http://deadhousemusic.com The New Voice of Horror Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:06:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Auburn Journal has just written an article on yours truly... take a look. Media Life: Horror in Auburn takes on English musical notes By Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer Courtesy photo by Marion Ridolfi Auburn's Mars is combining a passion for music and horror films by scoring scary movies -the most recent of ... http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/auburn-journal-article-on-dhm-mars/ Mars has completed the score to "Witch House: The Legend Of Petronel Haxley" , a feature film shot in England. The film has opened theatrically in the U.K. and will be headed to DVD soon. http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/score-completed-for-witch-house-the-legend-of-petronel-haxley/ MARS has signed on to score the upcoming documentary feature film "LOVECRAFT: Fear Of The Unknown", for Wyrd Features. This promises to be the ultimate film on the life,times and influence of the "Old Gentleman" from Providence. It is going to be nothing short of amazing!  The film features interviews with A-list ... http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/mars-to-compose-for-lovecraft-documentary/ Mars has composed a bit of spooky-jazz for an interview segment featured on genre actor Tony Todd's web site. Tony is a BIG fan of music, and especially jazz, so Mars went the extra mile in trying to do something a bit out of the ordinary to pay respect to ... http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/music-to-be-feature-on-tony-todds-website/ MARS was photographed along with Tony Moran (Michael Myers from "Halloween"), to appear in issue #2 of Johnny Walter's awesome "American CarnEvil" graphic novel. The series (which featured the immortal Hershel Gordon Lewis as "Mr. Legs" in issue #1) is a hybrid of manipulated real-life photography , mixed with surreal ... http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/mars-to-appear-in-issue-2-of-american-carnevil/ Mars has signed on to do the horror cues for the upcoming bad-assploitation flick "Black Devil Doll" for Rotten Cotton Productions. The Lewis brothers have outdone themselves on this throwback to the 1970's world of sex, sleaze, blood, and ultimate cool. Be prepared for a shock. http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/mars-to-do-cues-for-rotton-cotton-productions/ A collaboration between brilliant computer artist George Shimmel and Mars has yielded the beautiful short film "Shadow Of Time". The film takes place in the dreamlands of H.P. Lovecraft's writings, and is a exploration on death, and resurrection. http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/short-film-shadow-of-time-collaboration/ Mars has co-written the score (with genre music icons "Midnight Syndicate") for "Rise Of The Ghosts", a ghoulishly fun feature film from Canada's Black Flag Films. The film stars genre vixens Suzi Lorraine, and Melantha Blackthorne and premiered at the prestigious FANTASIA film festival in Quebec. http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/mars-collaborates-on-score-for-black-flag-films/ MARS was a special guest this October at the "It Came From Lake Michigan" film festival, and the whole wekend was a blast! Mars hosted the opening night gala alongside super hottie Sofiya Smirnova, and taught a class called "Care and feeding of your composer", as well as hosted a ... http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/mars-to-be-guest-at-it-came-from-lake-michigan/ DEAD HOUSE MUSIC completed the score to RoboMonkey Productions "Countess Bathoria's Graveyard Picture Show", a feature length tour-de-force shot in the episodic style of "Tales from the Darkside", and "Creepshow". The film premiered at Canada's Fantasia film festival, and was a raging success. http://deadhousemusic.com/2008/04/mars-to-score-robomonkey-productions-feature-film/