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Songs that make you scream!
On this day in 1897 Dracula was first published. With that in mind, get ready for a playlist of songs to keep you up at night. Horror movie soundtracks, eerie tuneage and gothic soundscapes will be very much on the agenda.
Last on
Sun 26 May 201918:00
BBC Radio 6 Music
Music Played
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The Cult
She Sells Sanctuary
- Beggars Banquet.
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The Birthday Party
Release The Bats
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The Cure
Lullaby
- Fiction.
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Björk
Sidasta Eg
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The Eighties Matchbox B‐Line Disaster
Psychosis Safari
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The Cramps
Human Fly
- Beaky.
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Desperate Journalist
Hollow
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The Doors
Break On Through
- Elektra.
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Scott Walker
Darkness (Plague Of Locust)
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Death in Vegas
Aisha
- Concrete.
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PJ Harvey
Down By The Water
- Island.
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The Damned
Neat, Neat, Neat
- Big Beat.
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The Sisters of Mercy
Lucretia My Reflection
- Warner Bros.
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Tom Waits
What's He Building?
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Bernard Herrmann
Taxi Driver - Main Title theme
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Ennio Morricone
Come Un Madrigale
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Carlo Rustichelli
Aetelier
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Alabama 3
Woke Up This Morning
- Columbia.
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The Horrors
Primary Colours
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Spellbound
- Polydor.
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Savages
The Answer
- Matador.
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Nine Inch Nails
God Break Down The Door
- Caroline International.
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Dead Can Dance
Frontier
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Starcrawler
Pet Sematary
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Bauhaus
Bela Lugosi's Dead
- Small Wonder Records.
Broadcast
- Sun 26 May 201918:00BBC Radio 6 Music
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