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1Monster Mash
recording of:
Monster Mash
writer:
Lenny Capizzi and Bobby “Boris” Pickett (novelty musician, known for “Monster Mash”)
publisher:
T.M. Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and TM Music Ltd.
Bobby “Boris” Pickett3:12
2The Munsters TV Theme
recording of:
Theme (The Munsters)
composer:
Jack Marshall (US jazz guitarist, composer, arranger & record producer)
[unknown]0:47
3I Put a Spell on You
vocals:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
part of:
Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 299) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 313)
recording of:
I Put a Spell on You (on 1956-09-12)
lyricist and composer:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), SBK Unart Catalog Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins3.32:27
4The Witch Queen of New Orleans
recording of:
The Witch Queen of New Orleans (1971 song)
writer:
Lolly Vegas and Pat Vegas
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Redbone2:59
5The Purple People Eater
recording of:
The Purple People Eater
lyricist and composer:
Sheb Wooley
publisher:
Channel Music Co. and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
Sheb Wooley2:15
6Twilight Zone TV Theme
cover recording of:
The Twilight Zone (Theme)
composer:
Bernard Herrmann (composer)
Neil Norman and His Cosmic Orchestra2:02
7Voodoo Woman
Koko Taylor3:49
8Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Movie Theme
recording of:
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
writer:
John De Bello
Lewis Lee2:05
9Frankenstein
producer:
Rick Derringer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1972), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1972) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1972)
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 97)
recording of:
Frankenstein
composer:
Edgar Winter
publisher:
Longitude Music (ended), EMI Longitude Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Virgin Songs, Inc., Hierophant Music, Longitude Music Co., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Edgar Winter Group44:48
10Halloween Movie Theme
recording of:
Main Title (Halloween)
composer:
John Carpenter (filmmaker & composer)
John Carpenter2:26
11Night on Bald Mountain
recording of:
Night on Bald Mountain (for solo piano, Chernov)
orchestrator:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
arranger:
Константин Чернов (Konstantin Chernov, Russian composer and pianist)
arrangement of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra11:17
12Batman Suite
recording of:
Men Are Still Good (The Batman suite)
composer:
Junkie XL (Dutch DJ/score composer Tom Holkenborg), Andrew Kawczynski, Steve Mazzaro (Composer, producer and arranger from Los Angeles, USA) and Hans Zimmer (German score composer)
is based on:
Men Are Still Good
is based on:
The Batman Suite
is based on:
The Warden
Richard Hayman and His Orchestra7:21
13Danse Macabre
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer) (in 1988-06), Teije van Geest (engineer/producer) (in 1988-06) and Martin Sauer (engineer/producer) (in 1988-06)
orchestra:
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (in 1988-06)
conductor:
Keith Clark (American conductor) (in 1988-06)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (in 1988-06)
recording of:
Danse macabre, op. 40 (symphonic poem for orchestra)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 16) and Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
quotes music from:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)
CSR Symphony Orchestra7:09
14Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
recording of:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Stokowski orchestration)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
orchestration of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565 (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565)
Wolfgang Rukan10:01
15The Sorcerer's Apprentice
recording of:
L’Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
composer:
Paul Dukas (French composer) (from 1896 until 1897)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra11:22