As a fan- I am doing my part of spreading the word Sarah.

Midnight Syndicate, (Edward Douglas & Gavin Goszka) have been producing classical gothic nightmare soundtracks for the last nine years. They happen to live a few miles away from my Ohio place- as a local act I have followed them for about nine years. Every Halloween it never fails I hear their stuff all over.

“With a catalog of horror music CDs that blend dark, orchestral horror movie score-style music with sound effects, the band consisting of Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka has had it’s soundtracks to imaginary films featured in everything from Barbara Walters TV specials and Monday Night Football to X-Box games and King Diamond concerts. Every October Midnight Syndicate’s music is featured in thousands of haunted attractions, amusement parks, stores, and neighborhoods worldwide to provide atmosphere for the Halloween season.”

I believe they used to call it something like “CineFusion”- writing scores to imaginary films. I am not sure, that was years ago, but it appears they are doing a film and getting their chance. I have no idea how good it will be, but I love their very creative and truly unique sounding music and firmly support their work.

The placeholder film site.

The band’s site or to listen to some tracks at the Midnight Syndicate MySpace Page…

News on the movie…

Midnight Syndicate to make The Dead Matter movie, Edward Douglas to direct. Multiple CDs planned for release with film.

Midnight Syndicate will be teaming up with Hollywood FX legend Robert Kurtzman (Dusk till Dawn producer, co-founder of the KNB EFX Group) and his production company, Precinct 13 Entertainment to produce the horror-suspense film, The Dead Matter. Development has been underway for several months and pre-production will officially begin March 1st. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Northeastern Ohio this August with a projected release date sometime in 2008. Edward Douglas will be directing the film and producing it through the newly-formed Midnight Syndicate Films division of Entity Productions, Inc. The company is currently in talks with Doug Bradley (Pinhead from the Hellraiser series) and Andrew Divoff (Wishmaster, Air Force One, Lost) to star.

“This is a really exciting time for us. One of our main goals over the past ten years has been to get into a position to remake The Dead Matter with an actual budget” said Edward Douglas who produced and directed an earlier version of the film for $2000 in 1996 before forming Midnight Syndicate. “Horror movies are at the core of what Gavin and I do in Midnight Syndicate. It’s what we love and that’s why we believe in remaking this particular film. Co-writer Tony Demci and I have had a lot of time to take what we felt was a good story in the original version and develop it into something very special that we know is really going to deliver for both our fans and other fans of the horror genre.”

The Dead Matter tells the story of a vampire relic with occult powers that falls into the hands of a grief-stricken young woman who will do anything to contact her dead brother.

The Next Midnight Syndicate CD - Entity Productions plans to release multiple discs of new Midnight Syndicate material in coordination with the film. “As far as the next Midnight Syndicate CD goes, fans are really going to like what we have planned for the soundtrack,” said Gavin Goszka, who will serve as Music Supervisor for the film. “The Dead Matter soundtrack CD will be in the style of our other Midnight Syndicate releases. Our plan is to integrate music from the movie with new material and atmospherics which will allow listeners to further explore the dark and supernatural world created in the The Dead Matter film.”

Neat. Congrats MS- I will spread the word beyond N.E. Ohio and look foward to it!

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