"This Is Halloween" is a song by composer Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film. Up until 1995, he was the lead singer and songwriter in the rock band Oingo Boingo, a group he formed in 1976...

 from the 1993

1993 in film

The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...

 film The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 stop motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to...

, performed by the residents of the fictional "Halloween Town", which is the film's main setting. The song is featured in both HalloWishes

HalloWishes

HalloWishes is a fireworks show that takes place during "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party" at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park...

at the Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom Park is one of four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort located near Orlando, Florida. The first park built at the resort, Magic Kingdom opened Oct. 1, 1971. Designed and built by WED Enterprises, the park's layout and attractions are similar to Disneyland in Anaheim, California...

 and at Disneyland's Halloween Screams

Halloween Screams

Halloween Screams is a fireworks show that takes place during Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort.-History:...

. In Calaway Park

Calaway Park

Calaway Park is Western Canada's largest outdoor family amusement park. The park is located in Springbank, Rocky View County, Alberta, west of the city of Calgary on the Trans-Canada Highway....

, it is featured in the haunted mansion. It is also used as the background music for the Halloween

Halloween

Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

 Town world in the video game Kingdom Hearts. The song is featured in the Wii

Wii

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 video game Just Dance 3.

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"This Is Halloween" was covered by Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson (band)

Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...

 for the 13th anniversary re-release of The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack

The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the 1993 soundtrack to the film of the same name. Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for best original score. The album peaked at #98 on the Billboard 200...

 and was also covered by Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco is an American alternative rock duo, formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005. Since its split, the band's line-up includes Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith . Former members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the group in 2009...

 on the same album. It has also been rerecorded for foreign language versions of the film, including Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Thai. Powerglove

Powerglove (band)

Powerglove is an American power metal band. They are known to play metal versions of classic video game themes. The band is named after the Power Glove, a NES controller accessory.-Early years, Total Pwnage and Metal Kombat :...

 has done an instrumental version on their album Saturday Morning Apocalypse

Saturday Morning Apocalypse

Saturday Morning Apocalypse is the second studio album by metal/power metal band Powerglove, released September 28, 2010 through E1 Music. This album strays from Powerglove's usual brand of video game metal, and instead centers around TV, cartoon, and movie themes the band grew up with. This is the...

. The Candy Spooky Theater

The Candy Spooky Theater

The Candy Spooky Theater is a Japanese visual kei gothic rock band, who debuted in 2005 with the single "Pumpkins Scream in the Dead of Night Parade"...

 covered the song on their 2010 album SpookyWonderland. Also Dot Dot Curve :) covered this song on Your Ears Will Bleeping Bleed. Kidz Bop

Kidz Bop

Kidz Bop is a brand of compilation albums featuring child session musicians performing contemporary music. The series was developed by Razor & Tie co-founders Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam in 2001...

 also performed a cover of the song in the album Kidz Bop Halloween

Kidz Bop Halloween

Kidz Bop Halloween is an album in the Kidz Bop series.-Track listing:#Ghostbusters#Monster Mash#Addams Family#Witch Doctor#Nightmare on My Street#Thriller#Werewolves of London#The Purple People Eater#Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!# Haunted House...

. On the 2011 album V-Rock Disney, which features visual kei

Visual Kei

is a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that visual kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of Japanese rock, with its...

 artists covering Disney songs, Sadie

Sadie (band)

is a visual kei rock band from Japan, formed in 2005. Sadie is signed to Face Music and Mijinko Records.-Biography:Sadie was founded by Mao, Tsurugi, Aki, Mizuki and Sora in February 2005, and comes from the English word "sad", according to vocalist, Mao...

covered this song.