1. ‘This Is Halloween’ from Nightmare Before Christmas

2. Overture from Phantom of the Opera

3. “Tubular Bells’ by Mike Oldfield

4. ‘Ghostbusters’ by Ray Parker Jr.

5. ‘X-Files Theme’ by Blue Man Group (from X-Files: I Want to Believe, really the only redeeming thing about the film is this track…)

6. ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson (What kind of Halloween playlist would this be without it?)

7. ‘Walking With A Ghost’ by Tegan and Sara

8. ‘Hell’ by Squirrel Nut Zippers

9. ‘Little Ghost’ by The White Stripes

10. ‘The Devil Went Down To Georgia’ by The Charlie Daniels Band

11. ‘The Ghosts That Haunt Me’ by Crash Test Dummies

12. ‘Full Moon’ by The Black Ghosts (song title and band name relate, for an extra SCORE! Plus, it’s from those vampire teen-angst movies the kids like …)

13. ‘Toccata and Fugue in D Minor’ by Johann Sebastian Bach

14. ‘The Skeleton In The Closet’ by Louis Armstrong

15. ‘Night on Disco Mountain’ from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (Yes, I went there…)

16. ‘Ghost Riders In The Sky’ by Johnny Cash

17. ‘Werewolves of London’ by Warren Devon

18. The End Titles of Nightmare Before Christmas (just to cap everything off nicely)

So that’s it. I’ve seen a lot of lists with CCR’s ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo Child’, and I very nearly followed suit, but personally, these songs speak of hot summer nights in a bayou somewhere, which for some fit perfectly with Halloween. For me, these are summer songs. It’s a personal taste thing…

Whaddaya think?