Camille Saint-Saens “Danse Macabre”
Modest Mussorgsky “Night on Bald Mountain”
“Night on Bald Mountain” in Fantasia really did scare me.
I’m not that familiar with Saint-Saens, but I think “The Aquarium” in “Carnival of the Animals” is one of the most psychedelic pieces ever.
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz
Symphony #5 (Lenore) - Johann Raff
Der Erste Walpurgisnacht - Felix Mendelssohn
They'll all do, but I especially like the Raff piece, his best, IMHO. A young lady falls in love with a soldier, he's killed, and she curses God and demands him back. And he comes back. Be careful what you wish for. Berlioz's piece concerns a young feller who murders his lover, gets the guillotine, and dances in Hell afterward. Mendelssohn's is a little less grotesque but beautifully lyrical. And eerie as all git out.