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cool, spooky instrumental tracks hey folks.. i'm making a mix CD and I'm almost finished with it - i'm missing one piece. I need an instrumental track, something kinda dark and spooky, preferably mid-tempo and very atmospheric. looking for something with alot of space in it... not too noisy. I'm going to put samples of Kate Bush on it. I've been scouring my CDs for something that works, but so far coming up blank. Any suggestions would be appreciated!!!  | |
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Any of the instrumentals from Air's score to Virgin Suicides. | |
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Art Decade? | |
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GangstaFam said: Art Decade?
hah great minds think alike. i'm listening to it right now.. I wanted something a little more rhythmic I think.. not quite so ambient. | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Any of the instrumentals from Air's score to Virgin Suicides.
hmm i'll check that out.. not sure if I have that one. I have their main 3 albums.... | |
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NorthernLad said: hah great minds think alike. i'm listening to it right now.. I wanted something a little more rhythmic I think.. not quite so ambient.
Some Aphex Twin maybe? Or Black Dog? Or Marumari? | |
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Gary Numan's "Asylum" is pretty creepy. ditto on the Air tracks mentioned. I used "Dead Bodies" for a light show I had to do in class.   looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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Flatlands by Clan of Xymox is very atmospheric and has quite an edge ~ I always feel like I'm underwater when I hear it. It seems relaxing but has a lot of undercurrents, Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife. --Kahlil Gibran | |
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Mr. Bungle's "The Bends" is like something from a 50's sci-fi/B horror. check it out.....but it's 10 minutes long.  looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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Anything by "Nightmares on Wax". Their first 2 cd's are amazing!!! "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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I keep seeing Nightmares on Wax mentioned in magazines and on music sites. I'll have to check them out. looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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"I Did It Just the Same" by Eurythmics? She does scat some vocals, but there aren't lyrics... Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming I'm going to try and track some of them down. I have one that might work, "Draconian Dream" by Sex Gang Children... i've created a mashup with it and 3 Kate Bush songs - Waking the Witch, Jig of Life and Hello Earth. I like it, but i'm not 100% sure if it works.
Any Kate fans out there who can give me feedback on it? Org me plz. :-> | |
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one of Bowie's instrumentals. "I'm a pig..so,magic elixir I swill" | |
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wow I have a perfect one for you..
try this one out, its is amazing. Pillow - With The Passing of the Season its on iTunes.. one of the best instrumental tracks of 2006. | |
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I cannot think of any strickly instrumentals, but man I wish that you could take out all of the vocals on Zeppelin's 'No Quarter'. It is undeniably errie, yet strangely inviting and relaxing to hear even with all the spooky sounds going on it. And its all very musical too, rather than just some person simply throwing together a bunch of spooky noises on record without any hint of creativity behind it all.
Robert Plant killed that song with his Kermit The Frog vocals! It could have been a beautiful and haunting instrumental song without the horrible vocal track. I do think that it is difficult to find a spooky instrumental track,especially in rock music that does not wander off into self-parody and having the artist eventually going overboard with their own ideas. [Edited 1/15/07 20:47pm] | |
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Sdldawn said: wow I have a perfect one for you..
try this one out, its is amazing. Pillow - With The Passing of the Season its on iTunes.. one of the best instrumental tracks of 2006. awesome, i will definitely download it! thx | |
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PurpleJam said: I cannot think of any strickly instrumentals, but man I wish that you could take out all of the vocals on Zeppelin's 'No Quarter'. It is undeniably errie, yet strangely inviting and relaxing to hear even with all the spooky sounds going on it. And its all very musical too, rather than just some person simply throwing together a bunch of spooky noises on record without any hint of creativity behind it all.
Robert Plant killed that song with his Kermit The Frog vocals! It could have been a beautiful and haunting instrumental song without the horrible vocal track. I do think that it is difficult to find a spooky instrumental track,especially in rock music that does not wander off into self-parody and having the artist eventually going overboard with their own ideas. [Edited 1/15/07 20:47pm] Interesting... i never thought of No Quarter in that way, but I kind of agree with you... | |
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Moonbeam said: "I Did It Just the Same" by Eurythmics? She does scat some vocals, but there aren't lyrics...
jeez i didn't even think of 1984... my brain must be slipping | |
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Sdldawn said: wow I have a perfect one for you..
try this one out, its is amazing. Pillow - With The Passing of the Season its on iTunes.. one of the best instrumental tracks of 2006. REALLY nice song... kinda reminded me of what Thom Yorke doing film music might sound like. Thanks for recommending it! | |
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I have about 200 CDs' worth of spooky instrumental tracks, so I really wouldn't know where to start. | |
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NorthernLad said: Sdldawn said: wow I have a perfect one for you..
try this one out, its is amazing. Pillow - With The Passing of the Season its on iTunes.. one of the best instrumental tracks of 2006. REALLY nice song... kinda reminded me of what Thom Yorke doing film music might sound like. Thanks for recommending it! No problem, there are few more really nice one's on the album, but that one really just took my breathe away. | |
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"Winston's Diary" "Greetings From A Dead Man" | |
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going back a bit further in time, The Art Of Noise had some really freaked
out, scary pieces like "Memento" on the Who's Afraid of The Art Of Noise lp  and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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Teddy=Bears-Alma | |
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"i'm hurt bad"
by angelo badalamenti from david lynch's Industrial Symphony No. 1 should creep you the hell out nicely! | |
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also check out Big Satan and John Zorn
experimental jazz ^ | |
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CinisterCee said:
"Winston's Diary" "Greetings From A Dead Man"  Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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isn't there an instrumental version of radiohead's "climbing up the wall" somewhere?
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There was an instrumental on Massive Attack's Protection that might work. I think it was called Heat Miser, but I'm not positive - haven't listened to it in years. [Edited 1/18/07 3:40am] | |
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