
A favorite is "We’ll Meet Again" by Very Lynn. There are definitely certain tracks that stand out. This is part of what helps establish the idea in the minds of guests that something isn’t right with this hotel. But as you get closer and closer to the Tower of Terror, that upbeat music is slowly drowned out by that slower, almost creepy music until it’s the only thing you hear.

As you walk onto Sunset Boulevard, you’ll hear the music of the 1940s and it’s largely upbeat, big band songs that support the era. What’s interesting is if you pay attention to the music that you will hear on your way to the Tower of Terror, there’s a progression made and it’s all part of that story. It’s as if by setting foot on the grounds of the Hollywood Tower Hotel we are whisked back to that fateful date. Since the attraction is frozen in time since that incident, it’s only fitting that we hear those same tunes. As you may recall, the incident that is depicted in the preshow video happened in 1939, so the music is the exact music you would have heard if it was still 1939. With the Tower of Terror, you hear these slow tempo jazz hits of the era that the back story of the ride took place. Imagineers use the music like a soundtrack in a movie. Music is a really import aspect of any good attraction and nobody incorporates music in attractions better than Walt Disney World.

The music for the Tower of Terror consists of a carefully selected playlist of 1930s music, mostly jazz, that really help set the mood for the attraction.

A Studios Central reader Brenna wrote in to ask if we could explain the music played in the Tower of Terror and I thought it was a great idea because of the richness of the music in and around the Tower of Terror.
