Halloween: Monster Mix

Artist: Mannheim Steamroller
Label: American Gramaphone
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 012805103220
EAN: 0012805103220
ASIN: B0002M5TNO

Release Date: 2004-09-21

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Listmania:

A Breath of Fresh Aire

Tracks:

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Enchanted Forest
Hall of the Mountain King
The Other Side
Harvest Dance
Enchanted Forest 2
The Reaper
Night on Bald Mountain
Ghost Voices
Enchanted Forest 3
Crystal
Mountain King
Night Ambience
Full Moon
Enchanted Forest 4
The Flying Dutchman

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Customer Reviews:

Worst Halloween Music Collection of All-Tyme !.......2006-11-02

This CD was hyped as an excellent ,'Halloween Treat'.Well,I was one of the many who were 'Tricked' into buying this crappy CD.Listener Beware!Recycle it! Avoid It ! Nuff said.

Ouch!!! Please stick to Christmas music, that is their niche.......2005-10-28

I was lucky to find someone at work who had this. I was contemplating buying this and thought that I would giive it a listen first. I am so glad I did! A few songs and a bunch of sound effects that are neither scary or alarming. Chip Davis must have thought that this would would be good for something but I can't figure out what. The songs either have that drum machine sample beat played throughout the song just making it sound so synthetic and cheap. Like something played at the mall on a $50 casio keyboard. I am glad that I didn't waste my money on this and am telling you to be careful and do the same. I wonder if the double CD Halloween is any better at 23 songs over 2 discs than this at 16 tracks. I doubt it. This clocks in at just over 40 minutes, could not both discs been combined on one, we really don't need two different versions of this. It is neither scary, spooky, nor exciting but it is boring. You can find a way to spend 40 minutes better than this.

Bah..........2005-01-28

There's really not much reason to buy this album. A year before this was released, Mannheim released an album called "Halloween," which was a two-disc set, with one disc featuring music (mostly Mannheim arrangements of "scary" classical pieces like "Hall Of The Mountain King," plus a few rehases of old Fresh Aire tunes), and the other disc featured spooky sound effects. "Monster Mix" takes samplings from that two-disc set and gives you the abridged version on one disc for a couple of dollars less. They also threw in "Full Moon", which was first released on their "Ambience Series" album, "Autumn Song." Incidentally, I like their "Autumn Song" album quite a bit better than either "Halloween" or "Monster Mix," but you can only get it directly through Mannheim's official website.

For those who aren't familiar with the tracks on this disc-- some of the tracks are decent, though none reached the quality of music that Mannheim put out back in the late 80s/early 90s. Synthesizers always played a heavy role in Mannheim's music, but here, they get a bit overbearing and everything starts to sound a bit cheap and over-quantized (in other words, it all feels like it was machine generated-- which, I suppose, it was.)

Still, if you like the Steamroller sound, and you want to hear them attempt a holiday other than Christmas, you may find this interesting for a couple of listens. But then, just pay the extra dollar or two and get the full double-disc set called "Halloween." Better yet, go to their website (mannheimsteamroller.com) and try "Autumn Song."

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