Horror movie theme music quiz: Guess the horror film from its soundtrack.

Quiz: Can You Name These 13 Horror Movies From Their Iconic Music?

Quiz: Can You Name These 13 Horror Movies From Their Iconic Music?

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Oct. 28 2014 12:02 PM

The Horror Movie Music Quiz

Top to bottom, left to right: The Birds, Jaws, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween.
Top to bottom, left to right: The Birds, Jaws, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween.

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos courtesy Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, Compass International Pictures

Bahhhhh-dum! Bahhhh-dum! Horror movies contain some of the most iconic music in film history: screeching violins, ominous trombones, shuddersome synths.

For a Halloween treat, Slate picked 13 of the creepiest music clips in horror history. For each 10-second excerpt, can you name the film it’s from?

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Correction, Oct. 28, 2014: This quiz originally included a fan-made audio clip for the The Birds. The Birds has no incidental score. The clip has since been replaced with a clip from another horror movie.

Chris Kirk is a web developer at New York magazine and Slate’s former interactives editor. Follow him on Twitter.