In 2015, their album Out of the Darkness was named as one of the 50 Essential Horror Albums - Discs that Created, Evolved, or Defined Genre Music Over the Decades by the venerable horror publication, Rue Morgue Magazine. Three of the ten listed were Midnight Syndicate discs, which ranked lower only than Danny Elfman's Nightmare Before Christmas and John Carpenter's Halloween soundtracks. In September, 2009, AOL released the Top 10 Best Halloween Music CDs of all time according to AOL/CBS Radio listeners. In 2005, industry expert Leonard Pickel estimated that 75-90% of the attractions in the haunted house industry owned at least one Midnight Syndicate CD. Since the end of the 90s, Midnight Syndicate's music has been integral to setting a powerful mood at top-rated haunted attractions and amusement parks as well as at costume shops, Halloween events, and themed-productions from Siberia and Hong Kong, to Europe and the United States. Reminiscent of sweeping, complex masterpieces by artists such as James Horner, Danny Elfman, Black Sabbath, and King Diamond, their critically-acclaimed music has been featured as a part of films, television shows, and video games as well as in countless haunted attractions, amusement parks, and theatrical productions worldwide. Still others know them as the duo that created the first official soundtrack to the legendary Dungeons & Dragons game trailblazing a new era for the use of music in the role-playing game industry.
To others, they remain the first "haunted house band" that forever changed the Halloween music genre and became a staple of the October holiday season. To many of their fans, they are Gothic music pioneers brewing a signature blend of orchestral horror music and movie-style sound effects.
For over two decades, composers Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka have been known as Midnight Syndicate, creating symphonic soundtracks to imaginary films that facilitate a transcendental and adventurous escape into the secret dimensions of the mind's eye.
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