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Many of these are retro-futuristic (or just retro), but I figured there’d be at least a few appreciators of electronica among my followers as well. All of these links go to YouTube to make them easy to add to your playlists, but it’s not difficult to find them on pretty much any other streaming or purchasing platform. Enjoy!

Classical

• Come Little Children – Erutan (ethereal classical)
• Transylvanian Lullaby – Erutan (ethereal classical)
• Transylvanian Lullaby – City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestral classical)
• A History of Horror (album) – City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
• Double Trouble – City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (classical)
• Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium – Camille Saint-Saens (eerie classical)
• Danse Macabre – Camille Saint Saens (dark classical ballet)
• Uranus, the Magician – Gustav Holst (orchestral classical)
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Paul Dukas (orchestral classical)
• Night on Bald Mountain – Modest Mussorgsky (orchestral classical about witches)
• In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg (classical)
• In the Hall of the Mountain King – Apocalyptica (Metal cellos. Cello metal?)
• In the Hall of the Mountain King – Duke Ellington (jazz)
• In the Hall of the Mountain King – Portsmouth Sinfonia (experimental orchestra from the ‘70s – google them, you absolutely will not regret it)
• Dies Irae – Mozart (threatening choral/orchestral classical)
• Don Giovanni, a cenar teco – Mozart (growly baritone/bass opera – the bit where Don Giovanni gets dragged to hell, both in the supernatural religious sense and in the modern internet slang sense)
• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor – Bach (classical pipe organ)
• Flowering Vines – Unwoman (ominous cello waltz)
• The Carny of Mr Dark – Deathwatch Beetle Repairman (goth pipe organ)
• This Is Halloween – Vitamin String Quartet (classical string quartet)
• Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Nightmare Before Christmas (album)
• The Vampire Masquerade – Peter Gundry (classical)
• Waltz of the Bone King – Peter Gundry (classical)
• Masquerade Suite: Waltz – Aram Khatchaturian (dark classical waltz)
• The Comedians, Op. 26: Waltz – Kabalevsky (uneasy waltz)

Rock, alternative, rockabilly, circus punk, dark cabaret

• Haunted – Ashcan Orchid (folk rock)
• The Last Steampunk Waltz – Ghostfire (rock waltz)
• Shoot The Zombies – Andrew Huang / Songs To Wear Pants To (sing-along folk)
• Shoot The Zombies (Pink Fluffy Unicorns Remix) – Andrew Huang (happy pop)
• Something Wicked That Way Went – Vernian Process (circus rock)
• Dark Carnivale – Frenchy and the Punk (indie rock)
• Come Alive (War Of The Roses) – Janelle Monae (rock)
• Haunted – Frantic Flintstones (rockabilly)
• Freaked Out and Psyched Out – Frantic Flintstones (album)
• Zombie Riot – Batmobile (rockabilly)
• Alice in psycholand – Nekromantix (rockabilly)
• She’s My Witch – The Radiacs (rockabilly)
• Werewolf – Southern Culture on the Skids (rockabilly)
• Charmed, I’m Sure – Circus Contraption (dark circus cabaret)
• We’re All Mad – Circus Contraption (dark circus cabaret)
• The Last Waltz – The Magnificent Seven (dark cabaret waltz)
• Tango de la Muerte – The Magnificent Seven (rock tango)
• Bloody Bones – Beats Antique (dark circus waltz)
• Monster Tango – Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)
• Rumanian Dance No. 1 – Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)
• Mr. Spider Goes Home to Spiderland – Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)
• The Trouble – Birdeatsbaby (dark cabaret)
• Gallows – Coco Rosie (goth indie/alternative)
• The Devil Wears a Suit – Kate Miller-Heidke (alternative)
• Toxic – Yael Naim (neo-folk)
• Theatre Noir – Robyn Cage (dark cabaret) (music video)
• Jekyll and Hyde – Theoretics (hip-hop)
• Crazy For You – Venus de Vilo (indie rock)
• Lament for a Toy Factory – Dr. Steel (circus rock)
• Bogeyman Boogie – Dr. Steel (circus rock)
• Circus Apocalypse – Vermillion Lies (dark cabaret)
• When You’re Evil – Voltaire (dark cabaret)
• BRAINS! – Voltaire (dark cabaret)

Americana, bluegrass, blues, soul, funk

• In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company – The Dead South (Americana)
• Stranger – The Devil Makes Three (Americana)
• Ghosts of Mississippi – The Steeldrivers (bluegrass)
• 7 Devils – The Goddamn Gallows (bluegrass, rock)
• Old devils – William Elliot Whitmore (bluegrass)
• Death Come Creeping – Stefan Grossman (bluegrass)
• The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie – Colter Wall (Americana)
• Voodoo Woman – Koko Taylor (blues)
• Your Hoodoo Man – Studebaker John & The Hawks (blues)
• Voodoo – The Neville Brothers (New Orleans soul)
• Voodoo – Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons (soul, funk)
• The Witch Queen of New Orleans – Redbone (funk)
• I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (rock ‘n roll)
• I Put a Spell on You – Nina Simone (slow jazz)
• I Put a Spell on You – Morgan James (slow jazz)
• I Put a Spell on You (no movie dialogue) – Winifred Sanderson (pop musical)

