Just in time for Halloween, we’ve created a scary spooky playlist that features songs from some of our favorite horror/Halloween movie soundtracks. If you’re having a Halloween party and need a playlist, you’ve landed in the right place. Take a look at what all of our staff members have chosen and be sure to sing along if you can!
Haaris:
1. “Witch” - Goblin, off of Susperia
- Dario Argento’s crowning achievement in horror.
2. The Halloween theme music
- SCARIEST MUSIC EVER
3. “Time is On My Side” - The Rolling Stones
- Denzel Washington a possessed fallen angel, com on now…
4. “Cereal Killer” - Method Man/Redman
- It’s not in a movie but it’s a crazy scary song.
Keir:
5. “The Killing Moon” - Echo & the Bunnymen
- From Donnie Darko, was only tangentially a Halloween movie, but I’m going with it anyway.
6. “Never Tear Us Apart” by INX
Justin:
7. “Lose Your Soul” - Dead Man’s Bones
8. “Walking Dead Theme Song” - Brian McCreary
9. “Bit By Bit” - Mother Mother
10. “Earth Death” - Baths
11. “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah (RAC Remix) - Tracy Jordan
Tad:
12. Jaws
13. Ghostbusters
Jacob:
14. “This is Halloween” - Danny Elfman
- Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is my Halloween tradition, and Mr. Elfman flawless soundtrack fuels my passion for this repeated experience.
15. “Thriller” - Michael Jackson
- This short-form music video may as well be a feature film as it consistently remains Halloween’s most popular song.
16. “Banana Boat Song (Day-O)” - Harry Belefonte
- The perfect toungue in cheek song for the seance scene in Tim Burton’s Halloween appropriate “Beetlejuice.”
Carla:
17. “Psycho” score - Bernard Hermann
18. “Living Doll” score from Twilight Zone - Bernard Hermann
Mike:
19. “Dead Man’s Party” - Oingo Boingo
- From Back to School, not a horror movie unless you’re scared of Rodney.
Sean:
20. “Superstar” - Sonic Youth
21. “Don’t Fear The Reaper” - BOC
- Both from “The Frighteners”
John H.:
22. “People Are Strange” - the Doors
23. “Devil in Disguise” - Elvis Presley
24. “Halloween” - The Misfits
Calia:
25. Creepy music from “The Shining”
26. “Thriller” - Michael Jackson
- Sorry Jacob, I had to choose this one too!
John L.:
27. “Day-O” - Harry Belafonte
28. “Soccent Attack” - Steve Jablonsky
- From Transformer’s Soundtrack
Tracy:
29. “Monster Mash” - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers
30. “Somebody’s Watching Me” - Rockwell
