300+ Halloween Songs and Albums Over 300 Songs for Halloween Theme Rides in Your Indoor Cycling Classes Compiled by Jennifer Sage, updated October 2013 Halloween presents a unique opportunity for some really fun musically themed classes—the variety is only limited by your imagination. Songs can include spooky, dark, or classic-but-cheesy Halloween tunes (such as Monster Mash). Or you can imagine the wide variety of costumes and use those themes. I’ve included a few common themes such as Sci-Fi and Spy Thriller in my list. Over the years I’ve gotten many of these song suggestions from various online forums, other instructors, and by simply searching online music sources for “Halloween”, “James Bond”, “Witch”, “Ghost” and other key words. This is my most comprehensive list to date. If you have more song ideas, please email them to me so I can continually update this list for future versions. [email protected]. This year’s playlist contains 50 new specific song suggestions and numerous new album suggestions. I’ve included a lot more from the “darkwave” and “gothic” genres. I’ve added “Sugar/Candy” as its own theme. Sources: It’s impossible to list multiple sources for every song but to speed the process up for you, we list at least one source so you don’t spend hours searching for these songs. As with music itself, you have your own preference for downloading sources, so you may want to check there first. Also, some countries may not have the same music available due to music rights. My own preference is to first look on eMusic, because it is the least expensive means of acquiring music legally, that is, if you download a lot of music. Especially for Halloween or other theme songs, who wants to pay very much for songs that you’ll probably use once a year? (Although a few of the songs included are more versatile and can be used throughout the year). Songs on eMusic are usually about about half the cost of iTunes when purchased as a member, so it may be worthwhile just joining for a month to download as bunch of songs at one time. When I cannot find it on eMusic, I’ll then check Amazon, where songs usually cost $.10 - $.30 less than iTunes. Amazon has two sources, one for CD purchases and for Mp3s. Some are only available on CD, but make sure to check both. Amazon has probably the widest selection of all music. If you cannot find a song on any of these three, then Google the song and see if it is available on another source, such as a foreign download site (some unfortunately are foreign songs, only available in the US as imports). There are a few other sites I list, such as Copyright © 2012 IndoorCyclingAssociation.com Page 1 Indoor Cycling Association 240 Halloween Songs and Albums Spinning.com or a mashup site. Of course, Spotify is also a great source if you don’t want to own the song, but you’ll find that many aren’t available. In each of the sources, do a search for “Halloween” under “Albums”. You will get dozens of additional options for Halloween anthems. Many are covers or remixes, some are good, some are really quite bad, but many will make good “filler” songs for your Halloween rides. You may also want to search for “soundtracks” or “films” for movies, such as Batman, Spiderman, the Matrix and more. ICA now has five Halloween profiles to choose from, each with suggested playlists. • Hounds of Halloween 2013 • The Feared Fang Mountain Ride 2013 • Truth AND Consequences 2012 • Trick or Treat 2012 • It’s a Halloween Party in the Hills 2011 If you are lucky enough to teach several different classes over the Halloween week, you can teach a different ICA profile each day of the week! Or if creating your own, you may want to create a different theme for each one. Here are just a few options: • Cheesy Halloween songs • Spooky/eerie • Monsters (Frankenstein, vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc) • Murder (from various soundtracks, Johnny Bernstein, etc) • Spy/intrigue • UFO/Starwars theme • Pirates • Movie soundtracks • Sugar/candy • Middle Earth, fantasy For the 300+ song playlist that follows (plus over 40 albums), I use the following abbreviations: E = eMusic; A = Amazon, I = iTunes, S = Spotify. I have highlighted in yellow the songs that I particularly like, (and double star** it when I really like it and it’s almost always in my yearly Halloween playlist), but that doesn’t mean some of the others aren’t excellent or that you might like them better. I’ve also highlighted in green the newest additions for 2013, since many download my list every year. Copyright © 2013 Indoor Cycling Association Page 2 Indoor Cycling Association 240 Halloween Songs and Albums Halloween, Movie & TV Soundtracks & eerie songs Full albums for Halloween songs • Dark Moments: 25 Gothic EBM Darkwave Industrial Songs (A) (There are many volumes of Dark Moments, Dark Culture and Dark-Folk albums, of the industrial, “darkwave” and gothic genres, some on iTunes, some on Amazon) • Songs From Forgotten Lands, Lugburz (E)** (Middle Earth theme) • Zombified Halloween Beats, The Cabal (A) • Cinematic Soundscapes, Hybrid** (E) (Used in the ICA profile The Hounds of Halloween) • Johnny Bernstein has a series of “sinister” high drama albums. Murder Files (best one), Nocturnes, Sinister Event, Current