Creating well-crafted and respected Horror Scores.

That was really sudden.
I suppose we in the horror community owe him a debt for the epic video to “THRILLER”. It was easily the biggest horror crossover into pop culture ever.

R.I.P

Dead House Music has done all the musical interludes that will acompany the films for this years “A Nighmare To Remember” Horror film festival. Last Doorway Productions (who are currently knee-deep in finishing the “Welcome To My Darkside: Women In Horror” documentary) are the creators of the San Francisco based event, and it is always a good time. This year’s host is Mr. Lobo from “Cinema Insomnia”.

Mars has signed on to write the music for Red Hatchet Films latest Lovecraft film, “BOKRUG”, a stop-motion adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Doom that Came to Sarnath”. The film tells the story of the decadent city of Sarnath, whose greatness is built on the destruction of an older race of beings who lived in the stone city of Ib, where they worshiped an ancient, reptilian god called “Bokrug”. On the night of the 1000th anniversary of Ib’s destruction, strange forces signal that the beings of Ib are about to be avenged…

Director/animator Michael Granberry (”From Beyond”) has released a few test shots of some of the puppets and sets from the film, which he hopes to have completed by the spring of 2010.

When all the musical cues for a film project (seen here as the hundreds of green boxes ) are viewed together, the maze of interlinked audio looks like a strange map or perhaps a labyrinth.
Then again, after staring at this screen for the past few weeks… my judgement may be impaired.
In any event, CRAWLER is nearing completion.

Click HERE for a better view.

Mars and composer Richard Band (Re-Animator, Ghoulies,From Beyond,Stargate SG1) discuss Richard’s amazing career, as well as the state of the modern horror score over at FEARZONE.
The interview is HERE

HP Lovecraft Film Festival 2007 Composer Panel (L-R) Stephen Parsons,Mars,Andrew Migliore,Richard Band

The illustrious DETOUR:NYC’s Premiere Film & Noir Arts Festival
screened Ken Hall’s creepy film “Night Visit” last weekend in New York. The film once again met with great response, and even better reviews. Not bad for a film that technically has been out of the festival circuit for over a year. The film stars genre legend Lynn Lowry (George Romero’s “The Crazies”, David Cronenberg’s “Shivers”), and was scored by none other than Mars.

More info HERE

Mars will be doing the score for the upcoming film “Welcome To My Darkside-Women in Horror!”, a documentary from Last Doorway Productions which examines women’s roles in the horror genre. The film takes a look at women in all aspects of the filmmaking process, from the scream queens of the 60’s and 70’s to women producing and directing today’s horror hits. The film is due for release in mid 2009. Says Mars, “I think anyone who truly loves Horror should understand the huge contribution that women have made to the genre, both in front of and behind the camera.”
More information HERE

Mars was interviewed by the intrepid Wayne Clingman; lord & master of the “Indy Film Wisconsin” show.

You can listen in streaming audio HERE

OR download it as an mp3 HERE

Mars is one of the dozens of horror industry professionals interviewed in Greg Lamberson’s book “CHEAP SCARES” which has been nominated for a 2008 Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement in Nonfiction category.
Fingers crossed Greg!

Mars has moved into video game music with his offbeat “Middle-East meets Ms. Pacman” musical score to the upcomming PC Game, “DURKA 3D: The Fall Of Ahmadinejad” from Petrilla Entertainment.
This action packed, satirical, first person shooter will guarantee laughs, and an orgy of onscreen violence. Yep, fun for the whole family.
More info HERE