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New York Ninja is not a movie you’ve seen, but you sort of have. You see, in 1984 John Liu wrote, starred in, and directed this over-the-top ninjasploitation film in New York. It had it all; gritty NYC and crime, a tragedy of epic proportions, and a hero donning a white ninja outfit slicing and […]
Read More Voyag3r : New York Ninja S/TDetroit trio and synth/rock/prog titans Voyag3r have been putting out forward-thinking synth-heavy rock and roll for a few years now. Steve Greene(synthesizers, piano, saxophone), Greg Mastin(drums and percussion), and Aaron Greene(guitars) have built a discography that is both a solid collection of standalone heavy electronic rock albums, but also imagined worlds of both sci-fi, dystopian, […]
Read More “Truly What This Band Was Meant To Do” : Voyag3R Talks Scoring ‘New York Ninja’Since we’re in the season, I thought I’d talk about some of my favorite horror scores. Feels right. Not sure about you, but I wholeheartedly feel the film score is an absolute pivotal piece of the puzzle when it comes to a film. Even more so with horror films. I often remember a score more […]
Read More Killer Score : My Favorite Horror Film Scores Part II would say that most definitely a highlight of 2019 for me was HBO’s Watchmen series. I felt like it captured the feel and mood of Alan Moore’s source material, while still being something completely its own. There were enough connections to the original book that it felt like easter eggs when you’d find them. […]
Read More Watchmen : A Post-Punk ScoreEver since I heard Steve Moore’s score for The Guest I firmly believe that he is the secret ingredient to a truly great cinematic experience. Moore won me over of course as synth/bass wizard in the horror prog duo Zombi, but when I first saw The Guest and became enamored with that score it felt […]
Read More Steve Moore : VFW SoundtrackThere’s a few things that always make me feel better when I’m under the weather; watching horror movies, Chinese food, raspberry jello, and new records. I’ve covered all of them over the course of this two week stint at the Hotel Covid. Today is a special day for new records, as last night my good […]
Read More The Gentle Hum Of Anxiety : Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ ‘The Social Network’ S/TI know that the consensus is that out of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises is the worst out of the lot. Hell, I’m guilty of thinking that too after I watched it in 2012. At the time it felt kind of portly in story and scenery, and there was talk of some […]
Read More Hans Zimmer and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’The new horror/dark comedy 12 Hour Shift tells the story of a nurse(played by Angela Bettis) who is a drug addict and involved in a black market organ trafficking ring. On one particular evening the organ delivery is mishandled and Bettis’ nurse Mandy scrambles to find a replacement organ. Insanity and mayhem ensue. The film […]
Read More Matt Glass : 12 Hour Shift SoundtrackI can say with absolute confidence that George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead is by and far my favorite horror movie. I’ll go so far as to say that it’s in my top ten favorite films of all time. It was one of those movies I saw as a wide-eyed 10-year old and it […]
Read More What’s The Score? Volume IV: John Harrison’s ‘Day of the Dead’There’s really no cinematic experience quite like watching John Carpenter’s The Thing for the first time. The desolation, the gritty man’s man vibe, the snow, and of course Rob Bottin’s next level special effects. It’s a movie about paranoia; not knowing who you thought you knew and not trusting someone you considered a brother. Something […]
Read More What’s The Score? Volume III : Ennio Morricone and ‘The Thing’
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