Midnight Syndicate is an American musical group that has been working mainly in the genre of gothic music since 1997 and is based out of Chardon, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The band refers to their CDs as "soundtracks for the imagination" or "soundtracks to imaginary films." Most of the songs on their thirteen albums are characterized by a blend of instrumental music and sound effects and are commonly used to provide atmosphere during the Halloween season, in haunted attractions, and in the role-playing game industry.
Midnight Syndicate's music has been a standard of the haunted attraction industry worldwide for many years and they are credited with being the first company to produce soundtracks of quality specifically for that industry. In 2005, Leonard Pickel, editor of Haunted Attraction Magazine estimated that "75-90% of the attractions in the industry had at least one Midnight Syndicate CD." The music is also used by amusement parks like Universal Orlando, Busch Gardens, Kings Island, Six Flags, and Cedar Point that hold Halloween-themed events such as Halloween Horror Nights, Howl-O-Scream, and Fright Fest.
The only album that's not in print and unavailable anywhere is the original self-titled album. A few of the tracks from that appeared on Out of The Darkness in remixed form. All the rest are available here.
# Born of the Night (1998)
# Realm of Shadows (2000)
# Gates of Delirium (2001)
# Vampyre (2002)
# Dungeons & Dragons (2003)
# The 13th Hour (2005)
# Out of the Darkness (Retrospective: 1994–1999) (2006)
# The Rage: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
# The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates (2008)
# The Dark Masquerade with Destini Beard (2010)
# The Dead Matter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
# Halloween Music Collection (2010)
# Carnival Arcane (2011)

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