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 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
Mars has signed on to score the upcoming horror comedy “Wonton Baby!” for Morgue Art Films. The film stars Suzi Lorraine, and Debbie Rochan, and is set to begin principal photography in May 2009.
Mars will soon be scoring the 80’s influenced horror comedy “Demon Divas and the Lanes Of Damnation”. Written and directed by Mike Watt, the film boasts a cast featuring legendary genre ladies Brinke Stevens and Debbie Rochon, as well as Amy Lynn Best (who will be producing as well), Robyn Griggs (NBC’s Another World), Lilith Stabs (Malefic), Nikki McCrea (Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut), Sofiya Mina Smirnova (A Feast of Flesh), Rachelle Williams (Jess Franco’s Take-Away Spirit), Aaron Bernard (Pirates of the Carribbean 3: At World’s End) and micro-budget favorite Henrique Couto (Faces of Schlock).
Mars promises the score won’t feature a synth sound newer than 1988, and will be very much an homage to filmscores like “Night Of The Demons”, “Fright Night”, and “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers”.
More info can be found HERE
The ambitious folks at rocketmania.com have been hard at work on episode 1 of their retro sci-fi homage to the Rocket Man sirreals of the 1950’s. Titled “30 Second Doom: Terminal Dive”, the awesome short film captures the thrills,chills, and fun of the original. Mars has provided a score that is very stylized and full of classic hero fanfare in the great tradition of “Buck Rodgers” and “Flash Gordan”. The film will play at Wondercon later this year,where it has been nominated for a 2008 Rondo Award.
The trailer is available for viewing HERE