With summer drawing to a close, the kids heading back to school, and the long Labor Day weekend in sight, many of us look forward to the final getaway weekend of the summer. For some, it’s heading out to the beach for a day surfing, or maybe to the lake for boating, possibly to the river for fishing, still others to the mountain forests for camping. Maybe your weekend is closer to home for a BBQ in the backyard with family and friends or even to the stadium to enjoy a tailgate party before the game. Whatever your pleasure, it seems probable that the next likely day or event you may think 
about, other than maybe something so insignificant as a family member’s birthday or anniversary (ha ha), is Halloween. In recent years, it looks like there is more fanfare about the grand event with many people really get caught up in the spirit. It has become a tradition for many to turn their house and/or yard into Hell’s Resort, the “lively” Haunted Cemetery or a replica of the fabled Transylvania from folklore or movie fame. So here you will find a mass compilation of songs and music that fit the occasion for your mp3 sound system or playlist to get things moving. Some of the songs here are obvious while others are not. Majority of the songs 
featured here represent the subject matter of various haunting themes (ghosts, goblins, witches, skeletons, werewolves, zombies, demons, Dracula, the Devil himself, hell, haunted houses, graveyards, full moons, evil creatures, etc). A number of these come from various movies and television shows. Others are simply the eerie and spooky sound effects or instrumentals. There are even those that were never really meant to be associated with Halloween yet have similar trademarks that reflect with the night’s theme. There are a few revered cult favorite music icons out there whom you can associate most of their music with “fright night” (ie… Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, The Misfits, King Diamond). Variety abounds … there are the novelty songs, easy going kid’s favorites, mild-mannered oldies, classical masterpieces that go back as much as 300 years, instrumental 
pieces, movie soundtracks, classic rock, modern rock, alternative, classic country, blues, punk, new wave, thrash metal, etc.) And to keep those Death Metal, Speed Metal or Thrash Metal fans satisfied, a number of their stuff is included here as well – since looking for hardcore sounds associate the night with the “3 M’s” – mayhem, murder and madness. There truly is something here for every taste in music and as well as every type of party atmosphere.
Happy Hauntings!
* NOTE THAT THIS LIST HAS BEEN RECENTLY UPDATED & SEVERAL MORE SONGS HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR EVEN MORE HALLOWEEN THRILLS FOR HALLOWEEN 2011
Songs For Halloween
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- Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
- Addam’s Family Theme – TV Theme Song
- Addam’s Groove – MC Hammer
- Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked – Cage The Elephant
- All American Nightmare – Hinder
- All Hallow’s Eve – Manheim Steamroller
- All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose – Kiss
- All Nightmare Long – Metallica
- All You Zombies – Hooters
- American Witch – Rob Zombie
- And When I Die – Blood Sweat & Tears
- Astro Zombies – The Misfits
- At The Devil’s Ball – Irving Berlin (circa 1913)
- At The Graves – King Diamond
- Attack of The Fifty Foot Woman – The Tubes
- Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Bark At The Moon – Ozzy Osbourne
- Batdance – Prince
- Bat Out of Hell – Meat Loaf
- Bats In The Belfry – Dispatch
- Battle of Evermore – Led Zeppelin
- Be Quick Or Be Dead – Iron Maiden
- Beautiful Monster – Ne-Yo
- Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus
- Bewitched Theme – TV Theme Song
- Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered – Frank Sinatra (from the film Pal Joey)
- Bigfoot – Bro Smith
- Bitches Brew – Aerosmith
- Black #1 (Little Miss Scare-All) – Type-O Negative
- Black Cat – Janet Jackson
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
- Black Magic Woman – Santana
