June 2008 : Hope is the first thing to die... A loving couple on a weekend getaway find themselves stranded with a family of depraved killers... Christopher M.Downs' dark and disturbing horror feature 'Depravity' will be filming later this year. A Drippingdead Films with producer Corey Peterson.
Character actor attached is Brett Rickaby. As co-lead star, one name being bandied about is the beautiful Kristina Klebe, who has been racking up numerous scream queen roles as of late like Rob Zombie’s Halloween.
Patrick Savage & Holeg Spies will definitely have to be at their best to score the vision of director C.M Downs: “One of the things I want to achieve on this film is the slickness of the original Hitcher, but with the gore of a Fulci film like The Gates Of Hell".
(interview for Dreadcentral)
New contract with L.A based publisher Songs To Your Eyes
May 2008 : Patrick Savage & Holeg Spies have just signed a new musical collection with L.A based publisher Songs To Your Eyes. The album dedicated to professionals gathers a selection of romance and drama titles in various genres.
March 2008 : Patrick Savage & Holeg Spies will be scoring Mark's upcoming short film, The Ugly File, based on the Ed Gorman short story.
Savage & Spies also wrote the music to his previous film, "Peekers" that won third place in the Cutting Edge Shorts Dead by Dawn Fest. (Scotland) and got an Honorable Mention at the Indie Shorts Competition (Florida).
Jam-Xpreso, film award-winning
January 2008 : Jam-Xpreso is a film staging Pyrenean pioneer and world-champion freeriders. This amazing surrealistic film has created a shock-wave at the International Freeride Film Festival of Saint-Lary-Soulan. Directors Thierry Saint-Paul, Julien Maguy and composer Holeg Spies were awarded Special Public Prize.
December 2007 : An old church in a modern North American city is undergoing a renovation. Night falls. A woman crawls from a deep pit that has been dug for new sewer pipes. She is weak and covered with mud, her face beaten. As she wanders the streets, she begins to see things that jar her memory... Shadowland is a horror/thriller feature film written and directed by Wyatt Weed. A Pirate Pictures production. Patrick Savage & Holeg Spies are currently scoring this US feature film and you can watch the trailer on this myspace page.
Summer 2007 : Holeg Spies has composed a new musical collection for worlwide known French publisher/library Musique & Music. "Mysterious Atmospheres" gathers 21 cues of destabilizing atmospheres perfect for horror, sci-fi and thriller movies.
April 2007 : Abstract Boundaries vol.1 is a modern and creative down-tempo, trip-hop, electronica, indie glam, psychedelic and ambient crossover gathering 14 tracks from acclaimed international underground composers.
February 2007 : Additional music by Holeg Spies for the trailer of The Hitcher, a thriller by hollywood producer Michael Bay/Focus Features. Starring Sean Bean (The Lord of the Ring)... never pick up strangers!