In the Butler family, Halloween is as much of a holiday season as Christmas. From Classic Monster Movies to decorations inside and outside the house to … yes … holiday music. Here are my Halloween playlists that are in regular rotation. You should seek these tunes out and add to your own collection. Enjoy!!!
| Title | Artist |
| Halloween Novelties & Themes | |
| This Is Halloween | Danny Elfman |
| Monster Mash | Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers |
| Haunted House | Jumpin’ Gene Simmons |
| The Blob | The Five Blobs |
| The Purple People Eater | Sheb Wooley |
| The Mummy | Bob McFadden & Dor |
| Skeleton In My Closet | David Wilcox |
| I Put A Spell On You | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins |
| Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes | Lewis Lee |
| Martian Hop | The Ran-Dells |
| Witch Doctor | Dave Seville and the Chipmunks |
| They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa | Napoleon XIV |
| Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein Or Dracula | The Diamonds |
| She’s Fallen In Love With the Monster Man | Screamin’ Lord Sutch |
| The Monster Twist | Tyrone A’ Saurus & his Cro-Magnons |
| I Dig You Baby | Bob McFadden & Dor |
| Graveyard Rock | Tarantula Ghoul & The Gravediggers |
| Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsatured Blood | Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians |
| Vampira | Bobby Bare |
| Monster Man | The MSR Singers |
| Surfer Smash | Bobby Boris Jones |
| Rockin Zombie | The Crewnecks |
| Jam At The Mortuary | Griz Green |
| Monster Surfer | The Abominable Surfmen |
| Drac’s Back | Billy DeMarcus |
| Vampire’s Ball | Mann Drake |
| Monster Hop | Cathy Mills |
| The Lurch | Ted Cassidy |
| Wolf Gal | Glen Ryle |
| Strangler In The Night | Albert DeSalvo |
| House on haunted hill | Kenny & The Fiends |
| Haunted House | Hap Palmer |
| The Raven | Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra |
| The Spook Spoke | Jupiter Jones |
| The Rockin’ Ghost | The Modernaires |
| Satan Takes a Holiday | Rosengarden and Kraus |
| Goolie Garden | Groovie Goolies |
| Igor’s Cellar | The Detergents |
| The Mad Scientist | The Zanies |
| Mostly Ghostly | The Creatures |
| Omar The Vampire | The Hamburger Brothers |
| I Want My Baby Back | Jimmy Cross |
| Opening The Coffin | Count Baltes & The Egors |
| You Cant Ghoul Me | The Cool Ghoul |
| Night On Bald Mountain | Marty Manning and His Orchestra |
| Theme Song | The Milton the Monster Show |
| Someone Walked Over My Grave | Criswell |
| The Vampire Speaks | Al Zanino |
| Hear The Monsters (Spooky Sounds & A Spooky Tale) | Winchell’s Donut House Halloween Record |
| The Witch’s Vacation | Bruce Haack & Norman Bridwel |
| Frankenstein Monster | Bill Cosby |
| Half Man | Bill Cosby |
| Chicken Heart | Bill Cosby |
| Haunted Mansion Holiday (2001 | Gordy Goodwin |
| Halloween Theme | John Carpenter |
| Materia Primoris (The X-Files) | Mark Snow |
| Ed Wood | Howard Shore |
| The Jitterbug | Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr |
| Headless Horseman | Bing Crosby |
| Theme to Casper the Friendly Ghost | Peter Pan Singers |
| Great Pumpkin Waltz | Vince Guaraldi |
| Them Not-So-Dry Bones | Jack Sheldon |
| Ukariah | Dr. Seuss |
| The Ghost Busters | Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch |
| Grim, Grinning Ghosts at the Phantom Manor | Thurl Ravenscroft |
| The Candy Man | Sammy Davis Jr |
| Scrooge | Ventures |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ralph Marterie & his Marlboro Men |
| The Twilight Zone | The Hit Co. |
| Munsters Theme | Jack Marshall |
| The Addams Family | Vic Mizzy |
| Treehouse Of Horror (Medley) | The Simpsons |
