What Even IS Halloween Music? | Mic The Snare

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This month’s Examining episode is all about the scary, spooky, and surprisingly ambiguous genre of Halloween music! Despite being one of the most widely-celebrated holidays, the amount of music attached to it is quite small. Why? What makes a song suited to Halloween? What makes music scary in general? Let’s find out…

Let me know your thoughts and favorite Halloween tunes in the comments!

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SOURCES

Articles
– https://blog.thecurrent.org/2018/10/what-is-halloween-music-and-why-does-it-scare-us/
– https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2014/10/25/358594138/the-good-listener-wheres-all-the-great-halloween-music
– https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/style/halloween-music-best-spotify.html
– https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8480857/top-halloween-songs
– https://medium.com/cuepoint/halloween-the-deeper-cuts-b235e950c233
– https://www.sapiens.org/culture/halloween-history-global/
– https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/spooky-symbolism-the-history-and-meaning-behind-iconic-halloween-images
– https://brianwise.net/halloween-classical-music-holiday/
– https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/the-purest-halloween-music-ever-written/382119/
– https://www.theawl.com/2016/10/whats-spookier-than-saint-saenss-danse-macabre/#.pjuq1lz9z
– https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-halloween-2017-10#trick-or-treating-has-ancient-precedent-but-the-candy-part-didnt-come-about-until-much-later-5
– https://www.npr.org/2017/10/31/560843189/the-unsettling-sound-of-tritones-the-devils-interval
– https://rolfpotts.com/robert-johnson-sold-his-soul-to-the-devil-in-rosedale-mississippi/
– https://tedium.co/2018/10/25/monster-mash-history/

Videos
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR5yzCH5CsM

Songs
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNOVlG1Zqq8
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tHyRQOdqf0
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGiYxCUAhks
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHC9tYz8ik
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ0MB4Et5TI
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnVzaOADbGI
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2AKUMmvvk
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJunCsrhJjg
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jcCwmtVAIM
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSZD45fXTek
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiV3J_e977Q
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3b6SGoN6dA
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4p9WKnDQzQ

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