| Halloween Music Collection | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | July 30, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Gothic, Dark Ambient, Neoclassical Dark Wave, Darkwave | |||
| Label | Entity Productions | |||
| Producer | Edward Douglas, Gavin Goszka | |||
| Midnight Syndicate chronology | ||||
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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]
Album information and release
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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Taken from album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Family Secrets" | Edward Douglas | The 13th Hour | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Darkness Descends" | Edward Douglas | Out of the Darkness | 1:55 |
| 3. | "Fallen Grandeur" | Gavin Goszka | The 13th Hour | 2:53 |
| 4. | "Room 47" | Edward Douglas | Gates of Delirium | 2:50 |
| 5. | "Born of the Night" | Edward Douglas | Out of the Darkness | 3:07 |
| 6. | "Raven's Hollow" | Edward Douglas | Realm of Shadows | 1:08 |
| 7. | "Awakening" | Edward Douglas | Vampyre | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Shadows" | Edward Douglas | Out of the Darkness | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Haunted Nursery" | Edward Douglas | Out of the Darkness | 2:18 |
| 10. | "Army of the Dead" | Gavin Goszka | Dungeons & Dragons | 4:07 |
| 11. | "Dark Legacy" | Gavin Goszka | The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Morbid Fascination" | Edward Douglas | Gates of Delirium | 2:38 |
| 13. | "Deadly Intentions" | Edward Douglas | The 13th Hour | 0:54 |
| 14. | "Undead Hunters" | Edward Douglas | Vampyre | 3:18 |
| 15. | "Soliloquy" | Gavin Goszka | Out of the Darkness | 3:04 |
| 16. | "Tempest" | Edward Douglas | Realm of Shadows | 1:18 |
| 17. | "Grisly Reminder" | Gavin Goszka | The 13th Hour | 1:49 |
| 18. | "Residents Past" | Gavin Goszka | Gates of Delirium | 4:05 |
| 19. | "Veiled Hunter" | Edward Douglas | The 13th Hour | 1:57 |
| 20. | "Alchemist's Chamber" | Edward Douglas | The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates | 2:47 |
| 21. | "Noctem Aeternus" | Edward Douglas | Out of the Darkness | 2:32 |
| 22. | "Vampyre" | Edward Douglas | Vampyre | 4:30 |
Personnel
Production
- 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
- 1 2 3 Halloween Music Collection - Midnight Syndicate (2010, CD) on Discogs
- 1 2 3 DVD Review "The Dead Matter" Gregory Burkart, Fearnet, July 27, 2010
- ↑ Scream Kings Jason Bracelin, Cleveland Scene Magazine (Cleveland, OH), May 25, 2005, Pg. 10-13.
- ↑ Setting the Mood for an Industry (cover story) Leonard Pickel, Haunted Attraction Magazine (Charlotte, NC), October 30, 2006, Pg. 24-28,38-41
- ↑ Heather Adler "Haunted Harmonies", Rue Morgue Magazine (Toronto, ON), October, 2005, Pg. 131
- ↑ "A Ghoulish Business", Inside Business Magazine (Cleveland, OH), October 2007, Pg. 15
- ↑ Syndicate Ready for Halloween Carl Feather, Star Beacon, October 7, 2008
- ↑ Julie Washington, "Dead Matter scores a lively release deal", The Plain Dealer, July 17, 2010, Pg. E1
- ↑ The Dead Matter (2010) Release Info on IMDb