Halloween is one of my very favorite holidays, and while it’s not known for its seasonal music the way Xmas is, there are plenty of songs that fit the spooky season. To that end, I’ve compiled 117 songs, totaling 9 hours and 50 minutes of music into nine Halloween themed (or adjacent) mixes for the Spooky Season. Listed in order of intensity, from least intense to most intense.
Volume 1. Spoopy
A little spooky, a little silly, probably safe to have on while handing out candy to trick or treaters.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blasting Company | The Beast is Out There |
| 2 | Gloria | Skeletons |
| 3 | Uncle Fido | They Carve Pumpkins |
| 4 | Two Minutes to Midnight | Spooky |
| 5 | Book of Wyrms | Dracula Practice |
| 6 | Les Deuxluxes | You’re Dead |
| 7 | Loot the Body | Ravenloft |
| 8 | Forest Mountain Hymnal | The Ghost of John |
| 9 | VAST | I’m a Vampire |
| 10 | Kid Congo Powers | Frankenstein |
| 11 | The Tear Garden | Sheila Liked the Rodeo |
| 12 | Killing Joke | On All Hallow’s Eve |
| 13 | TRS-80 | Everyday is Halloween |
Volume 2. Melancholy
A lugubrious, mournful and evocative mix of dark, doom, funeral and noir jazz. Much more sorrowful than scary, but perfect for setting a gloomy mood.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six Fingered People | The Voluptuous Dark |
| 2 | Bebopovsky And The Orkestry Podyezdov | Dead But Sweet |
| 3 | Nyctophiliac | Midnight Radio |
| 4 | The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble | Samhain Labs |
| 5 | Free Nelson Mandoom Jazz | Beneath the Sea |
| 6 | Detour Doom Project | Murdered (By Love) |
| 7 | Borhen & Der Club Of Gore | Zombies Never Die (Blues) |
| 8 | Mansur | Memento Mori |
| 9 | Manet | Delirious and Devoured – Devour |
| 10 | Bleak Fiction | Bright Night |
| 11 | The Midnight Ensemble | Something Witchy |
| 12 | Steroid Maximus | Enzymes |
| 13 | Last Call At Nightowls | Húmeda |
Volume 3. Gothy
A mix suitable for an adult costume party, some adult themes and jagged edges but not too intense.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Birthday Party | Release the Bats |
| 2 | Barry Adamson | They Walk Among Us |
| 3 | Bauhaus | Bela Lugosi is Dead |
| 4 | h3llb3nt | 3 murders, 3 nights |
| 5 | Killing Joke | Love Like Blood |
| 6 | Miserable | Halloween Dream |
| 7 | Gazelle Twin | Still Life (Blanck Mass remix) |
| 8 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Halloween |
| 9 | TV on the Radio | Wolf Like Me |
| 10 | Deadsy | Cruella |
| 11 | Legendary Pink Dots | The Plasma Twins |
| 12 | Foetus | Thrush (remix by trztn of services) |
| 13 | Ministry | Everyday Is Halloween |
Volume 4. Folky
Murder ballads and ghostly stories, the music might not be as intense but the themes start to be.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blasting Company | The Journey Begins |
| 2 | Shirley Collins | Death and the Lady |
| 3 | Ulver | Poor Murdered Woman |
| 4 | Forest Mountain Hymnal | Jack of the Lantern |
| 5 | The Ministry of Wolves | Hansel & Gretel |
| 6 | Current 93 | This Carnival is Dead and Gone |
| 7 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | The Carny |
| 8 | Marissa Nadler | Box of Cedar |
| 9 | Alsarath | It’s Bones What Make This Garden Grow |
| 10 | Chris Connelly | The Fidra Birds |
| 11 | Myrkur | Skøgen skulle dø (Live) |
| 12 | Antony & the Johnsons | The Lake |
| 13 | Panopticon | The Wandering Ghost |
Volume 5. Witchy
