New York, U.S.A — BAFTA Award-winning composer  Jason Graves (Dead Space, Dead Space 2, Dead Space 3) will discuss the art form of writing and producing music for video games, with specific focus on the horror and sci-fi genres, during next month’s New York Comic Con panel entitled: “Maestros of Horror And Sci-Fi Music.” The panel will be followed by a Meet & Greet / Signing Session at the Metal Machine/Sumthing Else Music Works booth (#1075).

Jason Graves is a British Academy Award-winning composer who has brought his passion for music to video game franchises such as Dead Space, Prey, Resistance, Star Trek, City of Heroes and Command & Conquer. His music has become synonymous with unique, cinematic textures combined with modern aesthetics and he is renowned worldwide for his dramatic and immersive award-winning music.

Jason’s innovative, unique soundtrack for Dead Space has become Electronic Arts’ best-selling original title and called “the scariest game ever made.” His groundbreaking score has been hailed by critics as a “truly original soundtrack” and “the best score of the year.” It was recognized with a myriad of worldwide nominations and won two BAFTA awards – one for Original Score and one for Use of Audio. For the latter, the Academy stated, “It’s the music soundtrack that boasts horror and tension.”

Graves returned to create a psychodramatic orchestral score for Dead Space 2. Reflecting hero Isaac Clarke’s dementia and nightmarish personal journey, Graves’ original music score for Dead Space 2 features the intricately woven thematic movement “Lacrimosa,” a concerto for string quartet that runs throughout the game. Jason conducted the world premiere of “Lacrimosa” from Dead Space 2 with members of the London Philharmonia at the “Dead Space Exposed” launch event in London.

Graves is currently scoring sequels to several major video game franchises including Dead Space 3. Other upcoming projects include the cinematic and action orchestral music for the sci-fi first-person shooter Prey 2.

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London Film and Comic Con (LFCC) will take place in the Olympia Grand Hall on Friday July 6 until Sunday July 8, and this year’s global gathering of fans and stars is set to be the biggest yet.

The weekend convention has been an annual event since 2004 and celebrates the best in “films, cult television, gaming, anime and comics,” with fans being given the opportunity to meet their favourite stars, attend special talks, pay for professional photo shoots, and engage with other fans from all across the world.

This year, major stars set to attend include: Gillian Anderson (The X Files), Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Merlin), Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead), Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, V), Holly Marie Combs (Charmed), and Robert Maschio (Scrubs), along with dozens of others from the world of film, TV, and beyond.

High-profile guests from previous years include: Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), William Shatner (Star Trek), Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) and Alex Kingston (ER, Doctor Who), while many more are expected to be announced for this year’s convention in the coming months.

LFCC is organised by Showmasters, who are also involved with the planning of such events as Eternal Twilight, Hallowhedon, Mike Tyson Experience, and London Comic Mart. Their convention season has become a cornerstone of London’s tourism scene, with an event like LFCC offering European fans an alternative to the San Diego ComicCon International, which attracts thousands and thousands of attendees every year.

Now with the long-running success of LFCC and the other aforementioned conventions, Britain has successfully established itself as a major international draw for American television and film stars.

The Showmasters Twitter feed has over 3,000 followers, while its online message board has over 15,000 registered users, demonstrating the strength of the organisation’s online presence. Guest announcements are frequently made first on the Twitter feed, however, news of Gillian Anderson’s appearance at LFCC caused the website to crash for a brief period while site members attempted to post their responses.

Considering that many of LFCC’s biggest guests have Twitter accounts also, such as Holly Marie Combs, Hayden Panettiere, and the just-announced Robert Maschio, the organisers are in a fortunate position of being able to effectively utilise the full power of social media in order to spread news about LFCC and the rest of Showmasters’ upcoming events for 2012.

It is important to note that the organisers have moved LFCC 2012 from Earls Court, its previous home since 2005, to the Olympia Hall in Hammersmith in order to make room for the Olympic Games, set to take place in London this July and August.

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Some actors play it cool; some simply are. Seth Green has the ability to make awkward awesome and geek great. But his talent in acting is being challenged by talent in writing and in directing, each earning him awards and nominations. This year alone, he has nine projects to his credit, so far. Among them are two films, a major video-game, and two very successful TV series, ‘Family Guy’ and ‘Robot Chicken.’

Green got an early start in acting. At eight years old, he appeared in three productions including, ‘The Hotel New Hampshire’ (1984), with Rob Lowe and Jodie Foster. Three years later, he starred in Woody Allen’s ‘Radio Days.’ He has appeared in many TV shows and films, including such hits as the ‘Austin Powers’ trilogy, as Scott Evil; TV’s ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ as Oz; in ‘The Italian Job’ as Lyle.

Lately, it is Green’s voice acting that has been keeping him busy. He has played ‘Joker’ in the successful ‘Mass Effect’ video-game trilogy, and has appeared in a large number of animated TV-shows and films. Most animation fans will be most familiar with his voice-work in ‘Family Guy,’ as Chris Griffin, and as the talent behind 30 to 60 voices per week in ‘Robot Chicken.’

This television series can be regarded as the culmination of his careers, it presents each of his major talents, and includes others. Green created the stop-motion animation with his friend, Matthew Senreich. The parody has hosted a staggering number of celebrities, older and younger, and has given new life to the toy industry.

It is here, too, that Green has been recognized for his writing and directing. He won the Annie Award in 2008 and 2009 for directing and writing, respectively. These accompany his 1989 Young Artist Award for ‘Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Syndicated Comedy, Drama or Special.’ In ‘Robot Chicken,’ which he co-created, he voice-acts, writes, directs, and produces. It is suspected he has help.

Seth Green is widely considered as cool. Some, such as Ryan Gosling, are perceived as cool in the style of suits and sunglasses; Green is cool (arguably anti-cool) because he appears to have fun, he attends comic conventions, and he makes a TV series revolving around toys. He and another friend, Hugh Sterbakov, created the popular ‘Freshman’ comic in 2005, which sold out in its début week.

But, despite all the toys, comics and animation, he is far from puerile, and he is far from evil (though he can mix the two traits very cleverly in his series). Moreover, his interviews present him as a gracious and humble young man. ‘Robot Chicken’ continues to air, and, next year, he will appear in the film ‘Sexy Evil Genius,’ although, perhaps surprisingly for some, not as the titular character.

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