Welcome to HallowSound, where our mission is to trace out a rough history of commercially available
atmospheric halloween recordings and to share them with you.
Another one of the newer PCT compilations; same artists who did Cries From The Crypt. I als ogot Midnight Mausoleum, but it isn't recognized by my disc drive for soem reason so unfortunately it won't be put up here :(
Oh boy, this one is a treat. Probably one of the cheapest looking/sounding halloween ambient albums ever, but charmingly so. Plus I really like the typography on this one, that and the hand-drawn image is awesome. There was apparently a version where the witch silhouette in the upper left was replaced with a pentagram... perhaps removed to not offend [ignorant] christians? Originally came in a blister pack.
One of the newer ambient albums, and this time the artists are credited! For soem reason, this seems to be rather rare amongst these types of albums, PCT or otherwise. Classical music, eerie atmospheres, stock sound effects.
A nice collection of horror movie themes and sfx from Drew's Famous, which should also become a household name. It says copright by TUTM (Turn Up The Music) Entertainment, but really they're the same thing as they're mentioned on practically every release of this nature put out by Drew's. Also, the DVD isn't in this download, sorry. There's plenty of clips online; you're not missing much.
A pretty good one I picked up at a Menards in [I guess] 2007. Could be the same as PC Treasures, given that the font on the back is somewhat reminiscent of what they use, but any company that lists the runtime of each track is a good one in my eyes.
Released on CD in a DVD case by Echo Bridge Entertainment, who are known for their various budget DVD releases of both licensed and public domain films, this also was apparently released on tape as "Fright Night" by Gemstone and Sterling Entertainment(s?). Though this rip comes form the former version.
The other, later disc with this title. At first I thought PC Treasures ripped off Madacy's version and just shortened it by half, but despite the identical intros, the remainder of the composition is quite different. Plus it's in stereo. What happened?
Another one from PC Treasures, this time more on the spooky ambient side of halloween sfx albums. There was also a later pressing of this particular album in 2010, in a full jewel case. The 2005 version came in a cardboard slip, though both versions are exactly the same (unlike some other stuff coming up soon...).
This compilation was released in 2010 by PC Treasures, a name you'll all be familiar with soon, if you'r nto already familiar with it. Not too interesting: mostly pieces of classical music. Worth a listen nonetheless.