So your trying to make a Halloween mix for this weekend’s bash, or you went to one this weekend and the music bombed (I mean how many times can possibly listen to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”) and you have it in you to fix that for next year. So let’s fill that puppy or should I say three-headed dog with some strange, unique music your friends never heard that you can seize for free or very cheap.

The creators of Oddio Overplay an eclectic database of DIY, free, legal and obscure sounds, have put together a collection of “frightening, damaging and disturbing music” they call Calling All Fiends, that will help intensify that perfect Halloween mix. The on-line collection is divided up into three beastly sections. The first sixteen songs are Cinematic and Soundscapes based and some would be perfect to play as hair-raising background music for a Haunted House. The second and third groups are Rock and Dance and Fiendish Songs. I suggest throwing the following spine-chilling cuts from the series. A frantic robotic-like techno track by Click Click Click (not to be confused with Chk Chk Chk) entitled “Romance Keys”. The DVDs lead by 6 year old David G, dispense the scary tale of the “Big Orange Monster”, think They Might Be Giants but lead by a kid. A northerner’s tale of “Southern Gothic” is sung/spoken by Bureaucratica, AKA Matt Love of multiple DIY bands. Sink your fangs into horrifying hypnotic mixes of synthesized sounds such as “Trickertreat” by Lenkei a graphic designer based out of of New York City and “the Pit” by The Threshold People. Also check out Martinibomb and the Coconut Monkeyrocket’s monstrous remix of the Munsters Theme they call “Munster Beat”, it will entice you to get your ghoulish groove on, so I suggest putting this on right up front.

You have to pay for this next one, but if you do it through eMusic it will be well worth it, at least for one play each year during Halloween season. The North American Halloween Prevention Initiative released “Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en?”, a novelty parody of “Do They Know it’s Christmas” last year as a charity-benefit song where all proceeds go to UNICEF. The NAHPI consists of Arcade Fire, Beck, Buck 65, David Cross, Devendra Banhart, Elvira, Peaches, Postal Service, Redd Kross, Rilo Kiley, Roky Erickson, Sonic Youth, Sparks, Wolf Parade among others.

YANP posted a cover version of Ministry’s “Every Day is Halloween” by the MiamI based band The Postmarks which will work up next with Steve Wynn’s live solo version of Dream Syndicate’s Halloween recorded last year on the 30th in Germany. I found a bunch that are just on MySpace, so the bit-rate is pretty poor but if that doesn’t bother you check out the Oklahoma based band Evangelicals who just put a new song, appropriately titled “The Halloween Song”. It has the aura of a Bright Eyes song with light strange eerie noises with vocals applied in a jauntily fashion. Also check out this one by Calabrese it’s rockin’ tune that will add some fright to the night if yu can figure out how to download it.

DC mash-up artist SOLCOFN (AKA Phil) has put together Son of Monster Mash Up a collection of devilishly delicious mashes done by DJs including my fav mash up artist DJBC. Barrage your victims with Cheekyboy’s “Halloween with Morrissey”, Mr Fab and His Bag O’ Heads’ “Skeleton Crew on the Graveyard Shift” and “Haunted House of Mash ups” by DJBC. So that should help you get started composing a Ghastly G(h)oulash of Halloween treats for the ears.