lontano

martin scorsese - shutter island - 2010

classic drone series
sound, sound design, music in film

subtle relationships of sound and music found in shutter island
(the soundtrack being an outstanding gathering of 20th century classical music)

specifically, sounds of:
rain, snow, wind, thunder, water and the sea, fire, vinyl lps (surface sounds, memory), distant melodies, distant voices, dreams, bird sounds and other animals, drone, reverberant spaces (military architecture)

 boat ride to shutter island, flash back (includes record player no. one)

 voice fades when women becomes visible

records and record players (odeon records, moments of nazism *)

record player no. two - it's mahler

record player no. three - memory of nazi's office

record player no. four - wife flash back two

record player no. five - nazi's office

distant melodies (from two different sequences in the film, first one with delay)

thunder / john cage (with voices, snow fall, and a girl's voice) / mahler
girls voice reminiscent of the twins in the shining

 the sea / man falling into the sea (heard, not seen) / feldman's rothko chapel /
scelsi's uaxuctum and small rodents

also worthy of mention is the ward c section with bird sounds, water dripping, electronic outbursts, and distant voices


music supervision - robbie robertson
sound mixer - petur hliddal
supervising sound editor - eugene gearty
music editor - jennifer l. dunnington
music researcher - jared levine

music:
- john cage - root of an unfocus, music for marcel duchamp
- brian eno - lizard point (from on land)
- morton feldman - rothko chapel 2 (from rothko chapel)
- lou harrison - suite for symphonic strings, nocturne
- györgy ligeti - lontano
- ingram marshall - fog tropes, prelude: the bay (from alcatraz)
- krzysztof penderecki - symphony no.3, 4th movement: passacaglia - allegro moderato
- max richter - on the nature of daylight
- giacinto scelsi - uaxuctum 3rd movement
- alfred schnittke - four hymns: hymn II for cello and double bass
- lonnie johnson - tomorrow night
- johnnie ray - cry
- kay starr - wheel of fortune (also used in l.a. confidential)
- dinah washington and max richter - mixed by robbie robertson

redrum

stanley kubrick - the shining - 1980

classic drone series
sound, sound design, music in film

3 big wheel riding sequences combined
(big wheel sounds most likely created in post production,
but the visceral qualities of the steadicam
camerawork give it a sync sound quality)

bathroom scene

music:
- béla bartók - music for strings, percussion and celesta
- györgy ligeti - lontano
- krzysztof penderecki - utrenja, the awakening of jacob, de natura sonoris no. 2
- wendy carlos & rachel elkind - main theme, rocky mountains

sound editor - dino di campo
sound editor - jack t. knight
sound editor - winston ryder
sound recordist - ivan sharrock & richard daniel

related music, see previous kubrick posts * **

jupiter and beyond the infinite

stanley kubrick - 2001: a space odyssey - 1968

classic drone series
sound, sound design, music in film

17 minutes from the last part of the film jupiter and beyond the infinite
(taken from the film, not the ost)

(link expired)

also worthy of mention are the dawn of man sequences
and the ambient sections in space

music - györgy ligeti
sound editor - winston ryder
sound supervisor - a.w. watkins
sound mixer - h.l. bird
(made in 70mm format, with a six-track stereo magnetic soundtrack)

other films with winston ryder
as sound editor/designer:
"he had a unique ability to create atmospheres through
the skillful and selective use of sounds"
les hodgson

great expectations - 1946
oliver twist - 1948
breaking the sound barrier - 1952
summertime - 1955
the bridge on the river kwai - 1957
lawrence of arabia - 1962
doctor zhivago - 1965
the red tent - 1969
ryan's daughter - 1970/1
the last tycoon - 1976
the shining - 1980
w/ dino di campo & jack t. knight
heaven's gate - 1980

related recordings:

brian eno - apollo: atmospheres and soundtracks
morton feldman - neither, for samuel beckett
(and other late orchestral works)
györgy ligeti
krzysztof penderecki
giacinto scelsi
alfred schnittke
see previous post on a clockwork orange *