Death Bells

  • Justin Snikkar
    Author
  • Dr. Snik
    Name of Band or Artist
  • Project Type:
    Song, Film Score
  • Genres:
    Darkwave, soundtrack, horrormusic, horror, Halloween, spooky, halloweenmusic
  • Length:
    3 minutes 39 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Creepy Tree Film Festival
    Salem, Oregon USA
    August 31, 2020
    Best Horror Music - Creepy Sound Design Technique
  • Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival
    Los Angeles, USA
    August 31, 2020
    Death Bells - Bronze Award - Best Music Track
  • The Thing in the Basement Horror Fest
    Bremerton, WA USA
    September 22, 2020
    Finalist - Best Score / Sound Design
  • Bridge Fest
    Vancouver, Canada
    October 1, 2020
    Death Bells - Best Music Track - Sept 2020
  • Boston Collective Film Festival
    Boston, USA
    November 10, 2020
    Music
  • Queen Palm International Film Festival
    Palm Springs, California USA
    December 20, 2020
    Coronet Selection - 4th Quarter
  • L.A. FILM FEST - Independent Filmmakers Showcase© IFS
    Los Angeles / Beverly Hills USA
    April 24, 2021
    Best Song - 1st Runner Up
  • Bare Bones International Film Festival
    Muskogee, Oklahoma USA
    April 25, 2021
    BEST OF FEST - ORIGINAL MUSIC - FILM SCORE
  • Bridge Fest
    Vancouver Canada
    May 6, 2021
    Annual - Honourable Mention - Music Contest
  • X World Film Festival
    Rome, Italy
    July 26, 2021
    Nominee
Artist Biography

Dr. Snik has risen from the grave to bring you spooky grooves from the Netherworld. A collection of song/soundscapes brought from the Pits of Hell, the Dark Jungles of the Mind and the Outer Reaches of the Galaxy...

Dr. Snik is the alter ego of Justin Snikkar.

Justin has been a professional bass player for over 30 years playing many styles and playing live half-way around the world.
He has written music for as long as he's played music and has developed into writing horror/Halloween and dark music in the digital format which has endless possibilities for sonic manipulations.

Justin has teamed up recently with Mitch Markowitz (a.k.a Super Hippy) from the early 70's TV show The Hilarious House of Frightenstein featuring Vincent Price, in a Halloween party song that crosses the Leslie Gore classic It's My Party, Too Sexy For My Car by Right Said Fred and Rob Zombie.

A video is available on YouTube.

Justin has also teamed up with Halloween King J.C. Greening from Tuscon, Arizona since 2018 producing Halloween music, sounds and stories.

Halloween Haunts & Terror Tales Volume I: Trick 'R Treating for Children (2018) was featured in Rue Morgue Magazine in the No 1. spot for Needful Things in issue 188 (May/June 2019).

A new soundtrack is being scored by Justin for Vol 3 coming in 2021!

Dr. Snik's music is featured on year-round Halloween radio stations DeadAir.co and HalloweenRadio.net and has written some radio jingles for the online L.A. Halloween Radio Station DeadAir.co in 2021.

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Artist Statement

Let the Bells of Death ring loud!

Death Bells is an odd-time, looping, jazz based melody using orchestral and world instrument sounds over top a relentless hammering rhythm.
It's inspired by the likes of John Carpenter, Walter/Wendy Carlos and the Walking Dead's Sam Ewing...