Jazz, swing

• Old Devil Moon – Frank Sinatra (jazz)
• Black Magic Woman – Janice Hagan and Kenny Vehkavaara (jazz)
• I’d Rather Be Burned As A Witch – Eartha Kitt (jazz)
• Thriller (1930s Jazz Cover) ft. Wayne Brady – Postmodern Jukebox (swing) (alternate link)
• The Devil With The Devil – Larry Clinton Orchestra (swing)
• Swingin’ at the Seance – Glenn Miller (big band swing)
• Spooks – Louis Armstrong (swing)
• The Headless Horseman – Bing Crosby (swing)
• Skeleton Jangle – Dan Levinson’s Roof Garden Jass Band (swing)
• Resurrection Waltz – Lee Presson and the Nails (big band waltz)
• Spooky – Puppini Sisters (Andrews Sisters-style swing)
• Headless Horseman – Kay Starr (swing)
• Hell (Remastered 2016) – Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)
• Ghost of Stephen Foster – Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)
• Memphis Exorcism (Remastered 2016) – Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)
• Boogie Man – Lee Presson and the Nails (swing)
• Rattlin’ Bones – Preservation Hall Jazz Band (New Orleans swing)
• Save My Soul – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (New Orleans swing)
• Skeletons in the Closet – Louis Armstrong
• Skeletons in the Closet – The Moon-Rays (swing)
• The Mack – Beat Circus (swing – doesn’t seem very Halloween at first, until the tuba player gets murdered in the middle of the song)
• Balrog Boogie – Diablo Swing Orchestra (swing)
• Voodoo Mon Amour – Diablo Swing Orchestra (swing)

Electro-swing

• Fear & Delight – The Correspondents (electro-swing)
• Midnight – Caravan Palace (electro-swing) (alternate link)
• Midnight – Swingrowers (different electro-swing)
• Old House – Dirty Honkers (electro-swing)
• Devil’s Samba – Sim Gretina (Latin-flavored electro-swing)
• Cuphead: Railroad Wrath (Electro-Swing Remix) – The Musical Ghost (electro-swing)
• Cuphead: One Hell of a Time (Electro-Swing Remix) – The Musical Ghost (electro-swing)
• Bendy and the Ink Machine: The Devil’s Swing – Fandroid (electro-swing)
• Bendy and the Ink Machine: The Devil’s Swing (Glitch-Swing Remix) – The Musical Ghost (glitch-swing)
• Undertale: Spider Dance (Glitch-Swing Remix) – The Musical Ghost (glitch-swing)
• Undertale: Spider Dance (Sim Gretina Remix) – Sim Gretina (funk/glitch/chiptune)
• Luigi’s Mansion (Remix) – Qumu Music (chiptune, electro-swing)
• Undertale: Ghost Fight & Dummy (Peggy Suave Swing Remix) – Sim Gretina (electro-swing)

Electronica, EDM

• Backstreet Bones: Everycorpse – Sim Gretina (uhhh…spoopy Halloween EDM remix of Backstreet Boys? If you click on nothing else, click on this one. It’s very worth it, I promise.)
• Macabre Rotting Girl Feat. Kathy-chan – Sim Gretina (adorable electro)
• Sim Gretina feat. Kathy chan: Let The Monsters Free (µThunder Remix) – µThunder (EDM)
• Grim Grinning Ghost (Remix) – The Living Tombstone (EDM)
• Undertale: Megalovania (Sim Gretina Remix) – Sim Gretina (EDM)
• Undertale: Spooktune (Sim Gretina Remix) – Sim Gretina (EDM)
• Spooky Scary Skeletons (Remix) – The Living Tombstone (EDM)
• Warren Zevon: Werewolves of London (Daheen Rmx) – Daheen (psytrance)
• Interlude: Limbo – Yoshimasu Kamiya (ambient horror)
• Halloween Funtime REMIXMONSTRousMASHup – Pretty Lights (EDM)
• HALLOWEEN Theme Song (DJ Deville Trap Remix) – DJ Deville (trap)
• The Oogie Boogie (Man) – Duke Skellington (glitch-hop)
• Stranger Things Theme Song (Michael Jobity & The Foreign Machine Remix) – Michael Jobity, The Foreign Machine (synthwave – my personal favorite remix of this theme)
• Stranger Things Theme Song (C418 REMIX) – C418 (synthwave)
• Stranger Things (Louis Futon Flip) – Louis Futon (chillstep)
• Stranger Things Theme (Slicey Remix) – Slicey (trap)
• Ghostbusters (Kill Paris Remix) – Kill Paris (EDM, future funk – by far my favorite remix of the Ghostbusters theme)
• The Ghostbusters Theme (Remix) – The Living Tombstone (EDM)
• Ghostbusters Remix – Matheo (EDM)
• Gangnam Busters – FAROFF (Ghostbusters/Gangnam Style mashup – annoyingly, it works far better than you think it will)
• Lady Gaga: Monster (Starfuckers Remix) – Starfuckers (EDM)
• Lady Gaga: Monster (Chew Fu Remix) – Chew Fu (electro-house)
• Michael Jackson: Thriller (James Egbert Remix) – James Egbert (electro-house)
• Michael Jackson – Thriller [The Reflex Halloween Disco Edit] – The Reflex (moody, indescribable IDM(?))
• Beetlejuice (Dubstep Mix) – Figure (dubstep)
• The Addams Family (Figure Remix) – Figure (dubstep)
• Hedwig’s Theme (KE KRA’s Trap Remix) – KE KRA (trap)

Things I thought were funny

• Werewolf Bar Mitzvah – 30 Rock (parody novelty record)
• A Hard Days Night of the Living Dead – The Zombeatles (zombie rock)