- Blair Witch Theme – Movie soundtrack
- The Blob – Five Blobs
- Bloodletting (The Vampire’s Song) – Concrete Blonde
- Bodies – Drowning Pool
- The Boogie Man Is Outside – John Carpenter (from the Halloween movie series)
- The Boogie Monster – Gnarls Barkley
- Boris The Spider – The Who
- Burn The Witch – Queens of The Stone Age
- Castin’ My Spell – Johnny Otis
- Cemetary Gates – Pantera
- Children of The Grave – Black Sabbath
- Clap For The Wolfman – Guess Who
- Cold Ethyl – Alice Cooper
- Crazy In The Night – Kim Carnes
- Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
- The Creature – Buchanan & Goodman (novelty classic)
- Creature Features Theme (aka: Gotham City Municipal Swing Band) (note that this is the opening theme song from the 1970’s cult classic late night TV series “Creature Features”) – Neil Hefti
- Creature From The Black Lagoon – Dave Edmunds
- Creeping Death – Metallica
- Cryptorchild – Marilyn Manson
- D.O.A. – Bloodrock
- Dark As A Dungeon – Johnny Cash
- Dark Lady – Cher
- Dark Shadows Theme – From The TV Series
- Darkness – Aerosmith
- Daughter of Darkness – Tom Jones
- Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
- Dead Memories – Slipknot
- Dead Or Alive – Oingo Boingo
- Dead Skin Mask – Slayer
- Demons – Guster
- Devil In Disguise – Elvis Presley
- Devil Inside – INXS
- Devil Town – Bright Eyes
- Devil Went Down To Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
- Devil With A Blue Dress On – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
- Devil Woman – Cliff Richard
- The Devil’s Ball – World Inferno Friendship Society
- Devil’s Child – Judas Priest
- Devil’s Den – Clarence Brewer
- Devil’s Haircut – Beck
- Die Die My Darling – The Misfits
- Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead – The Fifth Estate (from The Wizard of Oz)
- Dinner With Drac – John Zacherle
- Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en – North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative” (NAHPI)
- Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
- Dracula – Gorillaz
- Dracula (Main Title & Storm Sequence) – Movie Theme
- Dragula – Rob Zombie
- Du Hast – Rammstein
- Every Day Is Halloween – Ministry
- Evil Ways – Santana
- Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
- Eye of The Witch – King Diamond
- Eye of The Zombie – John Fogerty
- Eyes Without A Face – Billy Idol
- The Family Ghost – King Diamond
- Fear of The Dark – Iron Maiden
- Feed My Frankenstein – Alice Cooper
- Fire – Crazy World of Arthur Brown
- The Flying Dutchman – Manheim Steamroller (a classical piece by Wagner)
- For Whom The Bell Tolls – Metallica
- Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group
- Frankenstein of ’59 – Buchanan & Goodman (50’s novelty classic)
- Frankenstein Returns – Buchanan & Goodman (50’s novelty classic)
- Frankenstein Twist – The Mansfields
- Frankenstein’s Den – Hollywood Flames
- Freaks Come Out At Night – Whodini
- Friday The 13th – Movie Theme
- Friend of the Devil – Grateful Dead
- Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding – Elton John
- Funeral March of A Marionette – Alfred Hitchcock Theme (a classical piece by Gounod)
- Funeral March of The Marionettes – Manheim Steamroller (a classical piece by Gounod)
- Funeral Pyre – The Jam
- Fur Elise – Beethoven (used in the annual TV special – Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown)
- Ghost – Howie Day
- The Ghost In You – Psychedelic Furs
- The Ghost of Tom Joad – Bruce Springsteen
- The Ghost of Tom Joad – Rage Against The Machine
- The Ghost of You – My Chemical Romance
- Ghost Riders In The Sky – Johnny Cash
- Ghost Riders In The Sky – Outlaws
- Ghost Riders In The Sky – Ramrods
- Ghost Town – Specials
- Ghost Train – Elvis Costello
- The Ghosts Around You – Longwave
- Ghostbusters (theme song from the movie Ghostbusters) – Ray Parker Jr.
- Ghoul’s Night Out – The Misfits
- Go To Hell – Alice Cooper
- Graveyard Blues – Clarence Brewer
- Groovy Ghost Show – Casper
- H – A – Double L – O – W – Double E – N Spells Halloween – Wade Denning & Kay Lande (classic kid’s song from 1969)
- Hall of The Mountain King – Manheim Steamroller (a classic piece by Grieg)
- Halloween – A.F.I.
