READ THE FULL ARTICLE:  Open Your Ears to Halloween Haunt Music Halloween is coming, slowly creeping up on us. And now, we are giving you the opportunity to open your ears to some haunted music that will give you thrills and chills. Sam Haynes  is a professional composer of Halloween haunt music. He previously wrote a fascinating guest article here on Easy Ear Training providing insight into the  pro techniques of horror music  with his CD Welcome to the Horror Show. Today we’ll listen in to five tracks from his new compilation offering  royalty-free Halloween music  (meaning you can use it in your own projects for free). Brace yourself to get served with some music that will surely give you shivers down your spine!

Halloween Music Instrumental, dark passionate haunting. Just what you need to listen to on a cold dark night to feel that haunting and foreboding feeling. Creeping within your very soul. Njoy!!! Video: © White Noise Relaxation White Noise Relaxation Channel music © 2014 White Noise Relaxation -  http://www.youtube.com/WhiteNoiseRela... Music mixed by White Noise Relaxation List of Audio Files Used "Despair and Triumph" by Kevin MacLeod at www.incomtech.com Direct Link:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... "Dark Times" by Kevin MacLeod at www.incomtech.com Direct Link:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... "Darkest Child" by Kevin MacLeod at www.incomtech.com Direct Link:  http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Used under creative commons licence Related articles He's Coming Home: Why Halloween Will Return With A Vengeance Stilts, Hair: Discrete Autobiography by Noor Naga Halloween Music Horrorph...

PHOTO CREDIT: EASYEARTRAINING Learning how to play scary Halloween horror music can be a fun and easy music experience. You don't have to be Danny Elfman or Bernard Hermann to create a convincing horror soundtrack. Follow these easy professional tips to writing some seriously spooky music for your next Halloween party, album, or project. 1. Keep it in minor. For some reason, in Western music, minor keys just seem spooky and scary, like you just walked through a cemetery on Halloween night . What is a basic minor chord ? The C minor chord is C-Eb-G. Go ahead and play this chord on your keyboard. Break it up or play it block chord style. Be sure to tousle your hair like a mad scientist and give out a horrifying laugh as you jam. LEARN MORE ABOUT SCORING SCARY MUSIC 2. Freaky instruments equal freaky horror music. Sure, a flute might sound pretty, but a pipe organ sounds simply insane. Try some bent strings or even an eerie synthesizer in your music mix....