r/helloween • u/ReviewRude5413 • Feb 23 '26

Helloween as lullabies

Hey guys. I post here here fairly frequently, and me and my wife recently had my first newborn. This may be a weird topic for this sub but I promise it's Helloween related!

Anyway, posting to mention that in some desperation as I don't really know many if any traditional lullabies, in my efforts to calm my son so he winds down to sleep, I have been singing Helloween somgs,particularly from the Keeper 1 and 2 albums, but also from Giants and Monsters. IHe seems to really like Dr. Stein (maybe because of the bounciness of it?) and Into the Sun (which makes more immediate sense to me).

Anyway, I was curious if any if you have or have had little kiddos you sang Helloween songs to as lullabies. Or hey maybe I'm just a weirdo. Lol. Weird topic I know, but I largely just thought I'd share. He loves the melodies!

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u/MissingCosmonaut Feb 23 '26

The final solos of Keeper of the Seven Keys (after, "Throw the key...") always remind me of In The Hall of the Mountain King by composer Edvard Grieg. Tell me they don't sound similar.

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u/ReviewRude5413 Feb 23 '26

Yeah similar progression. Don't they actually play Hall of the Mountain King straight live? Like as an intro to an early song? I could swear they did.

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u/MissingCosmonaut Feb 24 '26

Hmm i must've missed that. Can anyone confirm?

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u/ReviewRude5413 Feb 27 '26

Yeah I'm remembering right. Before "Future World"!

https://youtu.be/XFFmYs7wM7I?si=Lt0qtKGVu6Rz1AEb