Elegantly Creepy Halloween Music

Darwin Chamber, whose "3D" soundscapes I recommended last year (see interview), is back with a new Halloween underscore.

I just received his new album 3D Halloween Sound FX (Collectors' Edition) via iTunes gift certificate, which is a cool way to do promotion. (Now if only the e-mail were accompanied by the sound of the mail cart that used to set off the "promosexual" reviewers every afternoon at my last music magazine....)

Anyway, Chamber's new compilation is miles above the typical bucket of clanking chains, fake screams, and goofy cackling you hear on typical horror SFX albums. His tracks are cinematic and lyrical, painting audible pictures in your mind, and the 3D processing adds extra tingle. Check it out at the iTunes Store and get ready to scare your neighborhood.

Chambers says he has a 3D Christmas album coming out in November as well. That might make a welcome change from cloying carols.