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This playlist follows Halloween 1963 from the stillness of the Midwestern fields to the town’s brutal ritual, balancing eerie soundtrack textures with uneasy classical and electronic pieces. The three vocal songs bring in the season’s folklore and the fatal pull of the crowd, while the instrumental majority keeps the suspense atmospheric and focused.
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20 songs
1
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield · Time To Have Peaceful
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Disasterpeace · It Follows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Batman Theme
Danny Elfman · Batman (Original Motion Picture Score)
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Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Night on Bald Mountain
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Polymorphia
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Te Deum - Hymne an den Heiligen Daniel - Polymorphia
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Musica Ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
György Ligeti · Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 3
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Funeral March of a Marionette
Charles Gounod · Classics From The Crypt
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Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Phaéton; Danse Macabre etc.
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Infernal Dance of King Kashchei - 2017 Remastered Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Paul Dukas · Fantasia 2000
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The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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12
Gnossienne No. 2
Erik Satie · introspection
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13
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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14
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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The Promise
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Alien
Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)
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18
The Prowler
Daniel Pemberton · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Original Score)
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The Murder
Bernard Herrmann · Psycho (The Complete Original Motion Picture Score)
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