Songs and music that would be great for Halloween parties, get-togethers, and other All Hallows Eve celebrations.

This music list includes some creepy, spooky, scary songs along with some other titles that would be appropriate, whether you’re having a Halloween party or just want to find some tunes to help set the dark and fun mood of Halloween. There are rock songs, pop songs, musical scores, and some selections that would be appropriate for kids. Some would make great background music for trick-or-treaters and haunted houses.

Addams Family Theme – Vic Mizzy
All You Zombies – Hooters
Bedbugs – Squirrel Nut Zippers
Beetlejuice – Composed by Danny Elfman
Bella Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus
Black #1 – Type O Negative
Black Magic Woman – Santana
Blood and Fire – Type O Negative
Boris the Spider – The Who
Day of the Dead – Misfits
Do the Zombie – The Eyeliners
Do the Zombie – The Symbols
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker, Jr.
Halloween Howls – Andrew Gold
Hell – Squirrel Nut Zippers
Halloween Finale (From Halloween, the movie) – Alan Howarth
I Put a Spell on You – Nina Simone
I Want Candy – BowWowWow
I’m Your Boogieman – White Zombie
In the Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett
Nightmare on My Street – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Will Smith)
Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
Spooky – The Classics IV
Spooky Scary Skeletons – Andrew Gold
Strange Brew – Eric Clapton
That Old Black Magic – Ella Fitzgerald
Theme from “Halloween” – Varese Sarah Band
Theme from “The Shining” – Main theme – Wendy Carlos
Thriller – Michael Jackson
The Time Warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Tubular Bell (Theme from “The Exorcist” movie) – Mike Oldfield
Twilight Zone Theme
Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
Witchcraft – Frank Sinatra
Witchy Woman – Eagles