Find the Best Royalty-Free Halloween Music in 2023 With Epidemic Sound
Get ready for the spooky season and find the best Halloween music for your content with Epidemic Sound.
As the spooky season approaches, it’s worth getting your haunted house in order and finding some Halloween music for your content. After all, music can make the difference between a video being blood-curdling or rib-tickling.
You probably wouldn’t soundtrack a ghost walk video with German trance, nor would you pace through a house of horrors with Enya blaring in the background. You need to nail that emotion and express it with some scary music that chills your viewers to the core.
Here are some quick tips for finding the best Halloween songs for your content.
Follow the below steps to find the perfect songs for Halloween videos
- Open the Epidemic Sound player – if you’re not signed up, you can grab a 30-day free trial here.
- Think about what tone your Halloween music should have. From trick or treating to R-rated movies, the freakiest month of the year runs a whole range of emotions. You can search the Epidemic Sound Player for a specific vibe – browse moods including Sneaking, Suspense, Scary, and Fear.
- Consider the kind of genres that would make the best Halloween music for your content. As much as we love a massive pop banger, it might not fit your atmospheric graveyard video. Try looking for genres like Horror, Amusement Park, Chase, Mystery, Supernatural, and Circus.
- If you’re struggling for ideas, why not dig into our specialized Horror & Thriller page?
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Looking for a shortcut?
If you just want to pick and choose the best Halloween music from a playlist, we’ve got you covered. Our music experts at Epidemic Sound have compiled themed playlists for:
These playlists include everything from Salsa and Dubstep to Modern Latin and Electro. Check them out, then read on for the best Halloween songs for your content, chosen personally by our music curation team.
The top 5 Halloween songs for your content
Rand Aldo – Dusty Enigma
You wanted creepy Halloween music? Vintage Halloween music? Instrumental Halloween music that’ll scare the pants off anyone watching? Rand Aldo has just the thing for you.
‘Dusty Enigma’ is a spooky, carnivalesque track with some of the best theremin since The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror episodes. Buckle up for the ghost train, give ‘Dusty Enigma’ a spin, and head to our Halloween Town playlist for more over-the-top sonic scares.
Edward Karl Hanson – Not Just a Carpenter
Unfortunately, Edward Karl Hanson’s not paying homage to John Carpenter’s cheesy Halloween soundtracks. Rather, 'Not Just a Carpenter' lays down a minute of industrial, lurching nightmare fuel, all clanging metallic noises and pulsing drones. This is straight-up scary music – proceed with caution.
Farrell Wooten – Lord of the Dark
‘Not Just a Carpenter’ is downright evil, and ‘Lord of the Dark’ isn’t far behind. For all Farrell Wooten’s orchestral bluster and cinematic leanings, there’s something so sinister about this track. It’s not just unsettling – it’s angry. If your Halloween content needs something stressful or menacing, ‘Lord of the Dark’ should be at the top of your pile.
Mike Franklyn – Witches on Broomsticks
Mike Franklyn’s idea of Halloween isn’t as… nasty as some other people’s. ‘Witches on Broomsticks’ zips past with an upbeat, polka-esque gait – it’s playful while still being mysterious. Think of The Nightmare Before Christmas but with more, well, witches on broomsticks.
Caro Luna – A Mi Madre
On the Day of the Dead – or Día de Muertos – death does not represent absence, but life. This celebration of death has been around since the pre-Hispanic era, now typically observed on the 1st or 2nd of November. It’s a holiday to spend time with family and eat in honor of the dead.
Caro Luna’s ‘A Mi Madre’ will slot in seamlessly with any Día de Muertos content you might have. It’s a somber, low-key salsa track with some genuinely beautiful vocal hooks and an all-time great music video.
If you want access to all that Halloween music, plus more than 40,000 other royalty-free tracks and 90,000 sound effects, why not sign up for a 30-day free trial with Epidemic Sound?
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