10. The Upsetters - Vampire
Lee Scratch Perry seems to have an obsession with Vampire's as his own solo output features many a vampire themed song but we love this upbeat close to rock-steady dub track from his Upsetters years.
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9.The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire
The Moontrekkers were and are a little known Rock and Roll Instrumental group from the U.K. in the 1960's. This song was produced by the ever weird and tone deaf genius Joe Meek. Give it a listen and get groovy.
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8. King Horror - Dracula Prince of Darkness
This is just a classic reggae kitsch record. King Horror really was the king of such fair.
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7. Don - Soul Dracula
This is some odd exotica lounge soul from Thailand. If you want to really scare some people at your halloween party put this Über-rare track on it and get the those leftover weirdos to dance the night away.
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6. Outkast feat Kelis - Dracula's Wedding
This track is a very underrated cut from Speakerboxx/The Love Below which happens to be one of the best albums of the Aughts. This is such a fun and quite frankly odd song about love maybe or marriage being forever or... I give up.
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5. Future Bible Heroes - I'm a Vampire
This is off FBH's Vampire themed concept album Eternal Youth. Its a fun 80's pop avant-garde anthem with a tinge of feminism and vampirism seems to be analogous with youthful naiveté.
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4. Hot Blood - Soul Dracula
Funky Soulful(or soulless) disco funk track from 77 that will continue to live on like a vampire in my halloween playlist getting all the Vamps to dance on the ceiling.
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3. Tuxedomoon - No Tears
An electro-punk-goth hymn. I could imagine those vampires turned as teenagers, being forever angst-ridden, listening to this in their coffins.
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2. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Is their any other song that epitomizes Vampire music, I mean Bauhaus plays the song in the beginning of the Tony Scott weirdness that is The Hunger(staring David Bowie). Its a masterpiece of ethereal rock and really sets the mood for a night of terror.
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1. Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet- Todd Brownings Dracula Re-Score
I fell in love with this score when I watched a live performance of it a few years back and I always watch the film now with this score as it comes with the option on most new DVDs of the film. Take a listen to this ethereal masterwork from the brilliant Glass, probably the only piece of music a vampire would actually enjoy.
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