Did a song play at a perfectly spooky time, like xylophones in a dark dungeon full of skeletons? Did you notice some of the horror easter egg references I put in some of the art? Did an old Halloween costume photo creep you out from the Super Duper Mart Halloween Costume Contest poster? Did a witchy song play in Salem? Please leave a comment!!! I love hearing from you guys!
FAQ
After you install the ESL with Nexus Mod Manager you must close NMM, reopen it, then go to the plugins list and activate the ESL. Please make sure the ESL is on before asking for technical help.
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If you think a song doesn't fit you may be missing something. For instance, I edited down a clip of the classical music Goldberg Variations by Bach; it is in there because Hannibal Lecter listens to it in the Silence of the Lambs films and it sounds sort of spooky, too, imo.
I won't be including modern-sounding songs in the lore friendly radio station. Sorry dudes. People seem to enjoy the way SSR fits in the world.
If you don't like a song you can skip ahead by turning the station off and on again in the Pip-Boy. (Unless you built a Jack-o-Lantern Radio, that locks the station in.)
A version of Monster Mash is in there!
Version 1.2 is out and it is XWM and ESL if you want it!
If the volume is too loud / not loud enough please use the Radio volume slider in the Settings menu in the game. I set most music levels high while editing but nowhere does any sound "clip" and break the boundaries of the audio range, all sounds should sound good at any volume you set in the game. I erred on the side of high volume versus low since it is easiest to edit that way. Scary stories may sound lower, but that is because their audio peaks (BOO!s, screams and such) are higher than the talking. At this point, working with over 200 pieces of music and stories, going back and re-leveling all songs probably isn't going to happen for a long time if at all, but as I said earlier the in-game volume works perfectly! - New spoken word bits I add will have the sound "compressed" so speaking is closer in volume to loud music stingers/screams. Learned a couple things working on this project.
PARTIAL TRACK LIST:
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Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back) by Calypso Carnival Haunted House Boogie by Jack Rivers The Ghost of Ol’ Man Mose by Harry Gold and His Pieces of Eight with Geoff Love Haunted Heart by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra Haunted Nights by Duke Ellington’s Orchestra Jack, You’re Dead by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five Ninety Nine Years (Dead or Alive) by Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll and his Orchestra and Chorus Murder in the First Degree by St. Louis Jimmy The House is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Goodbye) by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Kenneth Sargent The Headless Horseman by Bing Crosby with The Rhythmaires and Vic Schoen and his Orchestra The Devil Ain’t Lazy by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys with Fred Rose The Yodeling Ghost by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and his Orchestra The Ghost of Barrelhouse Joe by Four Chicks & Chuck Monster Party by Bill Doggett The Old Woman by Susan Reed Howlin’ At The Moon by Del Gillman and his Bar-X Boys The Haunted House by The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Mr. Ghost Goes To Town by The 5 Jones Boys Spooks by Louis Armstrong He’s a Vampire by Archie King Jeepers Creepers by The Four Modernaires Murder, He Says by Betty Hutton Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holiday That Old Black Magic by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with Skip Nelson and The Modernaires Ol’ Man Mose by Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra with Patricia Norman Witch Doctor by David Seville They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! By Napoleon XIV The Wolf Pack by Kid Thomas I Want To Be Evil by Eartha Kitt The Mummy (1932) Trailer Frankenstein (1931) Trailer Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Trailer Bomb Bosh Boogie by Jack Rowe and his Witchita Mountain Boys I Put A Spell On You by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Headless Horseman by Kay Starr The Wobblin’ Goblin by Rosemary Clooney The Monsters Hop by Bert Convy Bogey Wail by Jack Hylton She’s My Witch by Kip Tyler The Mad Scientist by The Zanies Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula by The Diamonds Ghost Guitars by Baron Daemon & The Vampires The Monster by Bobby Please and The Pleasers Haunted House by Cris Kevin I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch by Eartha Kitt Martian Hop by The Ran-Dells Midnight Stroll by The Revels Them! (1954) Trailer The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) Trailer The Astounding She Monster (1957) Trailer Horror Hotel (1960) Trailer Trick or Treat for Halloween by The Mellowmen The Haunted House - music selection from the 1929 animation The Skeleton Dance - music selection from the 1929 animation J. S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor Dracula (1931) Trailer Night Of The Living Dead (1968) Trailer Robot Monster (1953) Trailer White Zombie (1932) Trailer The Wolf Man (1941) Trailer The Haunting (1963) Trailer The Viper - short story The Green Ribbon - short story Music to be Murdered By by Alfred Hitchcock with the Jeff Alexander orchestra - selections from the album Two Little Owls by Burl Ives (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You) by Frank Sinatra Dark’s Pandemonium Carnival by James Horner from Something Wicked This Way Comes The Carnival After Dark by James Horner from Something Wicked This Way Comes Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns - Nikolai Sokoloff conducts the Cleveland Orchestra Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me by Nick Lucas Lavender coffin by Lionel Hampton and Joe James Ghost Stories for Young People - selections from the album by Alfred Hitchcock Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Anita O’Day Goldberg Variations by Bach by Kimiko Ishizaka on OpenGoldbergVariations.org Vertigo (Theme) by Bernard Herrmann Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) by Bing Crosby The Halloween Song by Bing Crosby, Victor Moore, & Boris Karloff Boo Boo Boogie by Murray Arnolds Plays 4 Hands By the Grave of Nobody's Darlin by Girls of The Golden West Pretty Polly by Coon Creek Girls Crazy People by Harry Roy and his RKOlians Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Trailer Cry Of The Dying Duck by Cactus Pryor and his Pricklypears Thrilling, Chilling Sounds of the Haunted House - selections from the 1964 album Omie Wise by Doc Watson Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin by Floyd Tillman Run Rabbit Run by Flanagan and Allen Barbara Allen by Frank Luther And His Pards Gennett Laughing Record by A. H. Weston & Irene Young Ghost Town by Don Cherry with Ray Conniff and his Orchestra and Chorus Green Grass On The Green Hillside by The Morris Brothers (Wiley and Zeke) The Teddy Bear's Picnic by Henry Hall & His Orchestra Here Comes The Boogeyman by Henry Hall & His Orchestra Smoke Stack Lightning by Howlin’ Wolf I Died All Over You by Bud Messner & his Sky Line Boys I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) Trailer If I Know'd Yose a' Comin I'd Cut My Throat by Cactus Pryor and His Prickly Pears I Want To Be Bad by Jack Hylton Halloween Spooks by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Abercrombie had a Zombie by Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orchestra Laughing Record by Major Records Bring Me My Shotgun by Lightnin' Hopkins Little Red Riding Hood - A Grimm Fairy Tale For Hip Kids by Al “Jazzbo” Collins St. James Infirmary by Louis Armstrong Lullaby for a Doll by Jessica Dragonette and Arpad Sandor Double, double toil and trouble - clip from The Tragedy of Macbeth Mack the Knife by Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Mama, Looka Boo Boo (Boo Boo Man) by Calypso Carnival Midnight Boston (Boston de Minuit) by Gardoni and Puig Misty Moon by Bill Doggett The Munsters theme from season 2 by Jack Marshall* Skeleton In The Closet by Nat Gonella & His Georgians Paddy Murphy's Wake by Sun Valley Trio and Larry La Prise Large Marge’s story - clip from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure Poltergeist (1982) Trailer Psycho intro music by Bernard Herrmann Quint’s USS Indianapolis story - clip from Jaws Rats in My Closet by The Georgia Crackers The Little Man Who Wasn't There by Red Norvo & His Orchestra with Mildred Bailey Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson Hellhound on My Trail by Robert Johnson Me and The Devil Blues by Robert Johnson She Made My Blood Run Cold by Ike Turner And His Kings Of Rhythm The Oxford Girl by Shirley & Dolly Collins Hard Times Killing Floor Blues by Skip James Death Letter by Son House Halloween Horrors - selection from the 1977 album Tarantula (1955) Trailer Punky Pumpkin by Teresa Brewer The Addams Family theme by Vic Mizzy The Black Cat - clip from a reading by Christopher Lee The Blob by The Five Blobs (Burt Bacharach / Mack David) The Boogie Woogie Man by The Brian Sisters Campfire Story - clip from The Burning The Clouds Rained Trouble Down by Jack Guthrie and his Oklahomans I Was A Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps The Crooner (Boo, Boo, Boo) by The Three Old Roosters The Cuckoo Bird in the Pickle Tree by Four Aces featuring Al Alberts The Exorcist (1973) Trailer We Three (My Echo My Shadow And Me) by The Ink Spots It Takes All Kinds Of People by Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe read by Vincent Price The Roses I Picked For Our Wedding (Was The Wreath I Layed On Her Grave) by Joe Allison and His Nashville Boys The Twilight Zone Theme by Bernard Herrmann They Took You Away - I’m Glad, I’m Glad by Josephine Thunder and Rainfall by Major Records Children’s Day at the Morgue by Sheldon Allman What’s He Building by Tom Waits A Tombstone Every Mile by Dick Curless Ugga Ugga Boo Ugga Boo by Spike Jones and his City Slickers Dark Was The Night by Blind Willie Johnson You Was Born to Die by Blind Willie McTell Get Out and Get Under the Moon by Helen Kane Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep by Mary Martin and Arthur Godfrey Hide and Seek by Ken Carson with Don Costa and his Orchestra No Hidin’ Place by The Tarriers
On the fair use of old movie trailers and ad posters in the mod: "Remember these are promotional materials that the studios want the public to be exposed to as much as possible. There are myriads of “trailer reaction” videos on the Internet when a new trailer comes out and I have not heard one problem from those uses." SSR is nonprofit, harms no one, is educational on the history of American musical styles and the history of Halloween and literature thereof (short scary stories from our cultural heritage) and transformational, translating old, obscure, out-of-print and/or hard-to-find media into a new experience. Please enjoy with my thanks!
