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Grim Grinning Ghosts

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Disney Sing Along Songs: Happy Haunting uses the song's title and tune, but with some of the lyrics changed. It also contains scenes from various Disney shorts, films, and television episodes.

In the House of Mouse episode " House Ghosts ", the Haunted Mansion ghosts perform the song after Pete unleashes them in an attempt to scare the guests out of the club , only to scare himself out instead.

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(Spoken) When hinges creak in doorless chambers And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls Whenever candle lights flicker where the air is deathly still That is the time when ghosts are present Practicing their terror with ghoulish delight (Sung) When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake Spooks come out for a swinging wake Happy haunts materialize And begin to vocalize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide Or a silly spook may sit by your side Shrouded in a daft disguise They pretend to terrorize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree Spooks arrive for the midnight spree Creepy creeps with eerie eyes Start to shriek and harmonize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize When you hear the knell of a requiem bell Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell Restless bones etherialize Rise as spooks of every size Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Mwahahahahahahahaha! (repeat three times) If you would like to join our jamboree There's a simple rule that's compulsory Mortals pay a token fee Rest in peace, the haunting's free So hurry back, we would like your company Hurry back...hurry back... Be sure to bring your death certificate If you decide to join us Make final arrangements now We've been... dying ...to have you

Girl: Boy, this place is creepy. Boy: Yeah. Girl: I wonder what weird things happen here at night? (imagines) Thurl Ravenscroft : When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake Spooks come out for a swinging wake Happy haunts materialize And begin to vocalize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide Or a silly spook may sit by your side Shrouded in a daft disguise They pretend to terrorize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Chorus: When you hear the knell of a requiem bell Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell Restless bones etherialize Rise as spooks of every size Thurl Ravenscroft: As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree Spooks arrive for the midnight spree Creepy creeps with eerie eyes Start to shriek and harmonize ( Maleficent / Big Bad Wolf : BOO!) Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize If you would like to join a jamboree There's a simple rule that's compulsory Chorus: Mortals pay a token fee Thurl Ravenscroft: Rest in peace, the haunting's free So hurry back, we would like your company Donald (as a ghost): (in the Paris version) Hello! What? Hey, wait a minute! Oh...Well, buh-bye! Goodbye! (fantasy ends) Boy: Danielle? Hey! Danielle! Let's go.

Grim Grinning Ghosts come out... (x4) When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake Spooks come out for a screaming wake Creepy creeps with eerie eyes Start to shriek and harmonize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Flying ghosts in the firelight Rising spooks on every side restless bones materialize eerie eyes in the night Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize So don't close your eyes and try to hide Or a silly spook may sit by your side Dressed up in a strange disguise They pretend to terrorize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out Grim Grinning Ghosts come out Grim Grinning Ghosts come out Grim Grinning Ghosts come out Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out Grim Grinning Ghosts come out Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize

When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake Spooks come out for a swinging wake Happy haunts materialize And begin to vocalize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide Or a silly spook may sit by your side Shrouded in a daft disguise They pretend to terrorize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Mwahahahahahahahaha! As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree Spooks arrive for the midnight spree Creepy creeps with eerie eyes Start to shriek and harmonize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize When you hear the knell of a requiem bell Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell Restless bones etherialize Rise as spooks of every size Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize!!! Mwahahahahahahahaha!

The crypt doors creek and the tombstones quake Spooks come out for a swinging wake Happy haunts materialize And begin to vocalize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize Don't close your eyes and don't try to hide There's a silly spook sitting by your side Shrouded in a draft disguise They pretend to terrorize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize As the moon hangs high with the dead oak trees Spooks arrive for a midnight spree Creepy creeps with eerie eyes Start to shriek and harmonize Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize When your hear the knell of a requiem bell Weird glows gleam where the spirits dwell Restless bones with eerie eyes Rising spooks of every size Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize (instrumental break then repeat whole verse above) Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize (3x)

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Haunted mansion [ ].

Many different music loops are used throughout the Haunted Mansion attractions at Disneyland , Walt Disney World , and Tokyo Disneyland . Speakers disguised within the sets allow the music to fade in and out as guests pass through the different areas. The following variations of "Grim Grinning Ghosts" can be heard in these attractions.