- Halloween – Dave Matthews Band
- Halloween – Dead Kennedys
- Halloween – The Misfits
- Halloween – King Diamond
- Halloween – Dream Syndicate
- Halloween – Helloween
- Halloween – Siouxsie & The Banshees
- Halloween Americana – Everclear
- Halloween Blues – Clarence Brewer
- Halloween Dance – Reverend Horton Heat
- Halloween Girl – Seraphim Shock
- Halloween Head – Ryan Adams
- Halloween On The Barbary Coast – Flaming Lips
- Halloween Parade – Lou Reed
- Halloween Theme – John Carpenter’s Classic Movie Theme
- Haunted – Taylor Swift
- Haunted House – BB King
- Haunted House – Jumpin’ Gene Simmons
- Haunted Mansion On The Hill – San Sebastian Strings
- He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask) – Alice Cooper (Theme from Friday The 13th – Part 6 – Jason Lives)
- Hell (D-A-M-N-A-T-I-O-N) – Squirrel Nut Zippers
- Hellraiser – Motorhead
- Hells Bells – AC/DC
- Highway To Hell – AC/DC
- Hotel California – Eagles
- House of A 1000 Corpses – Rob Zombie
- Hunting For Witches – Bloc Party
- I Bleed – The Pixies
- (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight – Cutting Crew
- I Love The Dead – Alice Cooper
- I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- I Put A Spell On You – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- I Put A Spell On You – Marilyn Manson
- I See Monsters – Ryan Adams
- I Want My Baby Back – Jimmy Cross (Dr. Demento novelty classic)
- I Was A Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps
- I Will Be There When You Die – My Morning Jacket
- I’m Your Boogie Man – KC & The Sunshine Band
- I’m Your Boogieman – White Zombie
- In The Shadows – The Stranglers
- Iron Man – Black Sabbath
- It’s Halloween – The Shaggs
- Jack-O-Lantern Blues – Big Jeff
- Jaws Theme (From The Movie) – John Williams
- Keepin’ Halloween Alive – Alice Cooper (see display promo at bottom of post)
- The Killing Jar – Siouxie & The Banshees
- The Killing Moon – Echo & The Bunnymen
- Legend of Wooley Swamp – Charlie Daniels Band
- Lil’ Devil – The Cult
- Lil’ Red Riding Hood – Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
- Little Ghost – The White Stripes
- Living Dead Girl – Rob Zombie
- The Lords of Salem – Rob Zombie
- Love Potion Number Nine – The Clovers
- Love Potion Number Nine – The Searchers
- Lucifer – Alan Parsons Project
- Luciferama (live) – Alan Parsons Project
- Lullaby – The Cure
- Magic Man – Heart
- The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash (one of his very last songs released before his death – very haunting song about death – you gotta check out the lyrics for this also)
- Maneater – Hall & Oates
- Marie Laveau – Bobby Bare
- The Martian Boogie – Brownsville Station
- Martian Hop – Ran-Dells
- Monster – Skillet
- Monster Boogie – Laurie Berkner
- Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
- Monster Mash – The Misfits
- Monsters – Ari Hest
- Monster’s Holiday – Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
- Monster’s Holiday – Buck Owens
- Moonshadow – Cat Stevens
- The Mummy – Bob McFadden & Dor
- The Munster’s Theme – TV Theme Song
- My Little Demon – Fleetwood Mac
- Natural Ghost – Ryan Adams
- Nature Trail To Hell – Weird Al Yankovic (novelty)
- Night
- Night On Bald Mountain – Manheim Steamroller (a classical piece by Mussorgsky)
- Nightmare On Elm Street Theme – Movie Theme
- Nightmare On My Street – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Will Smith)
- No One Lives Forever – Oingo Boingo
- Number of The Beast – Iron Maiden
- O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) – Carl Orff (All Time classical horror theme)
- Paint It Black – Rolling Stones
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath
- People Are Strange – The Doors
- Pet Sematary (from the Stephen King movie) – The Ramones
