Ah, Halloween—the overabundance of single serving, bite size candy, those random Halloween costume superstores that pop up in abandon warehouses and “Thriller” on every radio station.

All Hallow’s Eve has a playlist all its own, and depending on how you celebrate, it’s different for everyone.

Here are a few essentials that this lover of Halloween thinks should be playing at everyone’s party this year. It's a mix of classic movie themes and iconic songs, instrumental and traditional tunes, more modern hits and a few that can't easily be pegged as Halloweenie.

Rock 'n' Ghoul

Halloween – The Misfits

Overture – The Phantom of the Opera

Fall Children – AFI

Gingerbread Coffin – Rasputina

Vampire – Antsy Pants

Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult

I Put a Spell on You – Creedance Clearwater Revival

Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus

Nightmare on My Street – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

Psycho Killer – Talking Heads

They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhhh! - Sufjan Stevens

Walking with a Ghost – Tegan and Sara

Vampires Will Never Hurt You – My Chemical Romance

Theme from Candyman

Monster Mash – Bobby Pickett

Frankenstein – The Edgar Winter Group

Theme from Halloween

Thriller – Michael Jackson

Haunted - Poe

Theme from “The Addams Family”

The Perks of Being a Vampire – Vision Through Sound

Theme from Tales from the Crypt

This is Halloween – The Nightmare Before Christmas

Come Little Children – Hocus Pocus

The Time Warp – The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Monster – The Automatic

Toccata and Fugue – Bach

I was a Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps

96 Quite Bitter Beings – CKY

The Boogie Monster – Gnarls Barkley

The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band

Living Dead Girl – Rob Zombie

She Wolf - Shakira

Liquid Spear Waltz – Donnie Darko

Bodies – Drowning Pool

Iron Man – Black Sabbath

In the House in a Heartbeat – 28 Days Later