Haunting Music

Haunting music hits a specific emotional register. This collection spans 31 songs with complete sensory profiles — so you can find the feeling you want without a sudden sensory ambush.

The calmest haunting songs (2)

Satellite
Elliott Smith
safe
Our Mother the Mountain
Townes Van Zandt
safe

Moderate intensity (19)

Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker
moderate
White Chalk
PJ Harvey
moderate
At Night
The Cure
moderate
Under Ice
Kate Bush
moderate
Watching You Without Me
Kate Bush
moderate
Roast Fish and Cornbread
Lee Scratch Perry
moderate
Silver
Pixies
moderate
He War
Cat Power
moderate
Beatrix
Cocteau Twins
moderate
The Man Who Sold the World
David Bowie
moderate
Picture Window
Japanese Breakfast
moderate
Hunter
Portishead
moderate
Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm)
Sigur Rós
moderate
Young Liars
TV on the Radio
moderate
Anyone's Ghost
The National
moderate
Pioneer to the Falls
Interpol
moderate
Chrome Waves
Ride
moderate
Israel
Siouxsie and the Banshees
moderate
So Real
Jeff Buckley
moderate

Most intense (10)

Steam Machine
Daft Punk
intense
Lose My Breath
My Bloody Valentine
intense
Silence
Portishead
intense
Siamese Twins
The Cure
intense
Kanga Roo
Big Star
intense
Show of Strength
Echo & the Bunnymen
intense
Transylvania
Iron Maiden
intense
Hunted by a Freak
Mogwai
intense
I Bleed
Pixies
intense
Threads
Portishead
intense

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