25 Songs for Your Halloween Dance Party

Boo!  There are just two weeks left until Halloween.  For those planning Halloween parties and building playlists for your iPod, here are 25 creepy selections to create the perfect backdrop for your celebration.  For added suspense, periodically play sound effects such as a creaking door, howling wind, roaring saw or a scream! 

The tracks are listed in suggested order, from slow and creepy; then escalating to horrific and intense.

1. Toccata & Fugue - J.S. Bach (classical)
2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (soundtracks - from The Exorcist)
3. The Principles of Lust - Enigma (electronic/soundtracks - from Boxing Helena)
4. Wolfman is Everywhere - Tino (Dub)

5. Ghost Town - The Specials (ska)

6. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon (party favorite)

7. Monster Mash - Manheim Steamroller (preferred artist) (party favorite) 

8. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr. (80s/soundtracks)

9. The Freaks Come Out at Night - Whodini (80s)

10. Thriller - Michael Jackson (80s)
11. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus (rock)
12. Change (in the House of Flies) - The Deftones (metal)
13. Enter Sandman - Metallica (metal)
14. Killer - The Disco Fries feat. Clinton Sparks (see attached video below)
15. Dragula - Rob Zombie (metal)
16. Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare All) - Type O Negative (metal)
17. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (rock)
18. Monster - Kanye West, Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj (hip hop)
19. Cowbell - DJ Shiftee (dubstep)
20. Rad Anthem - Rad Omen (electronica)
21. Don't Laugh - Josh Wink (techno)
22. Ghosts n' Stuff - DeadMau5 f/Rob Swire (techno)
23. Nightmare - Brainbug (techno)
24. Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (techno)
25. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites - Skrillex (dubstep)

ABOUT AMBIENT DJ SERVICE

Ambient DJ Service is an award-winning mobile DJ service based in Central New Jersey and providing service to eastern PA and Manhattan.  For those of you who don't own iPods, or prefer to hire a professional DJ service, please visit us at www.ambientdj.com. We promise to get your adrenaline racing faster than a walk through a house of horrors!  

Our Halloween Mix CD 2011

It's an annual tradition at Ambient DJ Service to record a Halloween-themed "Mix CD."  2011 will mark about the eight installment of the series, so we are well beyond the Halloween party anthems such as "Thriller" and the "Monster Mash."

Rather, the mix CD is a dark and psychedelic journey, with a focus on genres such as electronica, alternative, dub, hard rock, metal, goth rock, 80s/New Wave, hip hop, sound effects and eerie drops.  We are now accepting nominations for tracks that you feel would make great additions to the 2011 Halloween Mix CD.  As evidenced by the playlist below, the songs do not necessarily have to be Halloween-themed, but more fit into the feel of an underground party held on a spooky night in October.  All of those who suggest songs will receive a FREE copy of the mix CD, mailed to their home courtesy of Ambient DJ Service.

Ambient DJs is now accepting bookings for Halloween weekend 2011!  Please visit us on the web at www.ambientdj.com.  

As a sample, here is the cover art and track list for 2009's Mix CD.

Track List:

1) Toccata and Fugue - Bach (Classical)
2) Wolfman is Coming - DJ Tino (Dub)
3) Ghost Town - The Specials (Ska)
4)The Principles of Lust - Enigma (Electronic)
5) Landing, Dubby Style - Peter Munch (Dub)
6) Mushrooms (Justin Martin RMX) - Marshall Jefferson vs. Noosa Heads (electronic)
7) Ghosts n' Stuff - DeadMau5 f/Rob Swire (techno)
8) I See You, Baby - Groove Armada (dance)
9) I'm a Hustler - Simian Mobile Disco (dance)
10) I'm in Miami - LFMAO (dance)
11) La Musica (Tribal Mix) - Alexdoparis (tribal)
12) Nightmare - Brainbug (trance)
13) Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (trance)
14) Blood is Pumpin - Voodoo and Serano (trance)
15) Thriller (DJ Jagged Edit) - Michael Jackson (party classic)
16) Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z with Alicia Keys (party jam)