Thursday, January 27, 2011

the power of christ compels you


william friedkin - the exorcist - 1973
(original version)

classic drone series
sound, sound design, music in film




max von sydow & the devil - iraq




train / father, would you help an old alter boy




leaving hospital / drone





devil speaking + analysis of tape (some dialogue edited out)


also worthy of mention, the iraq sequence with vernacular music, then blacksmiths hammering, then a clock ticking


music:
- krzysztof penderecki & jack nitzsche - iraq
- mike oldfield - georgetown / tubular bells
- anton webern - five pieces for orchestra, op.10
- krzysztof penderecki - polymorphia
- krzysztof penderecki - string quartet (1960)
- harry bee - wind harp
- george crumb - night of the electric insects
- krzysztof penderecki - kanon for orchestra and tape
- mike oldfield - tubular bells
- hans werner henze - fantasia for strings
- the allman brothers -ramlin' man (bar scene)

friedkin said : had he heard the music of tangerine dream earlier, he would have had them score the exorcist. instead, he used modern classical compositions (from wikipedia)

sound - christopher newman
sound (iraq sequence) - jean-louis ducarme
dubbing mixer - buzz knudson
sound effects editors - fred brown & ross taylor
special sound effects - ron nagle, doc siegel, gonzalo gavira, bob fine
sound consultant - hal landaker
music editor - gene marks
the voice of the demon pazuzu - mercedes mccambridge


other films with christopher newman on sound:

- little murders (alan arkin) - 1971
- klute (alan j. pakula) - 1971
- the french connection (william friedkin) - 1971
- the godfather, production sound recordist * (francis ford coppola) - 1972
- mikey and nicky, production sound mixer (elaine may) - 1976
- tender mercies, sound mixer (bruce beresford) - 1983
- amadeus, sound recordist (milos forman) - 1984
- the mosquito coast, production sound recordist (peter weir) - 1986
- the unbearable lightness of being, production sound mixer) (philip kaufman) - 1988
- q & a, sound mixer (sidney lumet) - 1990
- the silence of the lambs, production sound mixer (jonathan demme) - 1991
- the english patient, sound recordist (anthony minghella)- 1996