If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As the fog descends over Universal Studios on both coasts, so too do the guitar riffs of a certain Guns N’ Roses rocker. For the past six years, Slash has composed the original music for the ‘ Universal Monsters’ haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights, an annual event which thrills and chills guests at Universal Studios Hollywood every Halloween season.
This year, the acclaimed artist has released a new vinyl record titled Slash Music Of Universal Studios Hollywood – Halloween Horror Nights , featuring a collection every track he’s written for the HHN Universal Monsters house compiled into one, trippy-looking limited-edition album. “As a longtime fan of horror movies and of Halloween Horror Nights, I jumped at the chance to once again collaborate with Universal Studios Hollywood to produce a soundtrack for the ‘Universal Monsters’ haunted house,” Slash said in a statement. “Similar to the way music affects a film, I composed this score for the legions of infamous characters in these haunted houses to elicit a sense of emotional terror.
” The spine-chilling 11-track album will be sold exclusively onsite at Universal Studios Hollywood from Sept. 5 through Nov. 3.
There are also 300 alternate color vinyl that are hand-signed by the man himself to be placed in stores at Universal Studios Hollywood until they’re sol.