Halloween Music Collection

Halloween Music Collection is a best of album by the gothic, horror instrumental band, Midnight Syndicate, released on July 30, 2010.[1][2] Featuring a selection of tracks made popular through the music's exposure in the Halloween, haunted attraction, horror music, and role-playing game industries.[3][4][5]

Halloween Music Collection
Compilation album by
ReleasedJuly 30, 2010
GenreGothic, dark ambient, neoclassical dark wave, darkwave
LabelEntity Productions
ProducerEdward Douglas, Gavin Goszka
Midnight Syndicate chronology
The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2010)
Halloween Music Collection
(2010)
Carnival Arcane
(2011)

Album information and release

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Halloween Music Collection was released to celebrate the band's 13th Anniversary and contained music from Midnight Syndicate albums released to that point (2010).[2] It was released and distributed by Midnight Syndicate's label and distributor, Entity Productions,[1] one of the largest distributors of Halloween music CDs at the time.[6][7] The album was included with The Dead Matter (2010) DVD and The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in The Dead Matter: 3-Disc Deluxe Edition released on July 30, 2010 and sold through Hot Topic store in the US.[2][8][9]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Taken from albumLength
1."Family Secrets"Edward DouglasThe 13th Hour3:05
2."Darkness Descends"Edward DouglasOut of the Darkness1:55
3."Fallen Grandeur"Gavin GoszkaThe 13th Hour2:53
4."Room 47"Edward DouglasGates of Delirium2:50
5."Born of the Night"Edward DouglasOut of the Darkness3:07
6."Raven's Hollow"Edward DouglasRealm of Shadows1:08
7."Awakening"Edward DouglasVampyre3:52
8."Shadows"Edward DouglasOut of the Darkness3:05
9."Haunted Nursery"Edward DouglasOut of the Darkness2:18
10."Army of the Dead"Gavin GoszkaDungeons & Dragons4:07
11."Dark Legacy"Gavin GoszkaThe Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates3:35
12."Morbid Fascination"Edward DouglasGates of Delirium2:38
13."Deadly Intentions"Edward DouglasThe 13th Hour0:54
14."Undead Hunters"Edward DouglasVampyre3:18
15."Soliloquy"Gavin GoszkaOut of the Darkness3:04
16."Tempest"Edward DouglasRealm of Shadows1:18
17."Grisly Reminder"Gavin GoszkaThe 13th Hour1:49
18."Residents Past"Gavin GoszkaGates of Delirium4:05
19."Veiled Hunter"Edward DouglasThe 13th Hour1:57
20."Alchemist's Chamber"Edward DouglasThe Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates2:47
21."Noctem Aeternus"Edward DouglasOut of the Darkness2:32
22."Vampyre"Edward DouglasVampyre4:30

Personnel

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Production

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  • Producers – Edward Douglas, Gavin Goszka
  • Mastering – Gavin Goszka
  • Photography – Rex B. Hamilton, Mike "Pogo" Hach, Sarah Mann
  • Cover art and design – Brainstorm Studios[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Halloween Music Collection - Midnight Syndicate (2010, CD) on Discogs
  2. ^ a b c DVD Review "The Dead Matter" Gregory Burkart, Fearnet, July 27, 2010
  3. ^ Scream Kings Jason Bracelin, Cleveland Scene Magazine (Cleveland, OH), May 25, 2005, Pg. 10-13.
  4. ^ Setting the Mood for an Industry (cover story) Leonard Pickel, Haunted Attraction Magazine (Charlotte, NC), October 30, 2006, Pg. 24-28,38-41
  5. ^ Heather Adler "Haunted Harmonies", Rue Morgue Magazine (Toronto, ON), October, 2005, Pg. 131
  6. ^ "A Ghoulish Business", Inside Business Magazine (Cleveland, OH), October 2007, Pg. 15
  7. ^ Syndicate Ready for Halloween Carl Feather, Star Beacon, October 7, 2008
  8. ^ Julie Washington, "Dead Matter scores a lively release deal", The Plain Dealer, July 17, 2010, Pg. E1
  9. ^ The Dead Matter (2010) Release Info on IMDb