• Entrance Foyer: As guests enter the dimly-lit foyer, a distant organ can be heard. "Grim Grinning Ghosts," played in the slow cadence of a funeral dirge, rumbles through the mansion. This simple arrangement is intended to set the spooky tone for the attraction. It features melody and bass line on a theater organ and an almost inaudible countermelody on tubular bells.
• Loading Area: Guests leave the "stretching room" and proceed down a hall of morphing portraits. One of the ride's most unconventional musical selections plays in the background. An alto flute plays a low rendition of Baker's composition, with tubular bells doubling the melody. There is also a wind-like sound effect that follows the pitches of the song.
• Piano Parlor: In the Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland versions, guests pass by a decrepit music parlor. A shadowy phantom sits at the piano, playing "Grim Grinning Ghosts" as block chords with heavy rubato. This rendition isn't heard in the original Disneyland mansion, but it was recorded during the production of the original attraction. Many sources claim that Buddy Baker himself performed this piece.
• Seance Room: Guests pass through the ominous Corridor of Doors (while the foyer organ plays again) and enter Madame Leota's seance room. A variety of instruments float through the room, including a harp, a tambourine, and a trumpet. The song's melody hums softly on the organ in the background, while the other instruments fade in and out.
• Ballroom: A long mezzanine overlooks the mansion's ballroom, which is swarming with translucent ghosts. On the far left, spirits pour from the pipes of an organ prop as "Grim Grinning Ghosts" howls through the ballroom, this time as a waltz. This piece makes use of unusual chords, including minor/major sevenths and cluster chords. Baker originally approached organist Gaylord B. Carter, who had recorded the other organ tracks for the mansion, for this ballroom waltz. But Carter was taking too sensible an approach for Baker's tastes, so he took a transcription of Carter's improvisations to William Sabransky. Sabransky then improvised from Carter's attempts.
• Attic: A phantom pianist, similar to the one in the Walt Disney World piano parlor, is seen. He is laboring over a grim refrain of Richard Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" instead of "Grim Grinning Ghosts." This music loop, which was added to the Disneyland attraction several decades after it opened, is actually synchronized with the music in the next area. The piece has been transposed into the keys of A minor, A♭ minor, and B minor, with the chords and key changes mimicking those used in "Grim Grinning Ghosts." The piece's structure has also been modified to integrate seamlessly with the graveyard jamboree, which becomes more and more audible as the guests leave the attic.
• Graveyard Jamboree: X Atencio's lyrics are first heard in the graveyard scene. A large number of different music loops play throughout the area. Most of them are ghosts singing the lyrics over a background loop that provides the 1960s style bass line and rhythm section. One of the tracks features a harp, trumpet, oboe, flute, and set of stones. All four verses are present, with first two in A minor, the third in B♭ minor, and the fourth in B minor. This presentation of "Grim Grinning Ghosts" is by far the loudest and most noticeable in the ride.
• Exit Crypt: Guests exit their Doom Buggies and proceed through the exit crypt, which leads back up to New Orleans Square . A final, somber a capella refrain can be faintly heard with different lyrics.

Grim Grinning Ghosts has been covered by the Canadian rock group Barenaked Ladies. A variation of this song is also used at Disney World's Magic Kingdom HalloWishes fireworks show and Disneyland's Halloween Screams fireworks show. It's also used in parades at Disneyland Paris Resort and Hong Kong Disneyland during the Halloween season.

The seasonal " Haunted Mansion Holiday " overlay at the original Anaheim attraction mixes the tune with Danny Elfman's melody lines from The Nightmare Before Christmas together with Jolly Old Saint Nicholas and Jingle Bells . One of the most prominent instances of this is a straight orchestral statement of the "Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize" melody line that plays at the end of the cue for the stretching room.

Phantom Manor [ ]

On April 12 , 1992 , Phantom Manor opened at Disneyland Paris . Based on the original Disneyland ride but with a new backstory tied into Frontierland , Big Thunder Mountain , and Thunder Mesa , Phantom Manor featured a more coherent storyline and an all-new orchestral soundtrack by composer John Debney .

