Top 15 Horror Film Themes

1. Psycho

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Music: Prelude/Murder

Composer: Bernard Herrmann

Year: 1960

2. Halloween

Director: John Carpenter

Music: Main Title

Composer: John Carpenter

Year: 1978

3. Jaws

Director: Steven Spielberg

Music: Main Title

Composer: John Williams

Year: 1975

4. Deep Red

Director: Dario Argento

Music: Main Title

Composer: Goblin

Year: 1975

5. The Omen

Director: Richard Donner

Music: Ave Satani

Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

Year: 1976

6. The Shining

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Music: Main Title (Dies Irae)

Composer: Hector Berlioz

Year: 1980

7. The Exorcist

Director: William Friedkin

Music: Tubular Bells

Composer: Mike Oldfield

Year: 1973

8. Zombie

Director: Lucio Fulci

Music: Main Title

Composer: Fabio Frizzi

Year: 1979

9. Dawn of the Dead

Director: George A. Romero

Music: Zombi

Composer: Goblin

Year: 1978

10. Phantasm

Director: Don Coscarelli

Music: Main Title

Composer: Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave

Year: 1979

11. Hellraiser

Director: Clive Barker

Music: Main Title

Composer: Christopher Young

Year: 1987

12. Rosemary's Baby

Director: Roman Polanski

Music: Main Title

Composer: Krzysztof Komeda

Year: 1968

13. Cannibal Holocaust

Director: Ruggero Deodato

Music: Main Title

Composer: Riz Ortolani

Year: 1980

14. Bride of Frankenstein

Director: James Whale

Music: Main Title

Composer: Franz Waxman

Year: 1935

15. The Phantom of the Opera

Director: Terence Fisher

Music: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Year: 1703-

* This piece has been used in various films