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Halloween for Geeks

A Video Game Soundtrack Collection

By TestPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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Halloween for Geeks
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Let's give the geeks a go at a Halloween Playlist that will chill you to the core and keep the party spooky!

In no particular order, I designed this playlist with gamers in mind, mixing together some of the creepiest songs from some new and classic games (and the Castlevania Netflix series).

With a length of around 40 minutes, this won't get you through the party, but it will give your guests a good guessing game. You can hold a contest to see who can guess the game (or anime) the song is from, giving a prize or candy to the winner(s)!

When people think of instrumental music, they usually think of classical music, Mozart, Bach, etc. What seems to go unnoticed are the amazing soundtracks found in video games. Specifically designed to fit with the ambiance of the game and to elicit an emotion to match the environment displayed on your screen, video game soundtracks can take you from spooky cave to intense battle for your life in the blink of an eye!

Often underappreciated for their beauty, these soundtracks, when stripped from the game, are still more than capable of taking you on an emotional roller coaster ride, eliciting excitement and even fear. This collection of songs from games like Metroid, Castlevania, and even Final Fantasy 15 does just that (focusing on the fear element of course).

This is a Halloween Party Soundtrack for all ages, and can make for an exciting game in its own way! For all the hardcore gamers out there, it would be a point of pride to perfectly predict which games produced these heart pounding musical masterpieces. And prizes can include spooky pranks, frightening toys, or simply some sweets to celebrate everybody's favorite holiday! (Christmas is for suckers!) You could give away suckers too!

Any one of these terrifying tunes could be the song you play as guests enter your haunted house, or even your theme as you spin tales of ghouls and ghosts (is that one of the games included in this list? Of course it is!).

Your creeped out companions will be dying to pull out the console and battle brutal beasts in blood curdling combat after hearing your speakers spin these spectacular sounds! You'll be the life of the party (or the death if you prefer).

The people who produced the music for video games have had an interesting and creative history. With limited power provided to them (limitations encourage creativity as they say), they've managed, throughout the ages, to craft some truly memorable and amazing works of art. The songs on this list are no exception.

From the haunting melodies in Dracula's haunted castle to the heart pounding tunes that accompany the lone Samus on an alien world, battling for her life against monsters that want nothing more than to destroy her, these songs bring the perfect ambiance to any gathering of witches and warlocks.

Give your gaming guests a great night to never forget (despite how much they may drink) and gather them together for a generous dose of the heebie jeebies with these gut wrenching gems from some of the greatest games to ever grace us with their presence on this great green Earth. Disguise yourselves as some of your favorite dashing heroes and villains and dust off the old Nintendo to have a duel among daring participants who dream of defeating any who doubt their devilish prowess in the daunting arts of gaming glory.

This is the party soundtrack for pixilated pixies and prowling pirates who find pleasure in this particular pastime. So, please perform it for your partygoers while they pretend to be princes and princesses for one perfect night of pernicious peril and pleasant playfulness.

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