# What's The Scariest Movie Music Ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824 "2001-09-11T04:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/1 "2001-09-11T04:45:40Z")
My vote goes for the Original **Planet of The Apes** on that one. Jesus, that’s some unnerving music. Try waking up to that one morning. Any out there that can top it? ---
**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/2 "2001-09-11T04:47:50Z")
Well, I do think that _The Omen_ has a pretty good score, at least when combined with the imagery. And though it’s not exactly a high-brow flick, the score to the original _Halloween_ movie had its moments. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/3 "2001-09-11T04:55:02Z")
“Psycho” Herrmann’s shirking violins gives me the willies. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/4 "2001-09-11T04:55:05Z")
The Digimon Movie, The Pokemon movie, and that Spice World one. ---
**Author:** ![BingoBurringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BingoBurringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BingoBurringo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/5 "2001-09-11T04:56:15Z")
Lalo Schifrin’s music to THE AMITYVILLE HORROR with that ghostly child choir singing LA LA LA LA LA is pretty creepy. I believe this score was originally going to be used for THE EXORCIST, but was turned down. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/6 "2001-09-11T04:59:13Z")
The themes from _Jaws_ and _Halloween_ freak me out everytime I hear them. Probably because those movies scared the crap out of me when I saw them as a child. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/7 "2001-09-11T05:00:28Z")
Tubular Bells is rather creepy, but I like it. ---
**Author:** ![theendisnear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@theendisnear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theendisnear)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/8 "2001-09-11T05:03:14Z")
The music from Jaws is pretty scary too. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/9 "2001-09-11T05:21:36Z")
I’d have to vote for the score from _Halloween_. I have the score for it (though I don’t know where I got it), and even hearing it alone gives me the heebie jeebies. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/10 "2001-09-11T05:28:18Z")
Hands down **Bram Stokers Dracula**. My friend bought the soundtrack when it first came out and I wouldn’t even ride in the car with him. Of course, I think it’s really cool now but for some reason it scared the shit out of me back then. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/11 "2001-09-11T05:31:33Z")
Not a movie, but the scariest soundtrack I’ve ever heard was **The Best of The Twilight Zone, Vol. 1** , which had both Bernard Herrmann _and_ Jerry Goldsmith. Any track is guaranteed to completely freak you out if you’re alone, in the dark, or especially both. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/12 "2001-09-11T05:37:38Z")
I’d have to say Oldfield’s score from **The Killing Fields.** Somehow, it seems to express the insanity and random horror of the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![pezwookiee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@pezwookiee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezwookiee)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/13 "2001-09-11T06:19:40Z")
The “wowu wowu wowu wowu WEET WEET WEET WEET” music from **The Shining**. YIKES! Also, even though I know it wasn’t written specifically for the movie, the score from **Eyes Wide Shut** was terrifying! ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/14 "2001-09-11T06:24:54Z")
When I was a kid my friends and I used to scare each other half to death walking home in the dark singing “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte” Kept my hands away from hatchets for a long time too! ---
**Author:** ![Spoonbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/15 "2001-09-11T06:44:28Z")
John Williams, _Jaws_, hands down. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/16 "2001-09-11T06:55:37Z")
_Suspiria_ by Dario Argento and Goblin. Some very spooky horror slasher stuff here. ::shiver:: ---
**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/17 "2001-09-11T11:21:01Z")
I always thought of the _Jaws_ score as good _suspense_ music, rather than _scary_ music. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/18 "2001-09-11T11:25:47Z")
Gotta go with Herrmann’s score for _Psycho_, mostly becuase it influenced a lot of soundtracks up to the present day. And while the shower scene music is famous, let’s not forget the music underlying Martin Balsam buying it on the stairs and the music underlying the discovery of “Mother” in the root cellar. That score is just designed to provide heebie-jeebies. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/19 "2001-09-12T20:32:14Z")
Tubular Bells, without a doubt. That still scares the shit out of me, even if I’m driving in broad daylight and it comes on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![lty\_Bibbity\_Pop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@lty\_Bibbity\_Pop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lty_Bibbity_Pop)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/20 "2001-09-12T23:41:59Z")
“Singing In The Rain” from **A Clockwork Orange** Since they had that in the methodical murder scene, I haven’t been able to hear it and not shiver. And it’s been how many years? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824.md?page=2)