Wow, one of the most unexpectedly awesome updates to a mod I've seen since AWKCR. For what it is I didn't think you could do much better with a lil radio mod, but, you reaaallly did. Nice work!!!
WOW!!! This is like the most awesome radio mod to come out in a long time. I love all the extra things you added as it really brings the life of that fateful October when everything ended. Everyone was celebrating the upcoming Halloween holiday and thanks to this awesome mod you see it in packaging, advertisements, radio and all the little personal touches. I'll totally be recommending this mod to others as it is lore friendly and something that will stay as permanent in my Fallout load order and plays. Thank you for making this, sharing it and always updating it as often as you do.
It was always my aim to have Spooky Scary Radio become a "permanent" mod in people's mod lists. I'm glad you see it that way. Thank you for the kind words, it means a lot! This is my main outlet for my creativity and energy at the moment so I truly appreciate it when you guys comment nice stuff here. :)
The only downside to this mod, though it can be major or minor depending on how you look at it, is that the new posters overwrite the ones that were preexisting, so I can no longer put up propaganda posters in my settlements! If anyone knows how to fix those specifically that would be amazing! For reference, even if you use a mod designed to pull out all DLC items and make them a separate build menu entirely, they remain changed to these posters.
While this is true, it means losing out on all the other textures as well, which I love. Hence why I'm curious if anyone knows a workaround for just those.
So I finally got this running.. Pretty cool mod.. Sadly I didn't listen to it as often as I had expected.
Surprised me however, when I started a new game after uninstalling the mod and all the graphics still remain changed due to the mod. Any way to fix the changes back to vanilla textures?
This mod sounds amazing however I can't seem to get it running. I keep seeing that you need to download ESL and I can't seem to find what you are talking about. 4 pages come up and nothing about ESL as an installed program but rather added to other mods.
I'm probably missing something super simple. I am used to xbox for fallout, so much more to deal with on pc.
I don't really know much about how radio mods work, so can I just delete most of the tracks after installing? I'm never going to hear 500 tracks and it's likely to just make me less likely to hear the best and most appropriate tracks. Great posters and stuff, though, so I'd like to use the newer version that includes those.
There is a good amount of music, indeed. But, a great amount is also vintage audio short horror stories and clips from some shows. To kind of spruce up the Halloween feel. Not sure if deleting things blatantly will work, not sure if the mod depends on certain number of xwm's to function or play.
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Did a song play at a perfectly spooky time, like xylophones in a dark dungeon full of skeletons? Did you notice some of the horror easter egg references I put in some of the art? Did an old Halloween costume photo creep you out from the Super Duper Mart Halloween Costume Contest poster? Did a witchy song play in Salem? Please leave a comment!!! I love hearing from you guys!
