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Midnight
Syndicate Halloween Music
Gothic
Fantasy Horror Soundtracks
ABOUT
MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE
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For
the past thirteen years, dark music
pioneers Midnight Syndicate have
been creating Halloween music and
gothic, horror, fantasy soundtracks
for the imagination. Formed
by composer/director Edward
Douglas in 1995, their music
has become staples of the Halloween,
gothic music, haunted attraction,
and role-playing game industries.
With a catalog of CDs that blend
dark, orchestral horror and fantasy
movie score-style music with sound
effects, the band consisting of
Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka
has had its soundtracks to imaginary
films featured in everything from
Hugh Hefner's infamous
Halloween parties, Barbara Walters
specials and Monday Night
Football to X-Box
games, tracks by the Academy-Award
winning rap act, Three Six
Mafia, and Twiztid
as well as concerts by dark music
pioneers The Misfits
and King Diamond.
The music has also been featured
on countless television shows and
documentaries relating to horror
films and the supernatural.
Often referred
to as the first Halloween
band or Haunted House
band, Midnight Syndicate
is the industry standard for the
world's top haunted attractions
and amusement parks. From Siberia
and Hong Kong to Europe and the
United States, whether it's a store,
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celebration,
or even a themed-cruise, Midnight
Syndicate's music has become synonymous
with the celebration of the Halloween
season. In September of 2009, AOL
released a list of the Top 10
Best Halloween Music CDs
of all time as ranked by AOL/CBS
Radio listeners. Three of the ten
CDs were Midnight Syndicate discs
(#8, #4, and #3) ranking only behind
Danny Elfman's Nightmare Before
Christmas and John Carpenter's
classic Halloween
soundtrack.
From
1997 through 2005, Midnight Syndicate
built their following through the
release of Midnight Syndicate,
Born of the Night, Realm of Shadows,
Gates of Delirium, Vampyre: Symphonies
from the Crypt, and The 13th Hour.
In 2003,
Midnight Syndicate made an impact
in the gaming industry when it
teamed up with Hasbro and Wizards
of the Coast to produce the first
official soundtrack to the classic
role-playing game, Dungeons &
Dragons. Midnight Syndicate's
2005 release, The 13th Hour, was
the first music CD to ever receive
the industry's top two awards:
The Origins Award and the ENnie
Award for Best Gaming Accessory.
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2007
saw the band take on three
new projects as they composed
music for Universal Studios'
Halloween Horror Nights XVIII,
scored Robert Kurtzman's drive-in
thriller, The Rage, and began
work on their biggest production
to date, The Dead Matter movie.
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An updated remake of a film
that Edward Douglas produced
and directed in 1995 for $2000,
The Dead Matter
is a supernatural thriller
co-produced by Midnight
Syndicate Films, Robert
Kurtzman (Producer of From
Dusk Till Dawn, co-founder
of KNB FX),
and Gary Jones (Xena,
Boogeyman 3). The
movie stars Andrew Divoff
(Lost, CSI: Miami, Wishmaster),
Jason Carter (Babylon 5, Angel),
FX-legend Tom Savini
(Friday the 13th, Dawn of
the Dead), and legendary
horror hosts Dick COUNT
GORE DE VOL Dyszel
and BIG CHUCK Schodowski.
The movie tells the story
of a girl named Gretchen,
whose desire to reconnect
with her dead brother draws
her into the supernatural
world of vampirism and the
living dead. Drenched in the
dark and shadowy music of
Midnight Syndicate and inspired
by EC Comics, Creepshow,
and Hammer Films,
this mix of classic horror
and modern twists promises
to deliver for fans of the
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| In 2008,
the band released it's tenth
studio album, The Dead
Matter: Cemetery Gates.
One of their most critically
acclaimed releases to date
and inspired by the themes
from the upcoming movie, the
disc draws listeners into
the supernaturally-charged
world of The Dead Matter,
taking them on a musical journey
into a realm of forbidden
relics, druids, vampires,
and the living dead |
In January of 2010, Midnight
Syndicate began a year-long
celebration to commemorate
the 13th Anniversary of the
release of its Midnight
Syndicate debut CD.
A reboot of their website,
the July 30th release of The
Dead Matter movie
and soundtrack, a 13th Anniversary
Halloween Music compilation
CD, fan appreciation contests,
and special convention appearances,
are just some of the major
announcements the band will
be making in the coming months. |
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