Excellent Music for Halloween

OCT 6, 2017

Everyone loves special music for the season, but Halloween/October tends to lack many of the songs that other Holiday seasons possess. The pumpkins turn to Jack O'Lanterns like the all of the other things of Earth transition. Summer transitions to Winter, Men to Wolves, the Dead to the Living, etc. So here are some different music types to help put you in the mood for a scary and haunting All Hallows' Eve-

The Rock/Pop Category

The Monster- Eminem featuring Rhianna- A song about one's inner demons
One Last Breath- Creed- A song about despair and suicidal contemplation

https://youtu.be/qnkuBUAwfe0

Superstition- Stevie Wonder- Spooky music even though the artist is condemning superstition

https://youtu.be/ltZL5d1XOxw

Only After Dark- Def Leppard
Purple People Eater- Sheb Wooley- An alien that eats purple people...The alien is not necessarily purple.
Hurt- Johnny Cash- Overcoming drug addiction and struggling for the will to live. Originally a NIN song, Cash took it and made it a masterpiece.

https://youtu.be/vt1Pwfnh5pc

Highway to Hell- AC/DC
Werewolves of London- Zevon

https://youtu.be/nhSc8qVMjKM

The Monster Mash- Bobby Picket & the Crypt Kickers
Thriller- Michael Jackson

https://youtu.be/sOnqjkJTMaA

Ghostbusters- Ray Parker Jr.

https://youtu.be/Fe93CLbHjxQ

Classical/Instrumental

The Theme from Halloween
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
Night on Bald Mountain

https://youtu.be/SLCuL-K39eQ

The Rite of Spring, Part 2- The Sacrifice
Imperial March (Star Wars)

https://youtu.be/BgAlQuqzl8o

Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: No. 5 Songe D’une nuit de sabbat

Jazz

I put a spell on you - Nina Simone

https://youtu.be/DvZIWXxa-3g

I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You- Zoot Sims & Eddie Lockjaw Davis
Masquerade is Over- Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Devil’s in My Den- Ahmad Jamal

https://youtu.be/Ucqo\_AfMCOo