Dream Warriors

Dokken wrote and performed "Dream Warriors" the theme for 1987's "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3." (COURTESY OF ELEKTRA/ASYLUM RECORDS)

Theme songs have a long tradition in horror movies. I’m not referring to the iconic film scores to such films as “Psycho,” “The Exorcist,” “Halloween,” “Friday the 13th” and others, but rather title track songs performed by a band.

Perhaps the most obvious example of this is Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters,” which was as big a hit as the film that inspired and remains a ubiquitous Halloween staple to this day. But the trend goes back further than that 1984 hit.

TerrorVision

The cheesy 1980s B-movie "TerrorVision," which features an alien transmitted into a suburban home via a television signal, features a killer theme song by The Fibonaccis. (COURTESY OF SHOUT FACTORY)

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