential candidates will be promising, "no musician will be without GPO" and "no artist left behind", as their campaign slogans. Yea, I know I'm dreaming.
Thanks Gary, for the inspiration.
Happy Halloween,
_Scott

[DPDAN]

Scott that's cool! Holy cow!

[spettigrew]

Thanks Dan. Also for verifying that the link works.

_S

[Styxx]

Pray tell master, who is the winner?:confused:

[Garritan]

This was definitely some of the spookiest creepiest Halloween music I've heard.

All of the entries are phantasmagorical. Today I just got back today from AES in San Francisco just in time to listen again to all the Halloween entries again. Today is the last day for the entry and a winner will be announced soon. And tomorrow is All Souls Day followed by US electiuon day.

Scott, your Scary Entry was frightening. This would be perfect for a haunted house. Your slogans "no musician will be without GPO" and "no artist left behind" are brilliant - you can be our resident campaign manager. :D

GameGenie - your entry was so hideous your server must have taken it down. I wish I could hear it and be spooked.:confused:

Looper, I really liked your entry - Creepy fx produced just the right shivers (reverse fx?). I thought I was being hunted just by listening.

Squoze - Sounded gruesome. Made my hairs stand on end. :eek:

Styxx - totally freaky and out-of-this-world. Perfect abduction music... wait, we all know you are alien to begin with :p .

Ron - A Date with Freddy was scary and could make John Carpenter get the shivers. The deceptive childlike bells masks something sinister. Haunted Castle is also spooky.

Christopher - When Goblins Frolic - the title says it all - those goblins just appeared when I played this. Very creepy and excellent. Two flavors light green and dark green? Dark green goblins taste better - yum.

Jonny - "Ichabod Versus the Shadows" is spine-tingling. I can just imagine Ichabod having a run in with the shadows. The flute wistle was very effective, but did not help poor Ichabod in the end. :(

Matolen - "Somnabulist Stalking" was not quite romantic yet agitated. I wouldn't want to be stalked by a somnabulist. Very effective music.

FreddyK -Too humorous to be frightening. But I can just visualize Lurch playing the harpsichord on this one. Yes, we all want Morticia speaking French. :D

fmfgs - your hallow1 is ugly music. This is bone-chilling stuff. Wonderfully creepy orchestration.

BelaD- Not a GPO demo but very spooky nevertheless

Perhaps we can make a separate page on the GPO site for creepy halloween and holiday music. I propose we use this music next year in a haunted house or in some sort of production.

What's even more frightening is the election coming up. I'll play this spooky music on election day too. We can vote on election day for the spookiest demo.

Thank you for carving out your best Halloween demos. This certainly was a real scream!

Scary Garritan

[Joseph Burrell]

Here's a Holloween arrangement from the late Adam Buford.

Adam was a former forum member who made a lot of wonderful lasting contributions to this forum.

Here's Holst's Revel of the Witches arranged by Adam Buford:

http://www.garritan.com/mp3/ab-RevelOfTheWitches_Holst.MP3

[spettigrew]

Your slogans "no musician will be without GPO" and "no artist left behind" are brilliant - you can be our resident campaign manager. :D

Scary Garritan
Cool!
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[Styxx]

Styxx - totally freaky and out-of-this-world. Perfect abduction music... wait, we all know you are alien to begin with That's me ... alienated from the beginning! :D

[Styxx]

Finally got to hear Spettigrew's. Woe, how can you not have slivers up your spine! Awesome work.

[Ron Klaren]

Allrighty then... I just gave the first vote... it's now 100% me, 0% all the others.... Gary, you may close the poll now :D

[Styxx]

Allrighty then... I just gave the first vote... it's now 100% me, 0% all the others.... Gary, you may close the poll now :D
Awe now who went and screwed that up? :D

[Joseph Burrell]

3 votes??? I hope the election voter turnout is better than this. Come on guys.

[Jonny Lost]

Well, I've done cast my vote! :-)


Jonny

[EricWatkins]

Any particular reason why I dont have a clickable link on mine?

[Garritan]

Any particular reason why I dont have a clickable link on mine?
Eric,

I don't know why the poll software didn't make an automatic clickable link. A glitch in the poll matrix. Everyone make sure to siten to Eric's entry. Just copy and paste the URL in your browser and you willl be able to hear it.

[Christopher Duncan]

Any particular reason why I dont have a clickable link on mine?Evil spirits? Witches? Ghosts? :)

[Ron Klaren]

Awe now who went and screwed that up? :D
Tu quoque, filii mei, tu quoque? :(

[spettigrew]

Finally got to hear Spettigrew's. Woe, how can you not have slivers up your spine! Awesome work.

Hey, thanks man. Slivers? Ouch!!
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[Styxx]

Tu quoque, filii mei, tu quoque? :( That's easy for you to say! :D :D

[trentpmcd]

This is the first chance I got to listen to these. Man, what a hard choice picking just 1! They are all so good in different ways. After listening to several, I finally narrowed it down to :When Goblins Frolic" and "Ichabod vs. the Shadow". Listening again I picked Ichabod. Something about it just fits so well. Wait, maybe Freddy or Addams or... Oh well, too late, I already voted.

[Jonny Lost]

Cool, thanks for the vote Trent!!


Jonny

[SeanHannifin]

I had to vote for Freddy. It was perfect . . . it had that innocence and the impending doom . . . ah, truly frightful!

[Ron Klaren]

Sean:

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[Styxx]

Sean:

http://www.mysmilie.de/smilies/big/img/017.gif

Sean, Where didja get the Wallmart smiley? :D

[Ron Klaren]

Maybe I can help? http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

You can find them

http://www.mysmilie.de/generator/ablage/38/394.png

Enjoy !

Ron
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[Styxx]

YOU JUST WON A NEW CAR! Or, was that a boat? A bicycle maybe?
Hmmm, can't seem to remember what the prize was or for that matter, who was the wiener? :eek:

Boy, let's finish the boating and dissolve this contest before Rod Roddy comes back to life and moves back to Buffalo. :D

[Joseph Burrell]

Not the level of voting I would have liked to see. Wake up people! Vote for your favorite Halloween piece already! It's almost Christmas. This is still a close race.

[Styxx]

Here it is 11/17/04 and Halloween has past without anyone meeting Michael, Jason, or Freddie. But, seems like we've checked into the old Bates Motel and have mysteriously vanished from the face of the earth! I warned you all not to take a late shower at the Bates Motel! Norman's mother still lurks in the old house on the hill..."Oh mother, look ... Blood! Blood, mother look Blood! EEK EEK EEK EEK EEK EEK ! :D
The question still stands to be answered by all of you who had survived. ?