This guide currently identifies 34 songs heard in The Shining (1980), with scene details and placement information where available.
The Shining soundtrack songs
- The ShiningWendy CarlosScene / details
Opening Titles.
- The Awakening of JakobPolish Radio National Symphony OrchestraScene / details
Danny has a vision at home in the bathroom.
- Rocky MountainsWendy CarlosScene / details
The Torrances drive through the mountains to the Overlook Hotel.
- LontanoSinfonie-Orchester des SüdwestfunksScene / details
Danny encounters the Grady twins while playing with darts.
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106: 3. AdagioBerlin PhilharmonicScene / details
Wendy and Danny navigate the maze.
- MasqueradeJack Hylton and His OrchestraScene / details
Jack hears music coming from the Gold Room.
- It's All Forgotten NowAl BowllyScene / details
Grady talks to Jack in the restroom.
- HomeHenry Hall & His Gleneagles Hotel BandScene / details
Grady talks to Jack in the restroom.
- PolymorphiaPolish Radio National Symphony OrchestraScene / details
Jack confronts Wendy, who’s discovered what he had been writing.
- De Natura Sonoris No. 1 (1994 Remastered Version)Krzysztof PendereckiScene / details
Danny writes REDRUM on the door as Hallorann drives to the Overlook.
- De Natura Sonoris No. 2 (1994 Remastered Version)Krzysztof PendereckiScene / details
Danny wakes up Wendy.
- Kanon - 2001 Remastered VersionKrzysztof PendereckiScene / details
Jack axes through the bathroom door to kill Wendy and Danny.
- Utrenja - EwangeliaPolish Radio National Symphony OrchestraScene / details
Jack murders Hallorann in the lobby; Wendy encounters supernatural entities in the Overlook.
- Midnight, The Stars and YouAl BowllyScene / details
The photograph of the Fourth of July ball is shown; End Credits.
- Utrenja - Kanon PaschyPolish Radio National Symphony OrchestraScene / details
Scene description not yet available.
- Kanon for 52 String Orchestra and TapeKrzysztof PendereckiScene / details
Scene description not yet available.
- Rocky MountainsWendy Carlos, Rachel ElkindScene / details
The Torrances drive through the mountains to the Overlook Hotel.
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106: 3. AdagioHerbert Von Karajan, Berlin PhilharmonicScene / details
Wendy and Danny navigate the maze.
- It's All Forgotten NowAl Bowlly, Ray Noble and His OrchestraScene / details
Grady talks to Jack in the restroom.
- De Natura Sonoris No. 1 (1994 Remastered Version)Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof PendereckiScene / details
Danny writes REDRUM on the door as Hallorann drives to the Overlook.
- De Natura Sonoris No. 2 (1994 Remastered Version)Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof PendereckiScene / details
Danny wakes up Wendy.
- Kanon - 2001 Remastered VersionPolish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki, Polnisches Radio-Sinfonieorchester KrakauScene / details
Jack axes through the bathroom door to kill Wendy and Danny.
- Midnight, The Stars and YouRay Noble & His Orchestra, Al BowllyScene / details
The photograph of the Fourth of July ball is shown; End Credits.
- The Shining (Main Title)Wendy Carlos & Rachel ElkindScene / details
Opening scene
- The Awakening of JacobPolish Radio National Symphony OrchestraScene / details
Danny has a vision.
- Lontano (1967)Ernest Bour & SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-BadenScene / details
Danny sees the twins at the lobby.
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106: III. AdagioBerlin Philharmonic & Mstislav RostropovichScene / details
Wendy and Danny are running around the hedge maze.
- It's All Forgotten NowRay Noble and His OrchestraScene / details
Jack talks to the ghost of Grady at the restroom.
- PolymorphiaAukso Orchestra & Krzysztof PendereckiScene / details
Wendy is reading Jack's repetitive manuscript when Jack surprises her. Wendy begs Jack to leave the hotel with Danny, but he threatens her before she knocks him unconscious with a baseball bat.
- De Natura Sonoris No. 1 (1994 Remastered Version)Nationales Polnisches Rundfunksinfonieorchester, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki & Polish National Radio Symphony OrchestraScene / details
Hallorann drives to the hotel to save Wendy and Danny. Danny picks up a knife and a crayon and writes "Redrum" on the door.
- De Natura Sonoris No. 2 (1994 Remastered Version)Nationales Polnisches Rundfunksinfonieorchester, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki & Polish National Radio Symphony OrchestraScene / details
Danny scares Wendy.
- Utrenja (Kanon Paschy)Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polnisches Radio-Sinfonieorchester Krakau & Polish National Radio Symphony OrchestraScene / details
Jack breaks down the door with an axe and surpises Wendy.
- Utrenja (Ewangelia)Krzysztof Penderecki & Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego RadiaScene / details
Jack murders Hallorann with the axe in the lobby.
- Midnight, The Stars and YouAl Bowlly & Ray Noble and His OrchestraScene / details
End credits.