| Tales from the Crypt | Danny Elfman |
| Remains of the Day | Danny Elfman |
| Come Little Children | Hocus Pocus |
| Double Trouble | John Williams |
| Lo Hi Lo | The Klan |
| O Death | Ralph Stanley |
| Vincent | Vincent Price & Ken Hilton |
| The Haunted Mansion | Disney |
| Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives | Mel Tormé |
| Halloween Orchestral | |
| Swan Lake (Dracula 1931 Edit) | Tchaikovsky |
| Night On Bald Mountain | Mussorgsky |
| Danse Macabre | Saint-Saens |
| In The Hall Of The Mountain King | Grieg |
| Funeral March Of A Marionette | Gounod |
| The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | Dukas |
| Toccata (from D-Minor Toccata & Fugue) | Bach |
| Witch’s Ride (from Hansel & Gretel) | Humperdinck |
| March To The Scaffold (from Symphonie Fantastique) | Berlioz |
| Mars – The Bringer of War | Holst |
| Ride Of The Valkyries (from Die Walkure) | Wagner |
| Halloween | Ives |
| Mephisto waltz | Liszt |
| Enter Sandman | Apocalyptica |
| Dracula (1979) | John Williams |
| Dracula – The Beginning (1992) | Wojciech Kilar |
| The Wolf Man | The Peoples Museum |
| Frankenstein | 101 Strings Orchestra |
| The Bride Of Frankenstein Crucifixion / The Monster Breaks Out | Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Alwyn |
| Psycho | Bernard Hermann |
| Halloween Rock, Pop, & Metal | |
| This Is Halloween | Marilyn Manson |
| Psycho Circus | KISS |
| Highway To Hell | AC/DC |
| Zomby Woof | Frank Zappa |
| Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon |
| The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead | Crash Test Dummies w/ Ellen Reid |
| Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Witchy Woman | Eagles |
| The Devil Is a Woman | Chuck Cannon |
| Ghost Rider | Rush |
| The Scarecrow | Pink Floyd |
| Boris the Spider | The Who |
| People Are Strange | The Doors |
| Devil With a Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly | Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels |
| Spooky | Classics IV |
| Season Of The Witch | Donovan |
| Sympathy For The Devil | The Rolling Stones |
| No Quarter | Led Zeppelin |
| Witch Hunt | Rush |
| Twilight Zone | Golden Earring |
| (Don’t Fear) The Reaper | Blue Öyster Cult |
| Runnin’ With the Devil | Van Halen |
| God Of Thunder | Kiss |
| Ghost Riders In The Sky | Johnny Cash |
| The Devil Went Down To Georgia | The Charlie Daniels Band |
| Take the Devil | Eagles |
| The Twilight Zone | Rush |
| Frankenstein | The Edgar Winter Group |
| Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
| Ghostbusters | Ray Parker Jr. |
| Thriller | Michael Jackson |
| Somebody’s Watching Me | Rockwell |
| A Nightmare On My Street | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince |
| The Boogie Monster | Gnarls Barkley |
| I’m a Monster | Becky G |
| I’m In Love With a Monster | Fifth Harmony |
| The Phantom Of The Opera | Original London Cast |
| October | U2 |
| The Garden of Allah | Don Henley |
| Strange | R.E.M. |
| Home By The Sea | Genesis |
| Abracadabra | Steve Miller Band |
| Hungry Like The Wolf | Duran Duran |
| Walk Like An Egyptian | The Bangles |
| Devil Inside | INXS |
| The Wolf | Heart |
| Monster Skank | Infectious Grooves |
| King Kong | The Groovie Ghoulies |
| Feed My Frankenstein | Alice Cooper |
| Shout At The Devil | Motley Crue |
| The Number Of The Beast | Iron Maiden |
| Bark At The Moon | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Hells Bells | AC/DC |
| Them Bones | Alice In Chains |
| Enter Sandman | Metallica |
| Sympathy For The Devil | Guns N’ Roses |
| The Devil Is Me | KISS |
| The Monster Is Loose | Meat Loaf |
| Dragula | White Zombie |
| Keepin’ Halloween Alive | Alice Cooper |