A mix of songs about witches and witchcraft, from avant-garde to selections from soundtracks to doom metal.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Liles | Burn the Witch |
| 2 | Daniel Williams | Do You Believe in Witches |
| 3 | Mark Korven | Witch’s Coven |
| 4 | Blood Ceremony | Coven Tree |
| 5 | Alsarath | Witch of Hemlock, Witch of Pine |
| 6 | Jarboe | The Witch |
| 7 | The Red Widows | Witchcraft |
| 8 | Frayle | Witches |
| 9 | J.G. Thirlwell | Witchmarket |
| 10 | Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou | Crone Dance |
| 11 | Kabbalah | The Ritual |
| 12 | Rob | Witchcraft |
| 13 | Witchcryer | I Rise! |
Volume 6. Doomed
The least Halloween holiday themed of the mixes, but I couldn’t resist putting together an all female fronted metal mix.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Thunder | Wick |
| 2 | The Devil’s Blood | Fire Burning |
| 3 | Frayle | Burn |
| 4 | Blood Ceremony | My Demon Brother |
| 5 | Divide & Dissolve | Denial |
| 6 | Feminazgul | A Mallacht |
| 7 | Heavy Temple | Isabella (with Unrelenting Fangs) |
| 8 | Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou | Magickal Cost |
| 9 | Black Mare | Femme Couverte |
| 10 | The Red Widows | His Name is Death |
| 11 | Witchcryer | Sisyphus, Holy Roller |
| 12 | King Woman | Morning Star |
| 13 | Molasses | The Devil Lives |
Volume 7. Spooky
Here is where things get really intense, with this mix of mostly classical pieces, many from intense horror and science fiction soundtracks.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Moan Thing |
| 2 | Mark Korven | Hare in the Woods |
| 3 | Scott Walker | And who shall go to the ball? : Second Movement |
| 4 | Daniel Hart | Rest Them Bones My Brave Little Knight |
| 5 | Ennio Morricone | Eternity |
| 6 | Mario Batkovic | Semper |
| 7 | The Night Terrors | Pavor Nocturnus |
| 8 | Jed Kurzel | Lonely Perfection |
| 9 | Jerry Goldsmith | Acid Test |
| 10 | Colin Stetson | The Color |
| 11 | Marc Streitenfeld | Too Close |
| 12 | Mark Korven | Why’d Ya Spill Yer Beans |
| 13 | Bobby Krlic | Hårga, Collapsing |
Volume 8. Terrifying
Screams, whispers, shrieks and murderous monologues fill this mix.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | John Carpenter’s Halloween |
| 2 | The Legendary Pink Dots | City of Needles |
| 3 | The Parlour Trick | Half Sick of Shadows |
| 4 | Pig | Golgotha |
| 5 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Armenia |
| 6 | SUNN O))) | Hell-O)))-Ween |
| 7 | Strings of Consciousness | Cleanliness is Next to Godliness |
| 8 | Pumpkin Witch | Ghastly Whispers from Beyond |
| 9 | Andrew Liles | 80 Nightmares |
| 10 | Gazelle Twin | See How They Run |
| 11 | Grave for Amanda | purification time |
| 12 | Manorexia | Tranque |
| 13 | P A T H S パス | The Last Halloween – Title Theme |
Volume 9. Horrific
Disorienting, disturbing and deranged, this is not a mix for the faint of heart.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pig | Ojo Par Ojo |
| 2 | Nine Inch Nails | Run Like Hell |
| 3 | Scott Walker | Running |
| 4 | SUNN O))) | O))) Bow 2 |
| 6 | J.G. Thirlwell | Demonologia |
| 7 | Throbbing Gristle | Hamburger Lady |
| 8 | Sow | Blood Sucking Bitch |
| 8 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Black Skulls |
| 9 | Nurse With Wound | Astral Dustbin Dirge |
| 10 | Gazelle Twin | I Consume Only |
| 11 | Andrew Liles & Daniel Menche | Pupa |
| 12 | Gravetemple | Athatolhatatlan Felelmek (Impassable Fears) |
| 13 | Pumpkin Witch | Final Journey into the Witch’s Wood |
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