The top 20 highest earning horror movie soundtracks:
| Ranking | Horror movie: | Soundtrack’s combinedSpotify plays: | Total estimated royaltyearnings (£) |
| 1 | Dracula 2000 | 445,138,534 | £1,531,276.56 |
| 2 | Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas | 307,349,917 | £1,057,283.71 |
| 3 | The Lost Boys | 35,653,883 | £122,649.36 |
| 4 | Halloween | 30,106,403 | £103,566.03 |
| 5 | House Of 1,000 Corpses | 18,025,372 | £62,007.28 |
| 6 | Green Room | 12,591,534 | £43,314.88 |
| 7 | It Follows | 12,380,976 | £42,590.56 |
| 8 | Mandy | 9,322,307 | £32,068.74 |
| 9 | Annihilation | 9,248,161 | £31,813.67 |
| 10 | Under the Skin | 8,848,878 | £30,440.14 |
| 11 | Beetlejuice | 8,577,205 | £29,505.59 |
| 12 | Beyond the Black Rainbow | 8,053,474 | £27,703.95 |
| 13 | Hereditary | 7,599,327 | £26,141.68 |
| 14 | Suspiria | 4,958,841 | £17,058.41 |
| 15 | Alien | 4,324,101 | £14,874.91 |
| 16 | Psycho | 4,174,393 | £14,359.91 |
| 17 | A Nightmare On Elm Street | 3,362,819 | £11,568.10 |
| 18 | The Ring | 3,294,399 | £11,332.73 |
| 19 | Trick Or Treat | 3,242,235 | £11,153.29 |
| 20 | Jaws | 3,237,705 | £11,137.71 |
Please find the full list of all horror movie soundtracks analysed, and the links to the Spotify soundtrack albums within this data set.
Onlinecasinos.co.uk can reveal that the highest earning horror movie soundtrack is Dracula 2000, with an estimate of £1,531,276.56 in music royalties and 445 million combined Spotify plays. Despite the movie’s negative reception, it features a distinct combination of rock and metal tracks from the likes of Saliva’s ‘Your Disease’ and Linkin Park’s ‘One Step Closer’, the latter of which has accumulated over 400 million plays alone.
Following in second is Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack, with a potential estimated earnings of £1,057,283.71 in royalties as it garnered over 300 million combined Spotify plays so far.
Securing its place in third is The Lost Boys (1987) soundtrack with over 35 million Spotify plays, estimated to be worth over £122,649.36 in royalties – beating critically acclaimed movie, Halloween, in fourth. Whilst its blend of original eerie score was composed by Thomas Newman, the music soundtrack for this supernatural horror film features hits including ‘Cry Little Sister’ by Gerard McMann.
Classic horror films such as Halloween and Jaws also land in the top 20, with their notable soundtracks potentially earning £103,566.03 and £11,137.71 in royalties respectively.
Most successful horror movie songs:
| Ranking | Most played song: | Horror movie: | Total number of Spotify plays: | Current estimated royalty earnings (£) |
| 1 | One Step Closer By Linkin Park | Dracula 2000 | 415,128,593 | £1,428,042.36 |
| 2 | This Is Halloween By Danny Elfman | Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas | 87,149,086 | £299,792.86 |
| 3 | Halloween Theme By John Carpenter | Halloween | 22,688,797 | £78,049.46 |
| 4 | Cry Little Sister By Gerard McMann | The Lost Boys | 14,921,352 | £51,329.45 |
| 5 | Sinister Purpose By Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green Room | 12,008,612 | £41,309.63 |
| 6 | Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue By Ramones | House Of 1,000 Corpses | 7,561,303 | £26,010.88 |
| 7 | Love By Mica Levi | Under the Skin | 5,516,285 | £18,976.02 |
| 8 | Reborn By Colin Stetson | Hereditary | 4,487,842 | £15,438.18 |
| 9 | Mandy Love Them By Jóhann Jóhannsson | Mandy | 4,410,792 | £15,173.12 |
| 10 | Suspiria By Goblin | Suspiria | 3,374,643 | £11,608.77 |
Featured in Dracula 2000, Linkin Park’s ‘One Step Closer’ proves to be the most successful song in a horror movie, as it accumulates an impressive 415 million plays on Spotify and secures over an estimated £1.4 million in royalties.
Subsequently, in second place is ‘This Is Halloween’ composed by Danny Elfman for The Nightmare Before Christmas as it currently has over 87 million Spotify plays; contributing a potential estimate of £299,793 to the movie’s overall soundtrack earnings.
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