FAQ
PARTIAL TRACK LIST:
Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back) by Calypso Carnival
Haunted House Boogie by Jack Rivers
The Ghost of Ol’ Man Mose by Harry Gold and His Pieces of Eight with Geoff Love
Haunted Heart by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
Haunted Nights by Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
Jack, You’re Dead by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Ninety Nine Years (Dead or Alive) by Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll and his Orchestra and Chorus
Murder in the First Degree by St. Louis Jimmy
The House is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Goodbye) by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Kenneth Sargent
The Headless Horseman by Bing Crosby with The Rhythmaires and Vic Schoen and his Orchestra
The Devil Ain’t Lazy by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys with Fred Rose
The Yodeling Ghost by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and his Orchestra
The Ghost of Barrelhouse Joe by Four Chicks & Chuck
Monster Party by Bill Doggett
The Old Woman by Susan Reed
Howlin’ At The Moon by Del Gillman and his Bar-X Boys
The Haunted House by The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
Mr. Ghost Goes To Town by The 5 Jones Boys
Spooks by Louis Armstrong
He’s a Vampire by Archie King
Jeepers Creepers by The Four Modernaires
Murder, He Says by Betty Hutton
Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holiday
That Old Black Magic by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with Skip Nelson and The Modernaires
Ol’ Man Mose by Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra with Patricia Norman
Witch Doctor by David Seville
They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! By Napoleon XIV
The Wolf Pack by Kid Thomas
I Want To Be Evil by Eartha Kitt
The Mummy (1932) Trailer
Frankenstein (1931) Trailer
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Trailer
Bomb Bosh Boogie by Jack Rowe and his Witchita Mountain Boys
I Put A Spell On You by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Headless Horseman by Kay Starr
The Wobblin’ Goblin by Rosemary Clooney
The Monsters Hop by Bert Convy
Bogey Wail by Jack Hylton
She’s My Witch by Kip Tyler
The Mad Scientist by The Zanies
Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula by The Diamonds
Ghost Guitars by Baron Daemon & The Vampires
The Monster by Bobby Please and The Pleasers
Haunted House by Cris Kevin
I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch by Eartha Kitt
Martian Hop by The Ran-Dells
Midnight Stroll by The Revels
Them! (1954) Trailer
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) Trailer
The Astounding She Monster (1957) Trailer
Horror Hotel (1960) Trailer
Trick or Treat for Halloween by The Mellowmen
The Haunted House - music selection from the 1929 animation
The Skeleton Dance - music selection from the 1929 animation
J. S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Dracula (1931) Trailer
Night Of The Living Dead (1968) Trailer
Robot Monster (1953) Trailer
White Zombie (1932) Trailer
The Wolf Man (1941) Trailer
The Haunting (1963) Trailer
The Viper - short story
The Green Ribbon - short story
Music to be Murdered By by Alfred Hitchcock with the Jeff Alexander orchestra - selections from the album
Two Little Owls by Burl Ives
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You) by Frank Sinatra
Dark’s Pandemonium Carnival by James Horner from Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Carnival After Dark by James Horner from Something Wicked This Way Comes
Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns - Nikolai Sokoloff conducts the Cleveland Orchestra
Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me by Nick Lucas
Lavender coffin by Lionel Hampton and Joe James
Ghost Stories for Young People - selections from the album by Alfred Hitchcock
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Anita O’Day
Goldberg Variations by Bach by Kimiko Ishizaka on OpenGoldbergVariations.org
Vertigo (Theme) by Bernard Herrmann
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song) by Bing Crosby
The Halloween Song by Bing Crosby, Victor Moore, & Boris Karloff
Boo Boo Boogie by Murray Arnolds Plays 4 Hands
By the Grave of Nobody's Darlin by Girls of The Golden West
Pretty Polly by Coon Creek Girls
Crazy People by Harry Roy and his RKOlians
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Trailer
Cry Of The Dying Duck by Cactus Pryor and his Pricklypears
Thrilling, Chilling Sounds of the Haunted House - selections from the 1964 album
Omie Wise by Doc Watson
Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin by Floyd Tillman
Run Rabbit Run by Flanagan and Allen
Barbara Allen by Frank Luther And His Pards
Gennett Laughing Record by A. H. Weston & Irene Young
Ghost Town by Don Cherry with Ray Conniff and his Orchestra and Chorus
Green Grass On The Green Hillside by The Morris Brothers (Wiley and Zeke)
The Teddy Bear's Picnic by Henry Hall & His Orchestra
Here Comes The Boogeyman by Henry Hall & His Orchestra
Smoke Stack Lightning by Howlin’ Wolf
I Died All Over You by Bud Messner & his Sky Line Boys
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) Trailer
