Hey John - I just saw your post on AH regarding the DVD release of THX1138
and you took the words right out of my mouth!
I was hoping Walter Murch would mention which synths they used for the
various hardware 'bleeps', etc but instead he came out with the 'synth bleeps
were cliched for us' type quote and I was disappointed...
HOWEVER - the quality of the movie and the restoration completely made up for this...
the extras are great too - fantastic history of Zoetrope, etc...
for those of you who haven't bought this historic piece of film history.. what are u
waiting for?? ;-)
Actually the attitude of Murch was similar to the recent documentary on the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop where there was also an undercurrent that the 'glory days' of the
workshop were pre-synth - when Delia Derbyshire, et al used
organic sounds and tape manipulation... rather than when they acquired the large EMS
modular, etc.
KD
and you took the words right out of my mouth!
I was hoping Walter Murch would mention which synths they used for the
various hardware 'bleeps', etc but instead he came out with the 'synth bleeps
were cliched for us' type quote and I was disappointed...
HOWEVER - the quality of the movie and the restoration completely made up for this...
the extras are great too - fantastic history of Zoetrope, etc...
for those of you who haven't bought this historic piece of film history.. what are u
waiting for?? ;-)
Actually the attitude of Murch was similar to the recent documentary on the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop where there was also an undercurrent that the 'glory days' of the
workshop were pre-synth - when Delia Derbyshire, et al used
organic sounds and tape manipulation... rather than when they acquired the large EMS
modular, etc.
KD