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2.0 out of 5 stars
Bit of a Martha let-down, really..., July 31, 2001
This review is from: Martha Stewart Living: Spooky Scary Sounds For Halloween (Audio CD)
I'm a fan of Martha, and I *love* Halloween music. When I heard she made a halloween album it was "get out the credit card and call Amazon" time. But this album was a disappointment--I'm going to assume Martha didn't actually design this, but just signed off on it, to maintain my faith in her. The sound quality is good--very crisp recording of ambient halloween noise. It's fine for background music for the trick-or-treaters. But for any other use it's flawed. There's only a single, album-length track, so no putting this one on "shuffle" for your Halloween party. The sounds repeat, so after 20 minutes of this, you start getting deja vu. And there aren't even "themes" in the album--no plots, which some of the more elaborate halloween SFX albums have (this is the "torture chamber piece," this is "Alone by gaslight stalked by Jack the Ripper..." I'm going to wait for an apology from Martha on this one.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Spine tingling!, September 21, 2000
This review is from: Martha Stewart Living: Spooky Scary Sounds For Halloween (Audio CD)
I had hoped this CD would contain the great sound clips I've heard on Martha's show during the Halloween projects, but I was not disappointed. The sound effects are elegant and eerie, not gory and stomach churning as so often is the case. My favorites are owls hooting accompanied by far off thunder, and an old clock chiming. There are plenty of cackles and chains. The combined effect is of walking through the scariest forest imaginable on the scariest night (Halloween, of course!). My only complaint is that it contains the same 5 minutes repeated over and over.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Could've, Should've Been Much Better, November 1, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Martha Stewart Living: Spooky Scary Sounds For Halloween (Audio CD)
This 40 minute CD is a single track with various witch cackles, laughs, owls, clock tickings and heartbeats. The sounds are original and not ripped from other sources, and they are good. The sound mixing is also well done. But what you get is the same 5 minutes looped over and over and over again. If this CD makes you feel like you're walking in a dark forest alone, you must be walking in circles. Make that *small circles*. Given the price of about ..., you'd expect a lot more. Another problem with the CD is that some sections have thumping heartbeats for 30 seconds (not in ... sound sample). If you play this on a boombox it will sound awful. Don't buy this CD unless you plan to put it on a full home stereo with big woofers. Since trick-or-treaters will only be passing by for a moment or two, this CD is adequate for most home Halloween needs. But given the stiff price and what else exists out there, it is not a good value.
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