{"id":52019,"title":"A Childhood Dream Come True","description":"February 19th, 2025, at the Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver, BC, there was a screening of the 1922 masterpiece, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.","content":"<p>February 19th, 2025, at the Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver, BC, there was a screening of the 1922 masterpiece, <em>Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror<\/em>. This, in and of itself, would be noteworthy - <em>Nosferatu <\/em>is an enduring classic of German expressionism, and of horror. It is moody, scary, and stunning - even more than 100 years later.<\/p><p>This screening, however, was special to me in specific, because it featured a <strong>score that I wrote<\/strong>. <\/p><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R3nYxJefuQ0\"><\/iframe><\/div><p>In October of 2024, I went on my first tour as MEGAFAUNA. I played five shows, during each show I provided a live and improvised score. At the end of the five shows, I compiled elements of each performance until I had a version I was pleased with, and that was released as <em>To The Land of Ghosts<\/em>, my score for <em>Nosferatu<\/em>.<\/p><p>This could have been the end of the story, truly, this tour was really meaningful to me, and something I never thought I would ever get the opportunity to do. The response was extremely kind and positive, the tour broken even more or less, and I had a very unique piece of work under my belt. It didn\u2019t make me rich, and certainly won\u2019t - but I do want to do it again, so that says something positive. Hell, I even felt confident enough to play around with makeup and more performative pieces, which was new and exciting.<\/p><p>So that\u2019s all, right? Tour ended, album released, passion ignited. Good job, now everyone go home. From there, I got it in my head that - maybe - I could do more, maybe I could convince a movie theatre to play it; probably not, but maybe.<\/p><p>Cut to: a few dozen e-mails unanswered, and a reinforcing of my thought that no one would be interested.<\/p><p>Enter: The Hollywood Theatre.<\/p><p>Not only did they write back, but they were enthusiastic about the idea and wanted to get it up on screen pretty quickly. So, the date was set, February 19th, 2025 - my score attached to one of my favourite films of all time was going to be shown on the big screen.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/v1pps2m0wlyi2p0ikzlvnyxxsf8cwbofn3edwnfahwhk0mfl.png.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"v1pps2m0wlyi2p0ikzlvnyxxsf8cwbofn3edwnfahwhk0mfl.png.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" \/>I grew up loving movies, I went to film school, I still love movies - the idea of having something I made screen in a theatre is something I would have always dreamt of, but at this point in my life, I had more or less written that off as a possibility. What with me \u2026 not working in film or making movies. Yet here we are, my name is on a marquee, a movie I love is screening, and I provided the music for it. The utter weight of what this means to me isn\u2019t something that I can adequately describe. Seeing the picture above just about reduced me to tears.<\/p><p>It was made all the harder by the fact that I wasn\u2019t going to be able to attend, geographically and financially it just wasn\u2019t going to happen. My emotional reaction persisted all the same.<\/p><p>The response to the screening was positive, though not to me directly. The folks at the Hollywood Theatre relayed that people were into it, and that\u2019s great. I even made a little bit of money, which was also cool. I\u2019m hoping to be able to take a live-scored screening to them next year, but we\u2019ll see how that goes.<\/p><p>I took a break from writing this for like two weeks, I felt deeply self conscious and like this was some kind of self-satisfied gloating, but honestly, I don\u2019t think it is. I just feel\u2026 good about something that I created and I wanted to reflect on that. Something that I\u2019ve struggled with most of my life is placing value on my self and my art and my expression, so here\u2019s me actively trying to push that aside.<\/p>","urlTitle":"a-childhood-dream-come-true","url":"\/blog\/a-childhood-dream-come-true\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/a-childhood-dream-come-true\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/themarsh.ca\/blog\/a-childhood-dream-come-true\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1757629740,"updatedAt":1757629960,"publishedAt":1757629960,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":373295,"name":"The Marsh"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/58wy2uarayai9oc1vsy3ivkf5imf6funzt2u3hmrk5inhqvl.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/58wy2uarayai9oc1vsy3ivkf5imf6funzt2u3hmrk5inhqvl.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/58wy2uarayai9oc1vsy3ivkf5imf6funzt2u3hmrk5inhqvl.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":50564,"title":"SYRUP MOOSE RADIO JOINS CJSF","url":"\/blog\/syrup-moose-radio-joins-cjsf\/","urlTitle":"syrup-moose-radio-joins-cjsf","division":373295,"description":"VERY excited to announce that Syrup Moose Radio will be airing on MONDAYS at 10PM on CJSF 90. 1FM in BURNABY, BC!!!!","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/dobasf4bunyvjq5x84vdfkfmzwccsfgo0bppwdcwfkyo91ds.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/dobasf4bunyvjq5x84vdfkfmzwccsfgo0bppwdcwfkyo91ds.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":53939,"title":"Reflecting on 2025","url":"\/blog\/reflecting-on-2025\/","urlTitle":"reflecting-on-2025","division":373295,"description":"I have thoughts and feelings.\nSO I thought I'd share them","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/te60q5kkuusnw4i7mlkc2m5db3hvauvczpwknzvzfy2laalq.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/te60q5kkuusnw4i7mlkc2m5db3hvauvczpwknzvzfy2laalq.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":51036,"title":"REAL GONE REVIEWS \"NATURE IS HEALING\"","url":"\/blog\/realgone\/","urlTitle":"realgone","division":373295,"description":"The extremely cool folks at REALGONEROCKS. 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