The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

John Carpenter’s classic horror slasher film Halloween stands strong on its own. However, the piano intro in Michael Myers’ theme song is as legendary as the film and character itself. In rare fashion ...

Alien, The Shining, and Dawn of the Dead are all among the greatest, most brilliant horror movie masterpieces that are each a ...

Quite a few gothic rock classics by The Cure could make it to the soundtrack of a horror movie, but I’m partial to the 1989 tune “Lullaby”. That opening melody is so melancholic and ahead of its time, ...