Studying the sounds of Blade Runner

pesco 2017-05-19 16:03:27 UTC #1

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/05/19/studying-the-sounds-of-blade-r.html

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Papasan 2017-05-19 17:01:59 UTC #2

I have a copy of the sound track, it's very amazing.

Yri 2017-05-19 17:06:36 UTC #3

Me too! It's utterly brilliant.

But OMG, "Vangelis" is pronounced with a hard G? I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years???

Jeez, next thing you know someone's going to tell me "GIF" is supposed to be pronounced that way too. As if.

GrymRpr 2017-05-19 18:18:05 UTC #4

If you have the equipment:

The sound just rolls around you.

If you cannot buy it anywhere, I'm sure an iso is somewhere on the net

Elmer 2017-05-19 18:19:13 UTC #5

I asked a Greek friend once about the proper pronunciation of his name, and she pronounced it with a silent "n" and a hard "g". Seems like we've ALL been mispronouncing his name through the years.

jetfx 2017-05-19 18:46:51 UTC #6

Seeing the film at 18 had a huge impact on the kind of music I've gone on to listen to.

FrontierJustice 2017-05-19 20:22:15 UTC #7

This is a video of a man explaining brilliant scoring and opulent soundscapes that you can't hear because he's explaining them to you.

digitalArtform 2017-05-19 22:28:42 UTC #8

How did he get that "meep meep" sound?

patrickneve 2017-05-20 05:45:52 UTC #9

If anyone here hasn't heard them, it's REALLY worth tracking down two unofficial releases, both on the "Esper" imprint:

While the "ultimate edition" compilation version of the soundtrack is indeed definitive, it's the "Los Angeles November 2019" that gets the most spins in this house. It's all ambient sound effects, incidental, and mood objects, culled from the movie, official video game versions, and other sources. The ultimate ambient Blade Runner.

UPDATE: And now it seems there's a 25th(?) anniversary Esper Edition, expanded, remastered, I guess I'm going to have to find this one now.

Israel_B 2017-05-20 11:30:37 UTC #10

PLEASE tell me there is matching font for that!

Israel_B 2017-05-20 11:35:04 UTC #11

Unfortunately picture disks are notorious for not good sound quality. Due to the manufacturing process there will always be more noise than a normal LP.

lorq 2017-05-20 13:19:57 UTC #12

I know, right? I've decided it'll always be a soft-g for me personally, hard-g in public.

nungesser 2017-05-20 13:43:22 UTC #13

That was a surprise to me, too -- I saw Jon Anderson in concert last year (who's recorded with Vangelis quite a bit) and he pronounced his name as "Van-Gell-is", with a hard G. I had no idea!

One of my favorite soundtracks of all time.

digitalArtform 2017-05-20 19:39:19 UTC #14

http://www.dafont.com/blade-runner.font

Israel_B 2017-05-20 20:31:43 UTC #15

And guess what? I have a simliar font but forgot about it...

I guess you added in the bird yourself?

pesco 2017-05-24 16:03:34 UTC #16

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