Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists

previous by date index next by date
previous in topic topic list next in topic

Subject: Re: Film Soundtracks....Been There

From: "charel196" <charel196@...>
Date: 2006-05-21

Shawna.....oh yes! I always hoped she'd fall out of that silver bandage she was wearing...

unfortunately that beautiful actress died a tragic death....

WAR OF THE MELLOTRONS (Japanese 1967) Two massive machines go on a rampage
through Tokyo and Osaka, spewing broken tapes over the local populace
(Raymond Burr, Kenji Sahara, Imiko Kurizawa,Jerry Korb)




--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Korb <jkorb@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> surfbeach@... wrote:
>
> > how bouts "the Sorcerer"? Tangerine Dream
>
> __________________________________________________________
>
> Lee, I mentioned that one a couple of days ago. Prob. got lost in the
> melee around mid-week. Charles also made a good point about the
> use ( or lack ) of Chamberlins for 50's sci-fi "B" movie soundtracks.
>
> In retrospect, now that I view some of those lesser films with today's
> perspective, they REALLY were cheesy ! The majority of explosion
> and devastation was stock military footage of early A or H-bomb tests
> (Houses exploding into matchsticks, pine forests denuded, jeeps
> tipped over, etc.) . Just add in a cliche title, some rubber costumes
> and props, some Theremin and signal-generators, there 'ya go !
>
> .......Coming soon to a popcorn/gum infested cinema near you:
> "Killer Trons from Planet Bodger " or
> "The Day The Motors Stood Still" or " Eight Second Countdown"
> or my favorite " The Man with the X-Ray Sampler "
>
> OK, I'm going back to the basement to avoid the deadly Cathode Ray Gun .
>
> Cheers, -JK- (Still loves Angelique Pettyjohn from orig. Star-Trek series)
>