{"id":2379,"date":"2013-10-30T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2013-10-29T00:48:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T04:48:18","slug":"light-em-up-a-compendium-halloween-music-light-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/10\/30\/light-em-up-a-compendium-halloween-music-light-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Light &#8216;Em Up: A Compendium of Halloween Music and Light Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And today, fresh-fished from YouTube, a selection of my favorite Halloween house displays synchronized to music.<\/p>\n<p>There is an art to this; selection of music is important &#8211; there are several songs that are apparently popular for these shows that are hot right now but not especially seasonal &#8211; but choreography is just as crucial. The following are videos that I thought nailed the idea of &#8220;Halloween Musical Light Show&#8221; in terms of both form and content.<\/p>\n<p>First, from Naperville, Illinois: a show set to <i>My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light &#8216;Em Up)<\/i> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/falloutboy\">Fall Out Boy<\/a>, because YES, perfect use of this song!!!! and also they pick the right thing to highlight during the actual <i>Light &#8216;Em Up<\/i> section of the chorus. They have multiple videos: there is also one for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fnEsEamY5Y4\">Du Hast<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rammstein.de\/de\">Rammstein<\/a> (unusual but also classic music choice!!) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dFUsDYgZoZs\">Dragula<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/robzombie.com\/\">Rob Zombie<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Thomas Halloween 2013 Naperville, Fall Out Boy, My Songs Know What You did in the Dark, Light Em Up\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_EHqJfkOrCuA\"><div id=\"lyte_EHqJfkOrCuA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/EHqJfkOrCuA\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Thomas Halloween 2013 Naperville, Fall Out Boy, My Songs Know What You did in the Dark, Light Em Up<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/EHqJfkOrCuA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/EHqJfkOrCuA\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Halloween 2013 Naperville, Fall Out Boy, My Songs Know What You did in the Dark, Light Em Up\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFrom Valley Center, CA, something for classic rock fans: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acdc.com\/us\/home\">AC\/DC<\/a>&#8216;s <em>Hells Bells<\/em>, another unusual but excellent choice. Also I love the little skeleton doing jumping jacks.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Musical Halloween sequence to Hells Bells by AC\/DC\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_W9lDc3e5itg\"><div id=\"lyte_W9lDc3e5itg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/W9lDc3e5itg\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Musical Halloween sequence to Hells Bells by AC\/DC<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/W9lDc3e5itg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/W9lDc3e5itg\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Musical Halloween sequence to Hells Bells by AC\/DC\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd from Leesburg, Virginia, <i>Sail<\/i> by <a href=\"http:\/\/awolnationmusic.com\/\">AWOLNation<\/a> (Skorge Remix), for truly excellent choreography to a dubstep track. They also have a bunch of videos, including one for <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=roiYGiUlmoQ\">Ghost N Stuf<\/a><\/i> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadmau5.com\/\">DeadMau5<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Halloween Light Show 2013 - Sail by AWOLNation (Skorge Remix)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Uhzzta-bJ_s\"><div id=\"lyte_Uhzzta-bJ_s\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Uhzzta-bJ_s\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Halloween Light Show 2013 - Sail by AWOLNation (Skorge Remix)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Uhzzta-bJ_s\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Uhzzta-bJ_s\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween Light Show 2013 - Sail by AWOLNation (Skorge Remix)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd finally, a Honorable Mention for a classic from 2011: from Riverside, CA, <i>This is Halloween<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/music\/album?id=Bmwboctwdcrcvkb7r2mhdrb2joa&#038;tid=song-Tbne3ahmovhxqwnpedu3gxs4mdq&#038;rdot=1&#038;rdid=song-Tbne3ahmovhxqwnpedu3gxs4mdq\">Original Soundtrack<\/a>), from <i>Nightmare Before Christmas<\/i>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Halloween Light Show 2011 - This Is Halloween\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_WAXMtUCcp7o\"><div id=\"lyte_WAXMtUCcp7o\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WAXMtUCcp7o\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Halloween Light Show 2011 - This Is Halloween<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WAXMtUCcp7o\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WAXMtUCcp7o\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween Light Show 2011 - This Is Halloween\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And today, fresh-fished from YouTube, a selection of my favorite Halloween house displays synchronized to music. There is an art to this; selection of music is important &#8211; there are several songs that are apparently popular for these shows that are hot right now but not especially seasonal &#8211; but &#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/10\/30\/light-em-up-a-compendium-halloween-music-light-shows\/\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[428,3],"tags":[1429,1430,1427,1158,741,1426,1428,542],"class_list":["post-2379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock-n-roll-photog-2","category-video","tag-acdc","tag-awolnation","tag-deadmau5","tag-fall-out-boy","tag-gothic-christmas","tag-nightmare-before-christmas","tag-rammstein","tag-rob-zombie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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