Tag: film music

Portal to Hell – Remembering Roddy Piper’s final short film

March 7, 2023 /

SYNOPSIS: A building superintendent, Jack, just wants to be left in peace but tenants are always needing him to fix stuff. However, when the buildings power goes out it is due to two tenants who have opened a portal to hell in the basement.

OFFICIAL MOVIE TRAILER:

Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015, Portal to Hell, written by Matt Watts and directed by Vivieno Caldinelli, marks Roddy Pipers final short film. Special effects were done by Steven Kostanski . The soundtrack for Portal to Hell was handled by licensed music from Voyag3r‘s album, Doom Fortress and an original score composed by Steve Greene, recorded and mixed here at the Battle Chamber.

portal-to-hell-one-sheet

STORYLINE: Jack (Roddy Piper) is a building superintendent, Jack is a simple man with simple needs. He just wants to be left in peace so that he can get on with reading his book. But the tenants living in his building are always in need of him for something. Fix this, replace that, unblock this toilet. However, when the power goes out in the building the culprit is not a blown fuse or faulty wiring it is two of the tenants who have opened a portal to hell in the basement of the building. If Jack doesn’t close the portal and stop Great Cthulhu rising from his watery tomb city then the entire building, no, the entire world will go down the pan. – Mark A Wood

portal-to-hell-still

To listen to a track from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, visit our Sounds page. To hear Voyag3r’s music, visit their website.

The Movie Channel Xtra showing New York Ninja

February 5, 2023 /

new-york-ninja-the-movie-channel-xtra

New York Ninja will play on Showtime Network’s, The Movie Channel Xtra on Monday, February 6 at 11:45pm. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to New York Ninja, by Voyag3r, was recorded, mixed at mastered here at the Battle Chamber by Steve Greene.

Don’t miss this chance to catch the unique film that is New York Ninja! To subscribe to The Movie Channel Xtra, go here. To listen to some tracks from the New York Ninja score, click our Sounds page.

From The Movie Channel Xtra website: The peaceful life of average working man, John, is shattered by the brutal murder of his pregnant wife. Disillusioned by the police’s slow response, John takes to the streets as a sword-wielding vigilante hell bent on cleaning up New York City crime and corruption. But as his quest for justice gains notoriety, a mysterious villain known only as the Plutonium Killer sets his sights on the New York ninja. This over-the-top cult classic was recently restored thirty-five years after being abandoned during production.

Rated TVMA • 93 minute

Don “The Dragon” Wilson – John Lui / The Ninja
Linnea Quigley – Randi Rydell
Vince Murdocco – Jack “The Cameraman”
Leon Isaac Kennedy – Det. Jimmy Williams
Cynthia Rothrock – Det. Janet Flores
Matt Mitler – Freddy Cufflinks
Ginger Lynn Allen – Nita Liu
Michael Berryman – The Plutonium Killer

Written by Arthur Schweitzer, John Liu, & Kurtis M. Spieler
Directed by John Liu
Re-Directed by Kurtis Spieler
Music by Voyag3r

New York Ninja playing on Showtime Networks, The Movie Channel Xtra

January 28, 2023 /

new-nork-ninja-the-movie-channel

New York Ninja is playing on Showtimes Networks, The Movie Channel Xtra on Wednesday, February 1st at 2:15am

From Showtimes website: The peaceful life of average working man, John, is shattered by the brutal murder of his pregnant wife. Disillusioned by the police’s slow response, John takes to the streets as a sword-wielding vigilante hell bent on cleaning up New York City crime and corruption. But as his quest for justice gains notoriety, a mysterious villain known only as the Plutonium Killer sets his sights on the New York ninja. This over-the-top cult classic was recently restored thirty-five years after being abandoned during production.

The Original Motion Picture to New York Ninja, by Voyag3r, was recorded, mixed and mastered by Steve Greene here at the Battle Chamber and was released on Digital, CD, Cassette and Vinyl by Mondo/Deathwaltz. The film was completed and released by Vinegar Syndrome and edited and re-directed by Kurtis Spieler.

Here is what the New York Times had to say about New York Ninja: The 1984 kung fu film was shot, but it wasn’t completed. Now, with a new director and newly recorded dialogue, the film sees the light of day.

The names of most of the original cast and crew are lost to time, and Spieler said Vinegar Syndrome tried to find Liu but wasn’t able to. This gave Spieler the chance to start fresh with the audio, commissioning a synth-heavy retro score by the Detroit band Voyag3r and fielding a murderer’s row of genre-film stalwarts to dub the actors.

Don’t miss your chance to see New York Ninja in the comfort of your own home! To listen to some of the New York Ninja score, by Voyag3r, visit our Sounds page. To pick up a copy of the soundtrack, visit the Official Voyag3r Store.

© 2024 Detroit Mixing Engineer – Music Producer, film composer Steve Greene

Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