Creating well-crafted and respected Horror Scores.

Mars has completed his score to Gregory Lamberson’s “SLIME CITY MASSACRE“, and the music has been dubbed “The best soundtrack I’ve ever heard for a low budget movie” by the film’s director himself. This is the sequel to his 1988 splatter-fest/cult film phenom “SLIME CITY“, and it is being courted by fans and press alike as a much anticipated return to the 1980’s exploitation film stylings of yesteryear. The film’s cast features genre icons Debbie Rochon, and Lee Perkins, plus Playboy Playmate Angela Leigh, Troma guru Lloyd Kaufman, and “Document Of The Dead” director Roy Frumkes in a rare cameo.
There is an intensive behind-the-scenes, 26 episode series available for viewing on YouTube that you can check out now. The film is set to be released early next year.
More slime, more cannibals,more gunfire, more evil cults,more mutants,more,more,more!

POP/Alternative Cinema has posted the first trailer for their upcoming DVD adaptation of Stephan Romano’s award-winning book “SHOCK FESTIVAL“.
Mars’s homage to 1970’s funkploitation; the music track named “Damn Straight’ is the music used in the trailer.
The whole project looks amazing, and the actual release will feature 2DVD’s and a separate audio disc featuring 10 tracks Mars wrote specifically for the project.
More info as the release date becomes definite.

Mars has just finished a video clip for the legendary horror comic DEAD WORLD.
Gary Reed; the comic’s writer, and Mars collaborated on the project, and both men are quite pleased with the morbid outcome.
The comic is set to become a feature film, which is being written by David Hayter (screen writer of X MEN & THE WATCHMEN).

Behold the dead that walk…

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