An illuminated jack o' lantern wearing headphones sits on top of a soundboard surrounded by purple smoke, all to celebrate the spooky music of Halloween.

Scary Music: This Spooky Playlist Will Slay at Your Halloween Party

Faculty members at Berklee Online offer their most haunting and bone-chilling scary music recommendations just in time for Halloween.

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The 1978 "Halloween" movie image of a jack-o'-lantern figure holding a knife.

‘Halloween’ Theme: What Makes the Music so Scary?

The music from the 1978 film “Halloween” was revolutionary, not just because director John Carpenter also composed the score, but because of Carpenter’s adventurous use of early synth pads and stabs, which helped him create one of the most powerful and creepiest soundtracks of all time.