Spooky Music Trivia

This composer was afraid of the number 13. He died at age 76 after becoming depressed when someone told him 7 + 6 = 13.

Which horror movie’s theme quotes the Dies Irae section from Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique in low brass?

Which piece was Mozart working on when he fell ill and died before completing it?

Which genre of music did the melody of Dies Irae originate from?

Henry Cowell's "The Banshee" is played with what unique piano technique?

Who composed the soundtrack for Jaws?

Fill in the blank of these famous lyrics: “It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' ___ people eater”

The iconic “horror violin screech” originates from which movie?

What language is the theme song “Ave Satani” from The Omen written in?

Which composer had extreme stage fright and held his head while conducting out of fear it would fall off?

What time signature is the main theme of the movie Halloween in?

Many people have compared the Jaws main theme to the fourth movement of this famous symphony.

Who composed Danse Macabre, a spooky poem written for the orchestra?

Which musician was so good that some claimed he sold his soul to the devil? (He wrote 24 caprices as well)

What play was "In the Hall of the Mountain King" originally composed for?

In the Romantic era, there was a superstition among composers that their ___ Symphony was destined to be their last.

In the song “Spooky Scary Skeletons,” which instrument represents the rattling of bones?

According to singer Ray Parker Jr., what should you do “if there’s something strange in your neighborhood?”

Fill in these lyrics: "All I want is to be left alone in my average home/ But why do I always feel like I'm in _______?"

Which Instrument plays at the beginning of The Addams Family intro?

Which composer had his skull stolen from his grave a few days after he died in 1809?

What interval does the solo violin play at the beginning of Danse Macabre?

Which lied is about a father and son riding on a horse at night when the son is attacked and killed by an evil spirit?

Which symphonic poem by Rachmaninoff depicts the scene of Charon rowing through the River Styx?