Phantom Manor takes a different approach to the same concept as the previous Haunted Mansion attractions. The intended mood is one of corrupted elegance, rather than morbid kookiness. As a result, the soundtrack is different as well. The traditional Haunted Mansion attractions feature music that is usually played or sung by characters in the scenery: an organist's waltz, a graveyard band jamboree and so on. Phantom Manor, however, has a full orchestral soundtrack that takes a more cinematic approach, although all of the music is based on "Grim Grinning Ghosts", and the vocal audio and film of the Singing Busts from the original 1969 attraction are retained. A variety of instrumentations are used. At various moments, guests hear piano, organ, alto flute, a boy's choir, a jazz band and a female voice soloist who symbolizes the character of Melanie Ravenswood , all in addition to the ordinary orchestral complement.

The Haunted Mansion [ ]

When Walt Disney Pictures released a Haunted Mansion movie, composer Mark Mancina was asked to write the film's music. Like Phantom Manor's soundtrack, the movie score is orchestral and uses "Grim Grinning Ghosts" frequently. However, Mancina used "Grim Grinning Ghosts" in somewhat different ways from Debney, focusing more on relatively light-hearted background music and ominous crescendos of orchestra and organ than on waltz-like passion. Cues such as the film's overture allowed Mancina to work with both "Grim Grinning Ghosts" and a theme of his own invention. A scene in the mansion's graveyard also features the attraction's singing busts, whose musical selections include a few lines from the song. The vast majority of the film's music, though, was never officially released as a soundtrack, though copies of a complete album given to staff and orchestra members can occasionally be found for sale. Four minutes of the score did make it onto the "Haunted Hits" CD release, which groups " Sara Passes Out," the overture, and "Going to Heaven" into one track entitled "Overture from The Haunted Mansion." However, none of the orchestral and/or organ statements of "Grim Grinning Ghosts" are heard on this album.

Inside Out [ ]

The Otherworldly Concerto section of the song can be heard in Inside Out as the background music for one of Riley 's dreams early on in the film.

Graveyard Singers [ ]

The singing busts [ ].

L-R: Ned Nub, Uncle Theodore, Cousin Al, Rollo Rumkin, Phineas Pock

Played by Jay Meyer, Thurl Ravenscroft , Verne Rowe, Bob Ebright, and Chuck Schroeder. Originally, the busts were to be portrayed by five actors but the decision was made to use the singers after they showed a good deal of emotion during the recording session. They sing the majority of the song and, like many of the ghosts, each bust has an official character name. They are: Ned Nub (Meyer), Uncle Theodore (Ravenscroft), Rollo Rumkin (Rowe), Phineas Pock (Ebright), and Cousin Al (Schroeder). Ravenscroft's bust is often misidentified as being Walt Disney himself.

The Opera Singers [ ]

The Opera Singers

Voiced by Loulie Jean Norman (soprano) and Bill Reeve (tenor). The pair alternate between verses for a full repetition of the main song. Buddy Baker directed this recording session himself and spoke of having to record several takes. According to him, the classically trained Norman had a difficult time straying from the actual melody line, which she had perfected prior to recording.

The Ghost Hostess [ ]

"Live shot" of the Ghost Hostess

Played by WED Imagineer Leota "Toombs" Thomas , who is also the face of Madame Leota. Because of this many fans refer to this ghost "Little Leota" but the name is not official. She stands just before the exit and pleads for guests to hurry back and join the party.

• The term "Grim Grinning Ghost" is taken from William Shakespeare 's poem Venus and Adonis where it was used by Venus as a derogatory towards death saying, "a nd, sighing it again, exclaims on Death. ‘Hard-favour’d tyrant, ugly, meagre, lean, Hateful divorce of love,’—thus chides she Death,— ‘Grim-grinning ghost, earth’s worm, what dost thou mean? ".
• In many subtitles for The Haunted Mansion movie, when the singing busts are singing the song, the line "Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize" is incorrectly "When we ghosts come out to socialize".
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When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake Spooks come out for a screaming wake Happy haunts materialize and begin to vocalize Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide Or a silly spook may sit by your side Shrouded in a daft disguise, they pretend to terrorize Grim grinning ghosts, come out to socialize As the moon climbs high over dead Oak Tree Spooks arrive for the midnight spree Creepy creeps with eerie eyes, start to shriek and harmonize Grim grinning ghosts come out socialize When you hear the knell of a requiem bell Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell Restless bones etherealize Rise as spooks of every size

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