Warning: Spoilers ahead for Goosebumps: The Vanishing!
Goosebumps: The Vanishing highlights recent hit songs while incorporating past eras as part of the show’s season 2 soundtrack. Despite being the second season of the Disney+/Hulu show based on R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books, The Vanishing focuses on an entirely new story and setting. The approach gives Goosebumps: The Vanishing two sets of characters, considering part of the horror tale is set in 1994. Of course, the series honors that part of the timeline by using popular songs from musical artists at the peak of their popularity in that decade.
If songs from Beastie Boys and System of a Down aren’t your cup of tea, there’s a wide variety of other songs featured in Goosebumps: The Vanishing from genres like pop, hip-hop, indie, jazz, and alternative. From Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter to a Major League baseball player, Goosebumps season 2’s soundtrack quickly emerges as a fun aspect of the follow-up installment. Those who grew up reading R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps will surely get a kick out of how the show mixes recent hits and songs that released in the early days of the horror book series.
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Song |
Artist |
Episode # |
|---|---|---|
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“Pass the Mic” |
Beastie Boys |
Episode 1 |
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“MILLION DOLLAR BABY” |
Tommy Richman |
Episode 1 |
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“Espresso” |
Sabrina Carpenter |
Episode 1 |
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“FE!N” |
Travis Scott (ft. Playboi Carti) |
Episode 1 |
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“Down Bad” |
Taylor Swift |
Episode 2 |
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“Chop Suey!” |
System of a Down |
Episode 2 |
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“redrum” (twice) |
21 Savage |
Episode 3 |
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“Paint the Town Red” |
Doja Cat |
Episode 3 |
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“Chop Suey!” (twice) |
System of a Down |
Episode 3 |
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“Sound of da Police” |
KRS-One |
Episode 3 |
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“Girl, so Confusing” |
Charli XCX |
Episode 4 |
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“360” |
Charli XCX |
Episode 4 |
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“Katana” |
Samara Cyn |
Episode 4 |
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“Flea” |
St. Vincent |
Episode 4 |
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“Little Foot Big Foot” |
Childish Gambino |
Episode 5 |
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“Them Changes” |
Thundercat |
Episode 5 |
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“sAy sOMETHINg” |
Lil Yachty |
Episode 5 |
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“Big Dawgs” |
Hanumankind and Kalmi |
Episode 5 |
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“OMG” |
Jose Iglesias (aka Candelita) |
Episode 6 |
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“Windy” |
The Association |
Episode 7 |
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“Bacoa” (twice) |
Les Baxter |
Episode 7 |
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“Algorythm” |
Childish Gambino |
Episode 8 |
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Episode 1 Songs
“Stay Out of the Basement: Part I”
“Pass the Mic” by Beastie Boys: Goosebumps season 2 opens with a group of teens entering an abandoned fort in a 1994 flashback as the Beastie Boys song plays. The character Matty is also wearing a Beastie Boys sweatshirt.
“MILLION DOLLAR BABY” by Tommy Richman: The show switches to 2024, introducing twins Devin and Cece Brewer, who are main characters in Goosebumps: The Vanishing.
“Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter: The Sabrina Carpenter song can be heard as Devin and Cece are walking to the park after being invited by CJ, a local delivery driver their age.
“FE!N” by Travis Scott (ft. Playboi Carti): Goosebumps: The Vanishing episode 1 concludes with this Travis Scott song while the detective, Jen, is revealed to be investigating the teens’ disappearance and deaths from 1994.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Episode 2 Songs
“Stay Out of the Basement: Part II”
“Down Bad” by Taylor Swift: The song from The Tortured Poets Department album is heard when Frankie opens the coffee shop where she works after seemingly breaking up with her boyfriend, Trey.
“Chop Suey! by System of a Down: After Trey is turned into black goo, his car comes alive as “Chop Suey!” begins playing on the car’s radio.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Episode 3 Songs
“The Haunted Car”
“redrum” by 21 Savage: The song is first hit at the start of the episode in a flashback from a year ago when Alex got blamed for a fire in a vacant building during a fire. “redrum” plays again in the episode’s closing credits after black particles are seen in Cece’s kombucha cup.
Paint the Town Red” by Doja Cat: The song from 2023 plays as Alex drives Trey’s car and convinces Cece to help find Murph, the person who actually started the fire that sent her to juvenile detention.
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“Chop Suey! by System of a Down: The song plays two more times in episode 3 to depict Trey’s “haunted” car. First, it’s heard when Cece is waiting for Alex as the car comes alive and again when it traps her and takes off.
“Sound of da Police” by KRS-One: The song is the ringtone Alex uses for her mom, Jen, when the teen’s phone is found at the scene of the reported crash of Trey’s car.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Episode 4 Songs
“Monster Blood”
“Girl, so Confusing” by Charli XCX: Episode 4 opens with Cece doing her makeup and getting ready for school in a flashback as the Charlie XCX song plays.
“360” by Charli XCX: Another Charli XCX song plays moments later as Cece walks to meet her friends at a local kombucha cafe before school.
“Katana” by Samara Cyn: Back in the present day, Cece stops at the same kombucha place ahead of her college interview, where she runs into friends from the city.
“Flea” by St. Vincent: The 2024 song plays over the episode 4 credits after Anthony is seen coming out of the tunnel in a hazmat suit.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Episode 5 Songs
“The Boy Who Cried Monster”
“Little Foot Big Foot” by Childish Gambino: Early in the episode, CJ is riding the scooter for a delivery as the Childish Gambino song plays.
“Them Changes” by Thundercat: When CJ is later seen on another delivery, this time it’s Anthony’s soup, “Them Changes” is playing.
“sAy sOMETHINg” by Lil Yachty: CJ gets fired from his delivery job after the encounter with Anthony, but he ends up walking back to the Brewer house after Anthony calls him as this song plays.
“Big Dawgs” by Hanumankind and Kalmi: The song is heard during the episode’s final moments when the fake doctor takes Anthony’s detached head from the basement.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Episode 6 Songs
“The Girl Next Door”
“OMG” by Jose Iglesias (aka Candelita): The only song heard in Goosebumps: The Vanishing episode 6 comes during the closing credits. Jose Iglesias is also an MLB infielder who most recently played for the New York Mets, who Trey is shown to be a big fan of in the show.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Episode 7 Songs
“Welcome to Camp Nightmare”
“Windy” by The Association: The song from 1967 opens the episode during a flashback to 1968 when Fort Jerome housed Camp Nightmoon. A counselor is seen giving campers a tour.
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“Bacoa” by Les Baxter: The jazz tune can be heard when Avi and Ramona are giving out special suits to the three men enlisted to work in the underground facility dedicated to investigating the alien. The song plays again in episode 7’s closing credits.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Episode 8 Songs
“Episode 8”
“Algorythm” by Childish Gambino: The lone song featured in Goosebumps: The Vanishing episode 8 comes during the credits.
- Release Date
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October 13, 2023
- Cast
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David Schwimmer
, Jayden Bartels
, Francesca Noel
, Galilea La Salvia
, Elijah M. Cooper
, Ana Ortiz
, Zack Morris
, Justin Long
, Ana Yi Puig
, Miles McKenna
, Will Price
, Isa Briones
, Rachael Harris
, Rob Huebel - Story By
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R.L. Stine
- Writers
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Nicholas Stoller
, Rob Letterman
, Kevin Murphy - Showrunner
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Kevin Murphy
