Nan Vernon

Nan Vernon is a Canadian singer. She is notable for providing the end credit music of both of Rob Zombie's Halloween films and for being part of the "singer-songwriter trend" of women nurturing folk music's rebirth.

Biography Early life Vernon is the daughter of Nancy West and actor John Vernon, and the sister of actress Kate Vernon. She was raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada until age 8, when she moved with her family to Los Angeles, California. Koenig goes on to write that her "exquisite live reworkings of songs from the '60's, like John Lennon's "Nowhere Man" and Jim Morrison's "Crystal Ship" give insight into her appreciation for rock music's classic poet/lyricists." A new version of the song, "Mr. Sandman", recorded by Nan Vernon, is featured in Rob Zombie's Halloween. She also performs "Love Hurts" for the film's sequel.

Influences In an interview, Vernon said, "I really like theatrical music, like Brecht and that era. I love Eastern European music, the music of the Twenties and Thirties, Cole Porter. I love Elvis Presley. I love lyrical storytelling....I love Tom Waits and Billie Holiday. Velvet Underground. Of the newer bands, I like Belly and Bettie Serveert. I guess my favourite songwriters are John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits".

Solo discography "My Love" (1990) "No More Lullabyes" (1992) "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (1993) "Motorcycle" (1994) Manta Ray (1994) "Elvis Waits" (1994)

Compilation and soundtrack appearances "Moon River" on Shots in the Dark (1996) "A New Shade of Blue" on Delphonic Sounds Today! (1999) "The Hangman's Song" on Dawn of the Dead score (2004) – with Tyler Bates, Joey Waronker, Rusty Logsdon and Soda "Tiger and Dragon" on Re-enter the Dragon: A Black Belt Graffiti of the Grandmaster Dragon by His Li'l Dragons of Sound and Vision (2004) "We'll Come Back for You" in The Devil's Rejects (2005) "Mr. Sandman" on Rob Zombie's Halloween soundtrack (2007) "Somebody Loves You" on Lumberjack Shirts Night: Dedicated to Mala Noche (2007) – by Floy Mae, her latest band "Winter in Parodis" in Werewolf Women of the SS (2007) "(undetermined song) in The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) "Love Hurts" on Rob Zombie's Halloween II soundtrack (2009) and on some advertisements for the Australian horror film The Loved Ones (2009)