Mandolin music for Halloween

[Charles E.]

Perhaps folks could suggest spooky mandolin music. I will start with this........

[George R. Lane]

Check out Ghost Story on Mandozine.

http://mandozine.com/music/search_re...rder=A&submit=

[Joseph Baker]

"Dance of the Lunatics"

It is on the Mandolin Cafe's Mp3 page under classical music - played by the Nashville Mandolin Orchestra.
Other versions are on YouTube.

Joseph Baker

[derbex]

Here's my attempt at the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, pdf attached. It was supposed to be the start of something multi instrumental -maybe next year.

https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-hoylan...ley-horn-dance

[DavidKOS]

I usually play "The Munsters Theme" around Halloween.



or simpler version

[Martin Jonas]

Funeral March Of A Marionette (aka Hitchcock Theme) is suitably eery:



Arrangement by Evelyn Castiglioni, from "Evelyn's Big Book For Mandolins For The Year 2015" (available from Amazon, NFI).

Martin

[JimKo]

Not as sophisticated as the other suggestions, but I like to break out Spade Cooley's "It Dark Outside" around this time of year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmUaZed950

[palosfv3]

I always do these three back to back at this time of year .

[Tom C]

Not mandolin but great spooky tune "Bringing Mary Home"

[Charles E.]

Tom, actually it does have mandolin.......

[bigskygirl]

Monster Mash - 4 chords...1, 6, 4, 5 throughout the entire song, so in G = G, Em, C, D

Fun to play and everyone wants to know..."vut-eva happen to my Trrrransylvania Twist?"

[Charles E.]

Ok, the polar opposite of my first post. Anyway it's fun.......

[jonny250]

Show of Hands: Hallows eve:
Skip the first 1:50

[Tom C]

Tom, actually it does have mandolin.......

But it's not a "Mandolin" tune.

[Hockey Puck]

Little Ghost - White Stripes
https://youtu.be/WBaEcMmMLTQ

[foldedpath]

Spookiest "fiddle tune" I know is "Jump at the Sun." Found this on YouTube with mandolin and looped guitar:



Here's the original, by the guy who wrote it (John Kirkpatrick) on accordion -- skip ahead to 7:00 in the clip:



Here's a link to the tune on thesession.org database, where you can find various settings in different keys (the original is Dm, works fine on mandolin), and can print out PDF sheet music:

https://thesession.org/tunes/736

[bobrem]

The Dead March

[Mike Snyder]

Ichabod's Last Ride is a cool and spooky tune.

[Steve VandeWater]

Ghost Riders in the Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XArPn1EFRDY

[harper]

Just wanted to remind folks of the free collection of 13 Halloween mandolin trio arrangements with chords that I posted a year ago.

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/s...=1#post1603839

[Charles E.]

Thought I would resurrect this thread.

[tmsweeney]

Good for Candlemass and Walpurgis Nacht as well

[Charles E.]

Perfect!

[bigskygirl]

One of these holidays I’m gonna work on the tunes BEFORE the day is here…better get going on Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Anyway, here is Dance of the Skeleton by David McLaughlin:



Played by Wyatt Ellis:

[mandolin breeze]