Hollywood Gothique

Music for your Halloween Haunt or Party.

Screenings: October 11 at 7:45pm and 10pm
Location: The Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Description: The Cinefamily present a Halloween screening of Carl Theodor Dryer’s 1932 art house horror film Vampyr, accompanied by Steven Severin’s music, performed live. Although Vampyr is not a silent film, it almost was; sound was a [...]

Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (323) 850-2000
Description: It has become an annual October tradition: the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles screens a silent horror movie with live musical accompaniment on Halloween night. For 2012, the film is the 1927 black-and-white silent production of [...]

If you have ever visited any of the Halloween theme park attractions or Halloween haunted houses & hayrides that proliferate during the October season, there is a good chance that your eardrums have vibrated to the melancholy music of Midnight Syndicate. The group, which usually consists of Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka, almost single-handedly established [...]

Date: October 20
Location: Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90026
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Description: It’s almost Halloween, so The New L.A. Folk Festival, L.A. Record, & Grand Ole Echo are getting together to present “The Return Of Murder Ballads,” a follow-up to last year’s tribute to timeless songs about killers, scorned lovers, & evil doers. Performers [...]

Location: Pierce College, 20800 Victory Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA
Date: October 1, 10am to midnight
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Description: This year, Ben Von Stawn presents his second annual Monster Party at the Halloween Harvest Festival and FrightFair Screampark. In addition to all the other Halloween hijinx provided at the fest, there will be live music, artists, and [...]

With their series of Halloween CDs, “In A World” has established a unique musical identity. Neophyte listeners looking for an example of the group’s work should turn to Hallow’s Eve, Volume III: Dead of Night, a collection of instrumental music and soundscapes that works as both enjoyable party music and sinister soundtrack to a terrifying tour through a Halloween haunt

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, Halloween music was more or less synonymous with novelty records: “Dinner with Drac,” “Monster Mash,” etc. There were a few mainstream artists who dabbled in the field (both Jumpin’ Gene Vincent and B.B. King recorded songs titled “Haunted House”), but these songs – as much fun as they [...]

Looking for something besides novelty songs (”The Monster Mash”) or instrumental soundscapes (Midnight Syndicate) to haunt your Halloween party? Well, here’ a little good, old-fashioned rock and roll in the form of a concept album that journeys deep into the dark side of the human soul, combining rhythmic riffs with spooky lyrics – all wrapped [...]

Looking for nightmarish music to haunt your Halloween party? Or ambient textures to enhance your Halloween haunt? Well, look no further than Hallow’s Eve, Volume II: The Horror – in which the musical group In a World offers a series of instrumental soundscapes in the spirit of the Halloween season.