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Halloween is THE party night, and nothing completes the mood like a cool Terror Tune. Whether it's the tried-and-true party classic or an atmosphere-setting eerie instrumental, the best music for your Halloween in listed below. Click on an album cover in the Best Collections section and buy it on Amazon. Or, click on the individual song titles below and download songs directly from the iTunes Store. Happy haunting!


Elvira Presents
Haunted Hits

Classics in a now out of print but not impossible to find cd.

Halloween Hits
Ten essential party tunes in one easy to find collection under $10!

New Wave Halloween
A convergence of everything 80s and Halloween - totally tubular!

Halloween Hootenanny
Rob Zombie and friends put together a fun, surfy, punky, and goofy tribute to the holiday.

Midnight Syndicate:
Out of the Darkness
Creepy hits of the gothic horror instrumentalists, all in remastered glory.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Janet, Brad, and Dr, Franknfurter vamp it up in this 70s cult classic.

Nightmare Before Christmas
The 2006 2-CD reissue of Tim Burton's magical holiday tale.

iTunes Essentials: Halloween
Download the best of the best directly from this iTunes Store collection.

 

 

 

Its difficult to find a good collection of horror movie themes. The ones that do exist tend to be re-recorded by a different artists so they never quite sound right. Below is a list of my favorite Eerie Instrumentals (highlighted titles are linked to the iTunes Store):

Theme from the "Nightmare on Elm Street"
Charles Bernstein

"Night On Bald Mountain"
Modest Mussorgsky
Horror Movies
iTunes Essentials

Theme form "Beetlejuice"
Danny Elfman

Theme from "Dracula"
John Williams

"The Flying Dutchman"
Mannheim Steamroller

Theme from"Friday The 13th, Part 3-D"
Harry J. Manfredini

Hall Of The Mountain King
Mannheim Steamroller

Theme from "Halloween"
John H. Carpenter
"The Amityville Horror"
Motion Picture Soundtrack

Theme from "The Shining"
Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
Mannheim Steamroller

Theme from "The Exorcist/Tubular Bells"
Michael Oldfield

Theme from the "Twilight Zone"
Neil Norman

Theme from "The X-Files"
Mark Snow

"Psycho" Suite
Elmer Bernstein