- Phantom of The Opera Theme – Andrew Lloyd Webber (classic from the Broadway Musical)
- Poison – Alice Cooper
- Poltergeist (Carol Anne’s Theme) – Movie Theme
- Psycho Theme – Alfred Hitchcock’s Classic Movie Theme
- Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
- Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
- Purple People Eater – Dickie Goodman
- The Raven – Alan Parson’s Project
- Red Right Hand – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Rock & Roll Graveyard – Manheim Steamroller
- Rockin’ Bones – The Cramps
- Run Like Hell – Pink Floyd
- Runin’ With The Devil – Van Halen
- Running Scared – Roy Orbison
- Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) – David Bowie
- Searching For The Ghost – Heartless Bastards
- Season of The Witch – Donovan
- She’s My Vampire Girl – Groovie Ghoulies
- She’s Not There – Zombies
- The Shining – (Theme from the movie)
- Shout At The Devil – Motley Crue
- The Skull Beneath The Skin – Megadeth
- Skulls – The Misfits
- Sleeping With Ghosts – Placebo
- Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Manheim Steamroller (a classical piece by Dukas)
- Spiders – System of A Down (from the Soundtrack of the movie – Scream 3)
- Spiders & Snakes – Jim Stafford
- Spiders (Kidsmoke) – Wilco
- Spooky – Classics IV
- Stormy – Classics IV
- Stormy – Santana
- Strange Brew – Cream
- Strange Magic – Electric Light Orchestra
- Superbeast – Rob Zombie
- Superstition – Stevie Wonder
- Superstition – Stevie Ray Vaughn
- Surfin’ Dead – The Cramps
- Swamp Witch – Jim Stafford
- Sympathy For The Devil – Rolling Stones
- Tainted Love – Marilyn Manson
- Tales From The Crypt – Original Theme from The Movie
- Teenage Frankenstein – Alice Cooper
- That Old Black Magic – Sammy Davis Jr.
- This Is Thirteen – Anvil
- This Is Halloween – Marilyn Manson
- This Is Halloween (from the movie Nightmare Before Christmas) – Danny Elfman
- This Is Halloween – Panic At The Disco
- The Time Warp – Theme from Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack
- Thriller – Michael Jackson
- Toccata & Fugue In D Minor – JS Bach (all time classical piece almost 300 years old!)
- Toccata In Demole – Manheim Steamroller (a classical piece by Bach)
- Touch of Evil – Judas Priest
- Transylvania Boogie – Frank Zappa
- Transylvania Mania Blues – (from the Mel Brooks Classic – Young Frankenstein)
- The Tranyslvania Twist – Baron Daemon & The Vampires
- Trick Or Treat – Fastway
- Tubular Bells (Theme From The Exorcist) – Mike Oldfield
- Twilight Zone – TV Theme
- Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone – Manhattan Transfer
- Undertaker – M. Ward
- Unsolved Mysteries Theme – TV Series Theme
- Vampires – Pet Shop Boys
- Vampires Will Never Hurt You – My Chemical Romance
- Voodoo – Godsmack
- Voodoo Child – Jimi Hendrix
- Voodoo Child – Steve Winwood
- Wake The Dead – The Used
- Waltz In Black – The Stranglers
- Welcome To My Nightmare – Alice Cooper
- Werewolf – Five Man Electrical Band
- Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
- When Worlds Collide – Powerman 5000
- Where Evil Grows – Poppy Family
- Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard – Tom Waits
- Who Wants To Be A Zombie Anyways – The Mansfields
- The Witch – The Cult
- Witch Doctor – David Seville & The Chipmunks
- Witch Hunt – Rush
- Witch In The Ditch – Erasure
- Witch Queen of New Orleans – Redbone
- Witchcraft – Frank Sinatra
- Witchcraft – Elvis Presley
- Witches – Cowboy Junkies
- Witch’s Promise – Jethro Tull
- Witchy Woman – Eagles
- X-Files Theme (from the TV Show) – Mark Snow
- Zombie – The Cranberries
- Zombie Jamboree – Harry Belafonte
- Zombie Jamboree – Rockapella
- Zombie Stomp – Ozzy Osbourne
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