The name “Plutonian Shore” was inspired by - and borrowed from - the classic Edgar Allen Poe poem, The Raven. Originally formed in 1996 by composers Sean Mulligan and Michael Dawson, this musical entity incorporates a variety of diverse musical styles, textures, and rhythms ideal for the film score medium. Although March of 2003 heralded the amicable departure of Sean Mulligan from Plutonian Shore and Echelon Entertainment, Co-Founder Michael Dawson has since taken the helm while maintaining the entity's innovative musical style and direction.

Since its founding, Plutonian Shore has scored several independent film and video projects, in addition to producing many works, including a string of Limited Series Promos, Special Edition Promos, and the full-length commercial release Arcana. Released in June of 1998, Arcana received critical acclaim and continues to sell, retaining a 4 ½ star review rating (out of a possible 5 stars) on Amazon.com. For Arcana, Sean and Michael gave their imaginations full reign, unleashing musical forces of considerable dramatic power and texture, grandly deploying deep atmospheres, exotic sounds, rich melodies, and massive blocks of dense orchestral color. The album was produced at Dark Tower, and was specially selected to be featured in the Roland VS Users Music Showcase, a unique, joint Internet promotion launched by Roland Corporation U.S. and Liquid Audio in 1999.

Plutonian Shore scored the music to the independently-produced feature film thriller Scarecrow's Dream starring John Bourgeois, Ho Chow, Al Leong and Victoria Snow. A Special Edition album of the film score was also produced, while the film's Post-Production and DVD Authoring was completed at Dark Tower.

In May of 2000, Plutonian Shore was called upon by Roland Corporation to appear in The EM Guide To The Roland VS-880 - Tools For New Times. Published by EM Books and distributed by the Hal Leonard Corporation, the book features Plutonian Shore sharing recording experiences and tips about Roland's popular VS-series of Digital Studio Workstations.

In April of 2004, co-founder Sean Mulligan returned to collaborate on select Plutonian Shore projects - working in a "part-time" capacity - when he is not involved with his career in graphic design.

The versatility and dramatic instincts of Plutonian Shore are defined by the creative entity's ability to exploit many different moods for as many different scenes: exotic and ancient music; progressive rock and electronic music; beautiful pastorales; and rugged, pulsating action music. Plutonian Shore is perhaps best known for creating music that explores the subtleties of the human mind, as well as the fantastic and far-out.

Copies of Plutonian Shore’s Arcana are still on sale at www.amazon.com, or you can write to Echelon Entertainment, P.O. Box 4605, Redondo Beach, CA 90278-8805 USA for information on how you can obtain a copy.

For more about Michael and Sean, be sure to read their biographies by clicking on the scarab links below.