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Halloween | 
 enlarge | Creators: Chip Davis, J.S. Bach, Edvard Grieg, Richard Wagner, Charles Gounod, Modest Mussorgsky, Paul Dukas, Mannheim Steamroller
Label: American Gramaphone
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 41191
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 012805103121
EAN: 0012805103121
ASIN: B0000AOV3N
Release Date: September 23, 2003
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Toccata in de Mole (after Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565) - Mannheim Steamroller, | | • | Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 4 - Mannheim Steamroller, | | • | Harvest Dance - Mannheim Steamroller, | | • | Overture to Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), for orchestr - Mannheim Steamroller, | | • | Z-Row Gravity - Mannheim Steamroller, | | • | Funeral March of a Marionette, for piano or orchestra in D minor | | • | Rock & Roll Graveyard | | • | St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain (Ivanova noch' na Lisoy gore), sy | | • | Crystal | | • | All Hallow's Eve | | • | The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orche | | • | Rite of Twilight (after Marius Contant's Twilight Zone Theme Song) | | • | Ride of the Valkyries |
Disc 2
| • | Enchanted Forest | | • | The Other Side | | • | Enchanted Forest II | | • | The Reaper | | • | Ghost Voices | | • | Alien Spaceship | | • | Enchanted Forest III | | • | Mountain King | | • | Digital Death | | • | Souls Demise |
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Genre: Miscellaneous
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 23-SEP-2003
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 Not too many chills, but lots of fun October 25, 2003
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
After reading so many negative reviews, and after having slammed Fresh Aire 8 a couple years ago, I felt the need to write a positive review for this album. I play this album at least once a day, because it is so much fun. As other reviewers have said, Chip just didn't quite get that the music should be more creepy than upbeat in order to create a good Halloween mood. Instead he created an album full of the classical rock music that Mannheim Steamroller is known for, without the usual beautiful, slower tracks to vary the mood. I personally think that this album has a lot more appeal to longtime Mannheim Steamroller fans such as myself rather than the more widespread appeal I think Chip was aiming for (and which he achieved on his Christmas albums), especially those such as myself who, while we enjoy the slow, beautiful tracks, are really waiting for Chip to bring out the synthesizers and drums again and combine them with classical instruments. I will also concede that the originals are not the greatest Chip has ever written, but once again they are good fun. Rock and Roll Graveyard is my personal favorite on the album and it is not at all substantial - just a lot of fun. Certainly, some tracks are better than others, and it does bother me that Crystal and Z-Row Gravity were included (I would much rather have had more original material). Tocatta in de Mole, like Hallelujah Chorus before it, is a very watered-down and uninspiring arrangement, but is not too offensive and for me the rest of the album makes up for it. The sound effects disc is pretty good too. My advice for the prospective buyer is this: if you are looking for a truly scary Halloween album which really sets the mood, then pass this one by. If, however, you love Mannheim Steamroller at its most energetic (but not necessarily most musically substantial - actual musical quality varies from brilliant arrangements to fun pieces of fluff)then you should definitely buy this album. I'm glad I did, and I will probably be playing it until I break out the first Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Thanksgiving weekend.
Incredibly Good October 26, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is amazingly good -- a great hit -- one of the best Mannheim Steamroller albums to come along. I especially love the second CD of just sound effects. They recommend mixing songs from both CDs at parties == perfect!
manheims steamroller halloween November 15, 2007
Rose A. Brenneise (Ft Lauderdale, Fl)
I loved it, made Halloween more enjoyable,I look forward to using it again next year.
What a fun CD for any time of year! April 1, 2010
Fahtimah (Richmond, VA USA)
Loved it! Their "derangments" of classics were fun, just a little spooky, and something I enjoy listening to any time of year. The only pieces I didn't care for were Z-Row Gravity and Crystal which were just a little to new age for me. Still, so much really great listening.
The sound effects disc would be great background, played softly, at a Halloween party, but that's not my thing.
Listen to samples and you'll get a good idea if this is for you.
An interest take on the usual November 6, 2005
badbriar (Ontario, Canada)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure what I'd think of this from reading other reviews, but I really did like it. I'm not really familiar with Mannheim's other stuff (but if the rest of the Autumn cd is anything like Harvest Dance, I'm looking forward to getting it), so I didn't have any preconceived ideas. I have a lot of the classical pieces on other cds, but I like the different twist given to them here. And I did like the sound effect cd. Nicely spooky (I have enough other sound effects cds with screaming and muching ghouls, etc).
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