Affairs • Halloween Trance Or Treat, Various Artists (I) (40 songs) • Halloween Classics: The Evil, The Demented, and the Just Plain Weird (E)** - this is a great one to get with some classics • Halloween Mischief Night Music (E) • The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, by Midnight Syndicate (E) • Halloween Music Collection, by Midnight Syndicate (E) • Famous Monsters, by Misfits (E) • Death Threat, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (E) • Mutations – A Tribute to Alice Cooper (Various artists) (E) • Spooky Ireland on Halloween, The Irish Vampires (E) • AMC Presents Listen to the Movies: Monsterfest (E) • Scary Horror Themes, The Horror Theme Ensemble (A) • Alfred Hitchcock, An Essential Collection (A) • Scream Themes: Halloween Horror Music (A) • 13 Scary Movie Hits (A) • Haunted Halloween Shock Jams, DJ Tricky Treats (A) • Halloween Monster Party, DJ Tricky (A) • Greatest Halloween Dance Album, DJ Tricky (A) • The Vampire Diaries, Various Artists (A) • Calling All Monsters (Dubstep Remix), 2011 Halloween Edition (kinda cool dubstep versions of a lot of songs on this Halloween playlist!) (A) • Halloween Horror Hits 2: More Music of the Night From Film and Television (A) • Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 100 TV Tunes (E) Movie Soundtracks • Friday the 13th, Various Artists, Music from the Motion Picture (E) • Matrix Reloaded Suite, Don Davis, The Matrix Reloaded: The Album (A) • Psycho, City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (I) • Psycho (The Murder), Silver Screen Soundtrack Orchestra, 13 Scary Movie Hits • Ave Satani, The Omen (A) Copyright © 2013 Indoor Cycling Association Page 3 Indoor Cycling Association 240 Halloween Songs and Albums • Theme From Friday The 13th, Harry Manfredini, Halloween Themes/Horror Movie Music (A) • A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Horror Theme Ensemble, Scary Horror Themes (I) • Theme From The Shining, The Complete Movie Soundtrack Collection (A) • Sleepy Hollow, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (I) • Sleepy Hollow, Danny Elfman, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Rip Van Winkle (A) • Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Storm, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (I) • Nosferatu Overture, Omens Of Nosferatu, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (I) • Poltergeist, Horror Movies, the Ultimate Movie Soundtrack Themes (A) • The Outer Limits, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (I) • The Twilight Zone, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (I) • The Theme Song from Jaws (I) • Ghost Busters, Ray Parker Jr. (covers on E, original on I or A) • Get Smart Theme, Secret Agent File (E) • Tubular Bells (Theme from The Exorcist), Mike Oldfield, Mike Oldfield (E) • Tubular Bells Club Remix, DiscoPhantom, Exorcist Dance Remixes (E)* • Hedwig’s Theme, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Music From the Harry Potter Films (E) • Theme from Harry Potter, Musica Paradiso, The Very Best of Fantasy Movies (A) • Theme from Spider Man, The Very Best of Fantasy Movies (A) Halloween Themed Tracks (spooky, murder, traditional, cheesy): • Dark Angel, Lamia, Dark Moments Vol 6: 25 Gothic EBM Darkwave Industrial Songs (A, I) ** • Angel Dust, Tors of Dartmoor, Dark Moments Vol 1 – 25 Dark-Folk Gothic Darkwave Songs (A, I) • My Gothic Girl, Lagrima Negra, Dark Moments Vol 6: 25 Gothic EBM Darkwave Industrial Songs Vol 6 (I) • Daddy Cool, Seven Seas, Dark Moments Vol 6: 25 Gothic EBM Darkwave Industrial Songs (I) • Bring on the Dying, Aslan Faction, Bothic Culture, Vol 13 – 25 Darkwave & Industrial Tracks • Dark Omen, The Cabal, Zombified Halloween Beats (A) • Out to Get You, Johnny Bernstein, Murder Files * • Silent Fury, Johnny Bernstein, Murder Files * • No Remorse, Johnny Bernstein, Murder Files • The Insider, Johnny Bernstein, Murder Files • Stalking the Killer, Johnny B, Murder Files • Sea Chase, Hybrid, Cinematic Soundscapes (E) (Great for a chase scene) • Menace, Hybrid, Cinematic Soundscapes (E) ** • The Return to the Dark Ages, Lugburz, Songs From Forgotten Lands (E) (Spooky) • Somewhere in Middle Earth (Gollum’s Song), Lugburz, Songs From Forgotten Lands (E) • Toward the Fields of Pelenor, Lugburz, Songs From Forgotten Lands (E) Copyright © 2013 Indoor Cycling Association Page 4 Indoor Cycling Association 240 Halloween Songs and Albums • Halloween (Club Remix), Disco Phantom (A, I, S) • Deaths’ Door Raver, DJ Mad Dash, Halloween Trance or Treat (I) • The Lesser of Two Evils, Speedy Turner, Halloween Trance or Treat (I) • Attack of the Dead, Digital Undead, Halloween Trance or Treat (I) • Galactic Frankenstein, DJ Mad Dash, Halloween Trance or Treat (I) • Horror, (Extended Jumpstyle Halloween Club Mix), DJ Gio, 50 Jumpstyle Tunes (I) • Halloween (Theme from the movie Halloween), Argh Ost, available on numerous Halloween albums (I) • Christine, John Carpenter & Splash Band, Christine EP (I) • Suspinia, Goblin, Suspinia (Colonna Sonora Originale) (I) • Friday the 13th-Opening title, Music from the Motion Picture Friday the 13th (E) • Night on Bald Mountain, Mannheim Steamroller, Halloween (E) • Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, E.