Star Wars score was Re: [ot: tape music]

[digiboy at erols.com]

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> >> But at least you heard of Stravinsky.  Did you notice how most of
> >> Hollywood film music sounds like?  It sounds like Stravinsky. But this
> >> is not relevant, of course.  Only a bazillion $ market. Same with these
> >> electronic "toys".
> >>
> >Talking about Hollywood. What about John Williams score for STAR WARS?!
> >I liked that very much (I don't know about the newest score). I've
> >copied some tracks of a borrowed Lucasarts PC game called "Jedi Knight,
> >Dark Forces II" (cool if you're a sw fan). There's a track #5 CD2 I
> >think which has some very nice sounding gassy synth on it. I bet it's a
> >PPG or a VS, but since the VS is from 1986 I don't think it is

So the PC games use the same music as from the score or is it
re-recorded on
a synth for the game?

>
> >
> >As I'm on the subject, I've always wanted to know how they've made those
> >briliant sound effects. Anyone info about that?

 I remember reading that they made an effort to come up with lots of new
sound effects. A lot of them were from what we would now call samples. Except
it was mostly tape manipulation and mixing with echo, flange, etc. One
of the
effects used for firing a laser weapon was taken from the sound of
tapping a
screwdriver on a metallic telephone pole support cable. Some wild animal
sounds  like the roar of a wildcat were mixed and adapted to create effects
like the the screaming engine sound of a passing fighter jet.


BTW the new  score is spectacular and there are plenty of terrific new sounds
in Episode 1 (and some of the old ones for continuity).Check out the sounds
of the different pod racer engines, very cool.

> Mike B.

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