Halloween Party Songs for Adults and Kids

It's never too early or too late to start thinking about what kind of music to have at your Halloween party. Music will help you set the theme of the night. Is your party scary? Is it kid-friendly? Perhaps the night will start out one way- with a haunted house theme- and end in a different way, say with a costume contest. In that case, you might want to find scary music for the first half of the party and then move over to more lighthearted songs.

These are the kinds of things you'll want to take into consideration while you outline your playlist. But no matter the theme of your party, this suggested list of songs should be long enough that you can find some great songs for any type of party.

Movie and TV Theme songs

Some of these classics can be found for sale either in album form or individually on widely-used music downloading sites such as Amazon. Some of the song maybe be available only in album form if you want to purchase them legally. For even more movie theme songs, consider visiting MovieMusic.com for more ideas and to listen to samples of some movie theme songs.

The Addams Family theme song by Vic Mizzy

Batman movie theme song by Danny Elfman

Dexter theme song Rolfe Kent

Dracula Theme by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra

The Exorcist - Tubular Bells by the Big Screen Orchestra

Theme from Friday The 13th by the Hit Crew

Ghostbusters movie theme song by Ray Parker Jr.

Halloween movie theme song by John Carpenter

Jaws movie theme song by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra

Music Box, Candyman movie theme song by Phillip Glass

Nightmare Before Christmas, This is Halloween by the Citizens of Halloween, Overture by Danny Elfman and Jack's Lament by Danny Elfman

Nightmare On Elm Street by 101 Strings Orchestra

Songs from the movie Psycho- Prelude, Hotel and Murder, Bernard Herrmann-

Poltergeist movie theme by Jerry Goldsmith

The Twilight Zone by Bernard Herrmann

X-files theme song by Mark Snow

Kid-Friendly Halloween Party Songs

I'm A Mean Old Witch by M. Ryan Taylor

Monster Mash by Bobbie Boris Pickett

Purple People Eater by The Hit Crew

Spooky by The Hit Crew

Time Warp- Rocky Horror Picture Show by The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast

Werewolves Of London by the Werewolves Of London

Halloween Party Songs for All Ages

Moondance- Van Morrison

Witchy Woman by the Eagles

I Put A Spell On You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American Werewolf In London - Metamorphosis by the City Of Prague Philharmonic

Super Freak by Rick James

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Love Me Dead by Ludo

Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon

Zombie by the Cranberries

Cobrastyle by the Teddybears

Werewolf (Loose In London) by Meco

Many of these songs are available for downloading via Amazon.com and iTunes.com. You can also find complete scary-music CDs in party supply stores and online. There are dozens upon dozens of songs made specifically for kiddos from The Hit Crew, which you can find compiled into albums or which you can download separately as you find ones you like.