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Max Band ( ___MASK95___ August 1901  8 November 1974 ) was a Litvak landscape artist born in Kudirkos Naumiestis , Lithuania . Albert Band ( May ___MASK25___ , 1924  June 14 , 2002 ) was an American film director and film producer . He was the son of artist Max Band , father of filmmaker Charles Band and of film composer Richard Band . He is the grandfather of Alex Band and Taryn Band . Robot Wars is a 1993 American science fiction film directed by Albert Band and written by Charles Band and Jackson Barr . It tells the story of a hotshot mech pilot in a post - apocalyptic 2041 who must stop mech hijackers from provoking global war . It is sometimes referred to as a sequel to Robot Jox . However , while both films came from the same production company and have similar themes ( giant robot battles ) , their storylines are unrelated . Science fiction film ( or sci - fi ) is a genre that uses speculative , fictional science - based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science , such as extraterrestrial lifeforms , alien worlds , extrasensory perception and time travel , along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft , robots , cyborgs , interstellar travel or other technologies . Science fiction films have often been used to focus on political or social issues , and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition . In many cases , tropes derived from written science fiction may be used by filmmakers ignorant of or at best indifferent to the standards of scientific plausibility and plot logic to which written science fiction is traditionally held . Richard Howard Band ( born December 28 , 1953 in ___MASK64___ , ___MASK51___ ) is an American composer of film music . He has scored more than 70 films , including " From Beyond ", which won the award for Best Original Soundtrack at the Catalonian International Film Festival in Sitges Spain . His score for " Re - Animator " was lauded by the magazine Music From the Movies , which said , " Band  s music is dark and direct , creating an intense and eerie atmosphere , but always with a humorous touch ... Surely , Richard Band is one of the most underrated composers in the film business ." Interstellar travel is the term used for hypothetical piloted or unpiloted travel between stars or planetary systems . Interstellar travel will be much more difficult than interplanetary spaceflight ; the distances between the planets in the Solar System are less than ___MASK81___ astronomical units ( AU ) whereas the distances between stars are typically hundreds of thousands of AU , and usually expressed in light - years . Because of the vastness of those distances , interstellar travel would require a high percentage of the speed of light , huge travel time , lasting from decades to millennia or longer , or a combination of both . Alexander Max " Alex " Band ( born June ___MASK65___ , 1981 ) is an American musician and singer - songwriter , best known for his work in his former band The Calling and their hit song " Wherever You Will Go ", which topped the Adult Top 40 for ___MASK26___ weeks .