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240 Halloween Songs and Albums 240 Songs for Halloween Theme Rides in Your Indoor Cycling Classes Compiled by Jennifer Sage, updated Oct 2012 For many years I’ve been collecting songs for various indoor cycling theme classes. Halloween presents a unique opportunity for some really fun musically themed classes – the variety is only limited by your imagination. You can include “spooky” or classic-but-cheesy Halloween tunes, or you can imagine the wide variety of costumes people wear and use those themes. I’ve included a few common themes such as Sci-Fi and Spy Thriller in my list here. I’ve gotten many song ideas from various online forums, from 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]. If you already have this list from my 2011 version, I have updated it in 2012 with about 20 new song suggestions and a few new Halloween album suggestions. Sources for finding these songs: There is no way I can search every source for you but I do want to speed the process up for you by listing at least one source so you don’t spend hours doing so for each song. However, as with music itself, you have your own preference for downloading sources and you may want to check there first. My own preference is to first look on eMusic. Why eMusic? Because it is the least expensive means of acquiring music legally. Especially for Halloween songs, who wants to pay very much for songs that you’ll probably use once a year? (Although some of the songs included are more versatile). Songs on eMusic are usually about about half or less of iTunes. When I cannot find it on eMusic, I’ll then check Amazon (songs can cost $.10 - $.30 less on average than iTunes). iTunes is my least preferred source because of the higher cost and the restrictions. Amazon has two sources, one for CD purchases and for Mp3s. Some are only available on CD, but check both. Amazon has probably the widest selection of all music (that I have found) – more so than iTunes. When 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 Spinning.com or a mashup site. Of course, Spotify is also a great source if you don’t want to own the song. For more song ideas, in all sources search “Halloween” under “Albums” – you will get dozens of options for Halloween anthem cds. Many are covers or remixes, some are good, some are poorly replicated. But many will make good “filler” songs for your Halloween rides. You may also want Copyright © 2012 IndoorCyclingAssociation.com Page 1 Indoor Cycling Association 240 Halloween Songs and Albums to search for “soundtracks” or “films” for movies, such as Batman, Spiderman, the Matrix and more. I break the songs down to the following categories: Halloween & “eerie” songs (some very “cheesy”) Rock, Pop, Alternative, Indie and other Electronic Spy, Secret Agent and Thriller Themes Space and Sci-Fi Themes Pirates Theme If you are lucky enough to teach several different classes over the Halloween week, you can very your theme and not repeat any song. For the source, 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, since I know some of you download my list every year. Copyright © 2012 Indoor Cycling Association Page 2 Indoor Cycling Association 240 Halloween Songs and Albums Halloween, Movie & TV Soundtracks & eerie songs Full albums to consider for Halloween songs on eMusic: 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 The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, by Midnight Syndicate Halloween Music Collection, by Midnight Syndicate Famous Monsters, by Misfits Death Threat, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Mutations – A Tribute to Alice Cooper (Various artists) Spooky Ireland on Halloween, The Irish Vampires AMC Presents Listen to the Movies: Monsterfest Full Albums on Amazon.com and/or iTunes: Scary Horror Themes, The Horror Theme Ensemble Alfred Hitchcock, An Essential Collection Scream Themes: Halloween Horror Music 13 Scary Movie Hits Haunted Halloween Shock Jams, DJ Tricky Treats Halloween Monster Party, DJ Tricky Greatest Halloween Dance Album, DJ Tricky The Vampire Diaries, Various Artists Calling All Monsters (Dubstep Remix), 2011 Halloween Edition (kinda cool dubstep versions of a lot of songs on this Halloween playlist!) Halloween Horror Hits 2: More Music of the Night From Film and Television Tracks: Halloween (Club Remix), Disco Phantom (A, I, S) Night on Bald Mountain, Mannheim Steamroller, Halloween (E) Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, E. Power Biggs, Halloween Classics, the Evil, The Demented and the Just Plain Weird (E) (Great organ intro to your class) Haunted House of Rock, Whodini, Funky Beat Best of Whodini (E) (Good fast cadence song) Freaks Come Out at Night, Whodini, Funky Beat Best of Whodini (E) Freaks Come out at Night, Medulla Oblongata, Video Violence (E) Monster, Medulla Oblongata, Video Violence (E) Vampire Story, Medulla Oblongata, Video Violence (E) The X-Files, TV Hits Volume 1 (A) Munster's Theme, The Slackers (from Frightfest, the Ultimate Halloween Party) Monster Mash, Bobby Boris Pickett (From OMG! The Biggest Halloween Anthems Ever) The Addams Family, OMG! The Biggest Halloween Anthems Ever, or AMC Listens to the Movies: Monsterfest (E) Copyright © 2012 Indoor Cycling Association Page 3 Indoor Cycling Association 240 Halloween Songs and Albums Time Warp, Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Soundtrack (E) Ding Dong the Witch is Dead, The Wizard of Oz Soundtrack (E) Purple People Eater (lots of covers on E, look elsewhere for original) Residents Past, Midnight Syndicate, Halloween Music (E) Vampyre, Midnight Syndicate, Halloween Music (E) Cauldron Chant, Moonstruck, Witch of the Wildwoods (E) Witch of the Wildwood, Moonstruck, Witch of the Wildwoods (E) Finnegan’s Zombie Wake, Spooky Ireland on Halloween, The Irish Vampires (E) Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 100 TV Tunes (E) Sugar Sugar, The Archies (OK, not eerie, but definitely “cheesy” and very “Halloween”!) (E) Movie Soundtracks Matrix Reloaded Suite, Don Davis, The Matrix Reloaded: The Album (A) Psycho, City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Psycho (The Murder), Silver Screen Soundtrack Orchestra, 13 Scary Movie Hits Ave Satani, The Omen (A) 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 Theme From The Shining, The Complete Movie Soundtrack Collection (A) Sleepy Hollow, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 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 Nosferatu Overture, Omens Of Nosferatu, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Poltergeist, Horror Movies, the Ultimate Movie Soundtrack Themes (A) The Outer Limits, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra The Twilight Zone, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 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) Copyright © 2012 Indoor Cycling Association Page 4 Indoor Cycling Association 240 Halloween Songs and Albums Rock, Pop, Retro, Indie, Alternative & “other” The Catalyst vs. Carmina Burana (DJs from Mars Remix), Linkin Park vs Carl Orff, DJs From Mars* (Google it) Sugar, Flo Rida, R.O.O.T.S. Thriller, Michael Jackson This Is Halloween, Marilyn Manson, Nightmare Revisited (A) The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Dave Edmunds, Repeat When Necessary (E) Halloween, Dead Kennedys (E) (This is a raucous fun punk song on steroids!) Devil In My Car, B-52's, Wild Planet (E) Season of the Witch, Donovan, Greatest Hits (E) Black Magic Woman, Santana, Best Of (E) Frankenstein, Edgar Winter Group, The Best Of (A) Evil Woman, Electric Light Orchestra (E) Misfits, Land of the Dead (E) Misfits, Twilight of the Dead (E) Misfits, Halloween, Legacy of Brutality (E) Clap For The Wolfman, The Guess Who, Greatest Hits (E) Halloween, Sonic Youth, Bad Moon Rising (A) (very slow creepy song) Lil' Devil, The Cult, Pure Cult (A) Deal With The Devil, Judas Priest, Angel of Retribution (E) The Ghost Song, The Doors, Greatest Hits (E) The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead, Crash Test Dummies (E) The Ghosts that Haunt Me, Crash Test Dummies (E) Halloween, Siouxsie