Setting the Mood: Haunted House

[LcKedovan]

Hi All,

What kind of music do you (or would you) use to set the mood for an excursion into a haunted house? In the old days with my original group we had a fantastic mixed Sci-Fi/Horror CD that was a staple at our Call of Cthulhu sessions... but since I don't have that I was looking for suggestions of actual CDs etc.? Any ideas?
Ideally they should be common so I can get it before next session

-Will

 

[Wicht]

Interview with a Vampire soundtrack

The music is not classical haunted house but I would wager that it will make the game more nerve-wracking.

 

[Eryx]

When we run games like Call of Cthulhu, we use a few movie soundtracks.

The main ones that get used are:

1. Pacific Heights
2. Unbreakable.
3. The Seventh Sign
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   These are pretty spooky and generate great atmos.

 

[Klaus]

Here's a sample of the CDs in my game-related case:

Enio Morricone film music volume 1
Cinema Italiano: music of Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota
Summon the Heroes (conducted by John Williams)
*carmina Burana (Carl Orff)
Darkman soundtrack (Danny Elfman)
The Phantom soundtrack
*Legends of the Fall soundtrack
*In the Mouth of Madness soudtrack
Seven Soundtrack
*Gregorian Chant
*The Instruments of Classical Music: harpsichord
*Beethoven: violin Concert
* Fantasia vol. 1 & 2
*Silence of the Lambs soundtrack
Hunchback of Notre Dame (disney)
Richard Wagner (Ring of the Nibelungs)
Aladdin (disney)
*Classics from the Crypt: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (Bach); Danse Macabre (Saint Saens); Funeral March for a Marionette (Gounod); Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky); Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold (Berlioz); Peer Gynt Suite: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg); Mephisto's Waltz (Liszt); The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas); Symphonie Fantastique: Dream of a witches' Sabbath (Berlioz)

* = Very recommended

For a haunted house, I specially recommend the track "The Asylum" from the Silence of the Lambs soundtrack. It's so spooky it prevented one of my players from going alone to the bathroom (it was 3 AM).