If I Know'd Yose a' Comin I'd Cut My Throat by Cactus Pryor and His Prickly Pears
I Want To Be Bad by Jack Hylton
Halloween Spooks by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Abercrombie had a Zombie by Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orchestra
Laughing Record by Major Records
Bring Me My Shotgun by Lightnin' Hopkins
Little Red Riding Hood - A Grimm Fairy Tale For Hip Kids by Al “Jazzbo” Collins
St. James Infirmary by Louis Armstrong
Lullaby for a Doll by Jessica Dragonette and Arpad Sandor
Double, double toil and trouble - clip from The Tragedy of Macbeth
Mack the Knife by Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars
Mama, Looka Boo Boo (Boo Boo Man) by Calypso Carnival
Midnight Boston (Boston de Minuit) by Gardoni and Puig
Misty Moon by Bill Doggett
The Munsters theme from season 2 by Jack Marshall*
Skeleton In The Closet by Nat Gonella & His Georgians
Paddy Murphy's Wake by Sun Valley Trio and Larry La Prise
Large Marge’s story - clip from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
Poltergeist (1982) Trailer
Psycho intro music by Bernard Herrmann
Quint’s USS Indianapolis story - clip from Jaws
Rats in My Closet by The Georgia Crackers
The Little Man Who Wasn't There by Red Norvo & His Orchestra with Mildred Bailey
Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson
Hellhound on My Trail by Robert Johnson
Me and The Devil Blues by Robert Johnson
She Made My Blood Run Cold by Ike Turner And His Kings Of Rhythm
The Oxford Girl by Shirley & Dolly Collins
Hard Times Killing Floor Blues by Skip James
Death Letter by Son House
Halloween Horrors - selection from the 1977 album
Tarantula (1955) Trailer
Punky Pumpkin by Teresa Brewer
The Addams Family theme by Vic Mizzy
The Black Cat - clip from a reading by Christopher Lee
The Blob by The Five Blobs (Burt Bacharach / Mack David)
The Boogie Woogie Man by The Brian Sisters
Campfire Story - clip from The Burning
The Clouds Rained Trouble Down by Jack Guthrie and his Oklahomans
I Was A Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps
The Crooner (Boo, Boo, Boo) by The Three Old Roosters
The Cuckoo Bird in the Pickle Tree by Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
The Exorcist (1973) Trailer
We Three (My Echo My Shadow And Me) by The Ink Spots
It Takes All Kinds Of People by Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe read by Vincent Price
The Roses I Picked For Our Wedding (Was The Wreath I Layed On Her Grave) by Joe Allison and His Nashville Boys
The Twilight Zone Theme by Bernard Herrmann
They Took You Away - I’m Glad, I’m Glad by Josephine
Thunder and Rainfall by Major Records
Children’s Day at the Morgue by Sheldon Allman
What’s He Building by Tom Waits
A Tombstone Every Mile by Dick Curless
Ugga Ugga Boo Ugga Boo by Spike Jones and his City Slickers
Dark Was The Night by Blind Willie Johnson
You Was Born to Die by Blind Willie McTell
Get Out and Get Under the Moon by Helen Kane
Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep by Mary Martin and Arthur Godfrey
Hide and Seek by Ken Carson with Don Costa and his Orchestra
No Hidin’ Place by The Tarriers
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On the fair use of old movie trailers and ad posters in the mod: "Remember these are promotional materials that the studios want the public to be exposed to as much as possible. There are myriads of “trailer reaction” videos on the Internet when a new trailer comes out and I have not heard one problem from those uses." SSR is nonprofit, harms no one, is educational on the history of American musical styles and the history of Halloween and literature thereof (short scary stories from our cultural heritage) and transformational, translating old, obscure, out-of-print and/or hard-to-find media into a new experience. Please enjoy with my thanks!
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This is like the most awesome radio mod to come out in a long time. I love all the extra things you added as
it really brings the life of that fateful October when everything ended. Everyone was celebrating the upcoming
Halloween holiday and thanks to this awesome mod you see it in packaging, advertisements, radio and all the
little personal touches. I'll totally be recommending this mod to others as it is lore friendly and something that
will stay as permanent in my Fallout load order and plays. Thank you for making this, sharing it and always
updating it as often as you do.
Surprised me however, when I started a new game after uninstalling the mod and all the graphics still remain changed due to the mod. Any way to fix the changes back to vanilla textures?
I'm probably missing something super simple. I am used to xbox for fallout, so much more to deal with on pc.
Help would be appreciated. TA
I don't really know much about how radio mods work, so can I just delete most of the tracks after installing? I'm never going to hear 500 tracks and it's likely to just make me less likely to hear the best and most appropriate tracks. Great posters and stuff, though, so I'd like to use the newer version that includes those.
Edit 12/13/20: Found the author randomly on Reddit, and can confirm they are okay.