Halloween Music Collection Explained

Halloween Music Collection
Type:	Compilation
Artist:	Midnight Syndicate
Cover:	HalloweenMusicCover.jpg
Released:	July 30, 2010
Genre:	Gothic, Dark Ambient, Neoclassical Dark Wave, Darkwave
Label:	Entity Productions
Producer:	Edward Douglas, Gavin Goszka
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Carnival Arcane
Next Year:	2011

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 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]}

Personnel

• Edward Douglas – composer
• Gavin Goszka – composer

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]

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Midnight-Syndicate-Halloween-Music-Collection/release/2651924 Halloween Music Collection - Midnight Syndicate (2010, CD) on Discogs
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20100729174049/http://www.fearnet.com/news/b19736_dvd_review_midnight_syndicate_dead.html DVD Review "The Dead Matter"
3. http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/scream-kings/Content?oid=1490774 Scream Kings
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20061030084014/http://www.hauntedattraction.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=37&MMN_position=61:41 Setting the Mood for an Industry (cover story)
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. http://www.starbeacon.com/currents/x343691483/Syndicate-ready-for-Halloween?zc_p=0 Syndicate Ready for Halloween
8. Julie Washington, "Dead Matter scores a lively release deal", The Plain Dealer, July 17, 2010, Pg. E1
9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055363/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf The Dead Matter (2010) Release Info on IMDb