Halloween Music Collection

Halloween Music Collection
Compilation album by Midnight Syndicate
Released	July 30, 2010
Genre	Gothic, dark ambient, neoclassical dark wave, darkwave
Label	Entity Productions
Producer	Edward Douglas, Gavin Goszka
Midnight Syndicate chronology
The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010) Halloween Music Collection (2010) Carnival Arcane (2011)

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

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). It was released and distributed by Midnight Syndicate's label and distributor, Entity Productions. 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 stores in the US. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Gregory Burkart of Fearnet.com called the album a great place to start for those not familiar with the band adding that he felt it represented their entire career with music "ranging from sweeping symphonic overtures to gothic ambient pieces, complete horror audio environments, and a bombastic church-organ solo." ^[3]

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

• 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

References

1. Julie Washington, "Dead Matter scores a lively release deal", The Plain Dealer, July 17, 2010, Pg. E1
2. Beyond the Grave Jim Vickers Cleveland Magazine, August 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2025
3. DVD Review "The Dead Matter" Gregory Burkart, Fearnet, July 27, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2025.