I think music should be scary. Music is an exorcism. | | | | Rita Ora feelin' just like a rockstar at the KISS Haunted House Party, London, Oct. 26, 2018.
(John Phillips/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I think music should be scary. Music is an exorcism.”
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| | rantnrave:// What music scares you? The creeping synth arpeggios of JOHN CARPENTER's original HALLOWEEN theme? The jarring minor major seventh string stabs of BERNARD HERRMANN's PSYCHO theme? The maddening absence of music in most of HITCHCOCK's THE BIRDS? It's always been that last one for me—the missing musical signal to remind me that I am, in fact, watching a movie. It's sort of the "4:33" of film scores, forcing you simultaneously to absorb what isn't there (which is also one of the secrets of great horror film editing) and to pay extra attention to the sounds that remain, the ones you otherwise might not have noticed. (Some of those environmental sounds in "The Birds," it should be noted, are performed by a musician, OSKAR SALA, on an early electronic instrument called a Trautonium, but they serve more as sound effects than as "music.") I first saw/heard the film as a child, and I've been petrified of birds ever since. Music, to me, is a provider of emotional warmth and sustenance, no matter how icy or frightening its intent. No music? That's horror... Hell, even death metal fans find joy, peace and transcendence in their chosen style of music, according to science. How are you supposed to scare them with a mere cello or synthesizer?... You may, however, find plenty to scare you in the stories in the HALLOWEEN day mix of music stories below. SPOTIFY is creeping on your music choices and your moods. BOBBY "BORIS" PICKETT kept making songs long after "MONSTER MASH." The PRINCE OF DARKNESS is still out there somewhere. Some dude in a dark suit who lives in an old, gated neoclassical mansion keeps trying to steal the soul of your favorite songs. Feeling a chill yet?... A superhero-worthy lineup of artists including TRAVIS SCOTT, CHANCE THE RAPPER, SZA and JOHN MAYER will pay tribute to MAC MILLER at a "Celebration of Life" benefit concert tonight at LA's GREEK THEATRE. It will be livestreamed on TWITTER starting at 9:30 pm ET... NINA KRAVIZ played a two-hour techno set at the EIFFEL TOWER on Oct. 15 and you can watch it here... SPOTIFY is "forensically dissecting" THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL in the just-launched fourth season of its great DISSECT podcast, hosted by COLE CUCHNA... Finally today, fittingly, we mourn the loss of HARDY FOX, the primary musical force behind the RESIDENTS and one of the inhabitants, therefore, of the greatest costumes in the history of rock. Like all his bandmates, Fox never officially revealed that it was he behind one of those giant eyeballs, but he should be remembered as an electronic pop pioneer, rock and roll prankster and visionary geek, in equal parts. In character to the end, he reported on his own demise a month before it happened ... RIP also BABA OJE, RICO J. PUNO and DIONISIO LIND. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| The former Black Sabbath frontman helped define heavy-metal menace. Now, as he nears 70, he just wants to make his fans happy. | | |
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 | Scientific American |
| Fans of this violent music report feelings of transcendence and positive emotions; psychologists want to learn why. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| Nico Muhly’s opera "Marnie," its story made famous by Hitchcock’s movie, is being performed at the Metropolitan Opera. Where will his inspirations take the young composer next? | | |
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 | Stereogum |
| All of these scores will stick with you long after the credits have rolled. | | |
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 | Complex |
| After taking his share of Ls, Tyga has resurrected his career with an excellent string of singles including "Taste" and "Dip." He's back. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| Macquarie Capital is also among the remaining suitors, sources say. | | |
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 | Slate |
| Did you know there was a song called “Monster Rap?” Did you want to know that? | | |
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 | Music Business Worldwide |
| Is the end of the 'playlist era' soon upon us? | | |
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 | The Eyeopener |
| Spotify uses your personal data based on the type of music you listen to, your mood and your location to target adverts. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| Trump’s long road to the White House was rife with popular musicians giving him the cold shoulder . | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| A dispatch from the inaugural Posty Fest, where the 23-year-old rapper showed what’s behind his massive success -- a whole lot of nothing. | | |
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| Billboard |
| A breakdown of how royalties flow to record labels, publishers and artists in the digital age, and how the Music Modernization Act might change -- and help -- that process. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| The drummer's new album 'Universal Beings' was recorded in four cities with four bands, turning moments of improvised genius into ecstatic beatwork. It's a testament to the power of music without borders. | | |
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 | Clash Magazine |
| Female artists are at the centre of this electrifying scene. | | |
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 | Song Exploder |
| In 2018 a new Halloween film was released. And for the first time since the first film, John Carpenter composed the score. That included remaking his theme song, with the help of his son Cody Carpenter and his godson Daniel Davies. In this episode, the three of them break down how they did it. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| On the social-media site, the once-apolitical musician has been rewarding new voters with attention. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| The iconic Freddie Mercury-led band is the subject of a messy, mediocre biopic. But that shouldn’t diminish Queen’s legacy as one of the great binary-busting bands of all time. Let us count the reasons why. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| The polarizing L.A. rapper whose music is tormenting hip-hop purists. | | |
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 | CDM Create Digital Music |
| Today saw the loss (for real this time) of Hardy Fox, the pioneering artist from The Residents. We look back on the irreverent, surrealist work the band produced and Fox as enigmatic anonymous multimedia ringleader, projecting mystery to the very end. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| Metal bands and horror films stoke sonic dread the same way 18th century composers did-with a forbidden sequence of notes known as the "devil's interval." | | |
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 | YouTube |
| | | | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| | A 2017 cover of the classic 1978 horror film theme. |
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