Music recommendations

not the most errie version of this song, but still spooky:

Slaughter On 10th Avenue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5GEzN8M4V4

Two Steps From Hell's "Halloween" album is mostly instrumental, and has a nice creepy vibe to it.

Depends on the exact mood you want...

I find when writing horror that having something almost cheerful in the background helps in the required lighter moments. I wrote a whole novel listening to the Monkees, Mamas and Papas and early Beatles stuff.

Alternatively, stuff like Tangerine Dream, Mike Oldfield or the album of humpback whale song does it for me.

I also play a lot of blues and bluesgrass, but then, I'm one of 'em weird horror writers...

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definitive version, of above, from 1949 ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHMSv39cJA

Two words: Diamanda Galas
She sounds like an Siren from the underworld and beyond.

here is her video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIVWqn1AvAc

The Donnie Darko soundtrack is great.

depending on what I am writing the sound tracks change. but a few of the ones I listen to for writing horror are..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVFlMy5kdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSLaYJboPE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meU2gAU7Xss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQpBbK7ua-g

Buckethead makes some really creepy/moody music. Pretty much all instrumental.

Anything by Midnight Syndicate is nice and creepy. They do music soundtracks for haunted houses and such. Here's a good example if you want to see what their style is like.

Second the recommendation for the Donnie Darko soundtrack.

The first 50-ish minutes of the Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines soundtrack is good if you're in the mood for something instrumental but dark and edgy. You probably won't like the song that starts at 1:03, so just a head's up on that. I think there may be a couple other songs in there that wouldn't fit what you're looking for, but the bulk of it is instrumental.

Not quite as dark, but the soundtrack for The Last of Us is also great and pretty bleak at times.

I liked a good chunk of the soundtrack for Masters of Horror, but I don't think it would match what you're looking for. However, you might like the intro.

Also, while the movie was tragically bad, the violin solo in Queen of the Damned was pretty good.

Most of the score from John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing. Turn off the lights and light some candles to really amplify the effect.

I love Ghost. It's a band out of Sweden that does this delightful brew of 60's pop and metal riffs while singing about Satan. I've even seen them live and shared a moment with the lead singer, Papa Emeritus II.

F#A#∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor is perhaps the most eerie, depressing, and oppressive album in modern music. If you are going for an otherworldly, wasteland, apocalyptic feel it's a solid bet.

The soundtrack to 28 Days Later... is the definition of a modern horror film soundtrack.

Black metal bands, such as Cradle of Filth and Dimu Borgir, are great for setting a horror mood.

You can never go wrong with Nine Inch Nails, especially the album Ghosts I-VI.

Many different songs by Disturbed - Down With The Sickness, Animal, etc...

Blue Oyster Cult's Veteran of the Psychic Wars

Rush

Music of dark dreams can be upbeat with frightening lyrics hidden in the dance......Mr.Sandman/The End/Monkey gone to Heaven...but one of the best has to be... My Gold Mask-Violet Eyes.

This soundtrack should do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPN8KMJfdDI

Jill Tracy's "Diabolical Streak" is a fine album.

I suggest you to listen to Tomandandy. They created score for horror films like The hills have eyes and Resident evil. I think you're gonna like it.

Horror movie soundtracks are a start. Also, epic choir/orchestral music like the main theme from "The Omen."

Bernard Hermann (a classic--every horror writer should listen to at least one song of his)

One of my recent favorites is "Unoder" by Under Byen. The music video is fantastic. But everything from this band has a dark, creepy vibe. I love their album Alt Er Tabt.

I like gothy stuff. Goldfrapp's album, "Felt Mountain," Dead Can Dance, Max Richter (keen on The Trees, narrated by Tilda Swinton!) Sometimes the best music is classical.

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I think the soundtrack to the Movie "SINISTER" is incredibly unsettling if you are in the right mood.

Insidious had some pretty decent creepy music.

Anything by Akira Yamaoka (first 4 Silent Hill games) is worth listening to. A lot of it is not music thought but it is very creepy. Silent Hill 2 has probably the best game soundtrack ever.

Have you ever heard of apocalyptical. They do Metallica music by four cellos and it is all instrumental. The sound is kind of eerie and I think it would be a good choice to write to.