Original scoring for American Horror Story is composed by Charlie Clouser (late of Nine Inch Nails). He has created a different main title theme for each season, all incorporating an experimental noise piece from musician Cesar Davila-Irizarry. Along with his incidental music, the soundtrack features borrowed scoring from horror films as well as previously released and newly covered recordings of popular rock and standards.

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Episodic Music

These are individual songs, not score compositions.





Music of Coven Song Links Artist Episode or Theme Scene Sugarland Papa Mali Bitchcraft Zoe leaves parents' home









Featured in Murder House

"Tonight You Belong To Me" by Patience and Prudence (When Troy and Bryan demolish the house)

by Patience and Prudence (When Troy and Bryan demolish the house) "Special Death" by Mirah (Scenes related to Tate and Violet)

by Mirah (Scenes related to Tate and Violet) "Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann (Westfield High Massacre related scenes)

by Bernard Herrmann (Westfield High Massacre related scenes) "Blood Gets Thin" by Pete And The Pirates (Violet and Leah fight)

by Pete And The Pirates (Violet and Leah fight) "Flickers" by Son Lux (When Violet and Tate talk about scaring Leah)

by Son Lux (When Violet and Tate talk about scaring Leah) "Baby, You Ain't Looking Right" by PowerSolo (Closing Credits)

"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" by The 5th Dimension (During the opening scene)

by The 5th Dimension (During the opening scene) "Special Death" by Mirah (Violet and Leah talk about what happened in the basement)

by Mirah (Violet and Leah talk about what happened in the basement) "Make it with You" by Ian McCutcheon/ originally by Bread (Bianca's elevator dream)

by Ian McCutcheon/ originally by Bread (Bianca's elevator dream) "Do You" by Carina Round (Scene where Vivien brings a cupcake to Violet's room/Ben drinking wine with Hayden)

"For Everything A Reason" by Carina Round (Scene of Larry burying Hayden and finding Moira's skeleton)

"Lavender Moon" by Haroula Rose (When Violet's giving Addie a makeover)

by Haroula Rose (When Violet's giving Addie a makeover) "Big Mother" by Feeding People (When Violet's reading on her bed)

by Feeding People (When Violet's reading on her bed) "Dracula - The Beginning" by Wojciech Kilar (The Montgomery family flashback scene) Spotify

"Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann (Tate confronts the "Dead Breakfast Club")

"Suite for Solo Cello No. 5 in C Minor: Allemande" by Yo-Yo Ma / originally by Bach (Vivien's dream)

by Yo-Yo Ma / originally by Bach (Vivien's dream) "I, The Sun" by Lights On (Violet comes back to her room after seeing ghosts in the basement)

"I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl" by Nina Simone (While Vivien's pleasuring herself)

by Nina Simone (While Vivien's pleasuring herself) "Don't Look Back" by Kissing Cousins (Played when Maria haunts Violet)

by Kissing Cousins (Played when Maria haunts Violet) "Harsh Realm" by Widowspeak (When Vivien and Violet talk about love)

"XXX" by Natalie Nylon (When Chad shops at the S&M/Sex Shop.)

"Good for Nothin' Joe" by Lena Horne (During the opening scene)

by Lena Horne (During the opening scene) "Nightmare" by Artie Shaw (Scenes related to the Black Dahlia)

by Artie Shaw (Scenes related to the Black Dahlia) "Spooky" by Martha Reeves (During Hayden/Travis' bed scene)

"Spooky" by Atlanta Rhythm Section / originally by the Classics IV (Flashback of Ben & Hayden in a Boston bar)

"M1A2 Battalion Of Hate" by Wehrwolfe (Song playing when Tate's alarm clock goes off)

by Wehrwolfe (Song playing when Tate's alarm clock goes off) "Hate My Way" by Throwing Muses (When Ben comes to Violet's room to talk about her truancy)

by Throwing Muses (When Ben comes to Violet's room to talk about her truancy) "Hazard" by Gossling (Scene where Tate and Violet talk about both being dead)

En Infiel by Marvelous Toy (When Violet meets Gabe)

"Tonight You Belong To Me" by Patience and Prudence (When the Ramoses are escaping the Murder House)

by Patience and Prudence (When the Ramoses are escaping the Murder House) "Loretta" and "Roses Today" by John (or Johnny) Scott (the two instrumental background lounge tracks when Constance Langdon talks to her hairdresser near the end of the episode)

The Little Drummer Boy – Harry Simeone Chorale (Christmas tree scene)

Other Episodes/Repeating Themes

Featured in Asylum

Moon in My Mind by Frankie Rose (Leo and Teresa enter Briarcliff in 2012)

by Frankie Rose (Leo and Teresa enter Briarcliff in 2012) There Goes My Baby by The Drifters (Kit singing along in the garage before being interrupted)

by The Drifters (Kit singing along in the garage before being interrupted) Lovemaker, Lovebreaker by Frank Fafara (Kit and Alma post-coitus)

by Frank Fafara (Kit and Alma post-coitus) Bucket of Blood by Pino Donaggio from Carrie (Lana arrives at Briarcliff)

by Pino Donaggio from (Lana arrives at Briarcliff) For the Last Time We'll Pray by Pino Donaggio from Carrie (Sr. Mary escorts Lana)

(Sr. Mary escorts Lana) Dominique by Soeur Marie (as always in the disc player in the common room)

by Soeur Marie (as always in the disc player in the common room) Softly Baby by Red Gardland (Lana and Wendy talking)

Voices of Light V: Pater Noster by composer Richard Einhorn (Sr. Jude's fantasy)

Featured in Websites or Promotions

Hannah Peel Tainted Love

"Tainted Love" by Hannah Peel.

by Hannah Peel. "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" by The Andrews Sisters.

You're Going To Die In There

Outside : "This Time" performed by Richard Blandon and the Dubs (Written by Dave Antrell.)

performed by Richard Blandon and the Dubs (Written by Dave Antrell.) 1940’s : "Twice as Nice" by Werner Tautz.

1950’s : "A Real Reel Switcher" by Eunice Russ Frost with The Earl Palmer Combo.

by Eunice Russ Frost with The Earl Palmer Combo. 1970’s : "R&R" by Will Johnstone, Nicholas Thomas Emmanuel Amour, and Andrew Philip Carroll.

1980’s : "London Boy" by Ian Curnow.

2000’s: "Mystic Maze" by Kully B and Calvin Kahn.

References

Music guide

Music from AHS tumblr - Author has FX/TNT contacts for most accurate info.