Songs to Listen to and Play on Halloween! A Selection of Recommended Piano Pieces

The Halloween season is just around the corner! How about making your costume parties and cozy time at home even more enjoyable with music full of mysterious vibes? We’ll introduce piano pieces that elevate the Halloween mood—from classic piano masterpieces to arrangements of soundtrack theme songs.

Why not savor the uniquely Halloween world—slightly eerie yet somehow charming—through the sound of the piano? It’s great for background music, and if you play the piano, be sure to show off your skills at a Halloween party.

Now, let’s take a look at what pieces are out there together!

Playlist

Songs to Listen to and Play on Halloween! A Selection of Recommended Piano Pieces
	Title	Playlist	Review
1	Victor’s Piano SoloDanny Elfman		Gothic-style piano piece with a melancholy melody
2	Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight,” 3rd MovementLudwig van Beethoven		Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, perfect for Halloween
3	Prelude in C-sharp minor “The Bells”Sergei Rachmaninov		Rachmaninoff’s magnificent and eerie masterpiece
4	Piano Sonata No. 9 “Black Mass,” Op. 68Alexander Scriabin		Mystical music perfect for Halloween
5	Funeral March of the MarionettesCharles Gounod		A sad yet comical funeral procession of broken marionettes
6	Funeral MarchFrédéric Chopin		Chopin’s Funeral March, mysterious
7	Piano Etudes, Book II, No. 13 “Devil’s Staircase”György Ligeti		Ligeti's piano piece that depicts fear
8	Gargoyle Op. 29Lowell Liebermann		Piano Suite: An Enigmatic, Gothic Worldview
9	Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39 – No. 5: Tragic SonataNikolai Medtner		Storm-like passion, a dramatic song
10	Helen’s ThemePhillip Glass		Mysterious melodies on Halloween night
11	Children’s Album, Op. 39 – No. 20: The WitchPyotr Tchaikovsky		A Tchaikovsky miniature depicting the witch’s mystique
12	Lux AeternaClint Mansell		Clint's majestic music composition
13	Fairies’ DanceEdvard Grieg		A dreamy vignette of fairies dancing in a moonlit forest
14	Reading Dante: Sonata-FantasiaFranz Liszt		A famous Liszt piece depicting scenes of hell
15	Ghost footprintsWilliam Gillock		A creeping presence, a mysterious miniature piece
16	Main Theme from the film “Halloween”John Carpenter		The sense of fear in Halloween movie theme songs
17	Hedwig’s Theme (Main Theme from the film “Harry Potter”)John Williams		Iconic music from Harry Potter
18	The Villains World (from the Tokyo DisneySea Halloween event)Marco Marinangeli		Halloween Music at Tokyo DisneySea
19	Suite “The Nutcracker,” Op. 71a, No. 3: “Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy”Pyotr Tchaikovsky		The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker: A Magical Melody
20	Totentanz, S.555 R.240Saint-Saëns=Liszt		The Grim Reaper and a skeleton dance an eerie waltz.
21	The Carnival of the Animals: AquariumCamille Saint-Saëns		Saint-Saëns’s fantastical music
22	Lyric Pieces, Book V, Op. 54 – No. 3: March of the DwarfsEdvard Grieg		Grieg’s Little March of the Trolls
23	Suite ‘The Carnival of the Animals’ No. 7 ‘Aquarium’Camille Saint-Saëns		Expressing the magical world of an aquarium through music
24	Symphonic Poem “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”Paul Dukas		The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dukas's famous piece
25	Halloween NightAKB48		A track to liven up Halloween night
26	Main Theme from the Musical “The Phantom of the Opera”Andrew Lloyd Webber		The Phantom of the Opera, a groundbreaking musical masterpiece
27	Grim Grinning Ghosts (from the Tokyo Disneyland attraction “Haunted Mansion”)Buddy Baker		Enjoy the music of the Haunted Mansion
28	Funeral March of the MarionettesCharles Gounod		Gounod’s famous piece, an instrumental work for Halloween
29	This Is Halloween (from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas)Danny Elfman		Iconic movie songs that amp up Halloween
30	Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain KingEdvard Grieg		A masterpiece of Norwegian music, an eerie worldview
31	Happy HalloweenJunky ft. Kagamine Rin		A Halloween song that's poppy and fun
32	Tubular Bells (Main Theme from the film “The Exorcist”)Mike Oldfield		It leaps beyond the confines of being just a horror movie theme song...
33	Carnival of Flames and ForestsSEKAI NO OWARI		A fantastical forest carnival world
34	The Carnival of the Animals, No. 12: FossilsCamille Saint-Saëns		Saint-Saëns’s famous piece “The Carnival of the Animals”
35	Demon KingSchubert=Liszt		Explain the masterpieces composed by Schubert
36	10 Pieces from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ No. 6: ‘Montagues and Capulets’Sergei Prokofiev		Prokofiev’s masterpiece, powerful music
37	Fantasy Pieces, Op. 3 No. 2 “Prelude”Sergei Rachmaninov		Rachmaninoff’s Bells, an eerily magnificent masterpiece
38	The Comical Dream of Mrs. PumpkinHatsune Miku		A classic Halloween track—dark and irresistibly addictive
39	Gnossienne No. 1Erik Satie		Satie’s fantastical miniature: into a world of dreams
40	Symphonic Poem “Night on Bald Mountain”Modest Mussorgsky		A Night on Bald Mountain, perfect for Halloween