It's all DX-7...

monolith · Post by **monolith** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:53 am

sleestack wrote:judging from that clip they should have named him the procrastinator. He showed up a little late I'd say.

hahahahahahha

Post by **Dano** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:37 pm

MrFrodo wrote:Never seen Exterminator II. (But I probably will in future.) I bet it displays the DX7's versatility (even without sampling capabilities). Is it just one filmscore that is 90% DX synths? Are there others like it around?

I would think that there were productions done entirely with a DX7 using some of its more conventional sounds: Bass, Electric Piano, Vibraphone, Marimba, Kalimba, Organ, Winds.

This is purely speculation on my part though.

Post by **Dano** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:52 pm

Sir Ruff wrote:yeah, it kid of sounds like he picked off the hit list of cheesy FM sounds to create the backing track... the movie looks dark as h**l, too bad the music doesn't fit!
The thought of using one synth + drum machine to do a soundtrack is pretty cool tho.

The sounds do fit IMO - typical DX brittle and crisp...just like the charred remains of the perpetrators.

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:16 pm

I don't know of any other soundtrack than Exterminator II that was entirely done with a DX-7 though I can't imagine it's the only score done that way.

Anyways, below I've compiled a list of movie soundtracks where the DX-7, DX-1 and GS-1 have been used (though not exclusively). The DX-7 may be the dominant synth in a few of these scores, as in Massari's "The Killer clowns from outer space", but in most of them, the DX-7 is just one out of many different synths used.

I could, of course, have added scores done with the Synclavier to the list since it's a FM synth but decided not to do so. Maybe we could compile a separate list of Synclavier heavy scores.

in chronological order

1982
Missing - Vangelis (GS-1?)
Bladerunner - Vangelis (GS-1)

1983:
Twilight Zone: the movie - Jerry Goldsmith (GS-1)

1984:
A Nightmare on elm street - Charles Bernstein
Gremlins - Jerry Goldsmith
Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith
Runaway - Jerry Goldsmith (plus TX816 and GS1)
Miami vice (TV-series; 1984 onwards) - Jan Hammer
Firestarter - Tangerine dream (unsure) **
Flashpoint - Tangerine dream (unsure)
2010: Odyssey II - David Shire (DX-1)
Dune - Brian Eno/Toto (plus GS-1)
Tales from the darkside (TV-series 1984-87) - John Harrison
Buckaroo Banzai - Michael Boddicker (unsure)
Axel F - Harald Faltermeyer
The Bounty - Vangelis

1985
Phenomena - Claudio Simonetti/Goblin
Demoni - Claudio Simonetti
Cut and run - Claudio Simonetti
Day of the dead - John Harrison
Fright Night - Brad Fiedel
Legend (European version) - Jerry Goldsmith (plus TX816)
Rocky IV - Vince DiCola & various artists
The Magic Egg (short movie) - Michael Boddicker
Explorers - Jerry Goldsmith (plus TX816)

1986
Link - Jerry Goldsmith (plus TX816)
Legend (US version) - Tangerine dream (unsure)
The park is mine - Tangerine dream (unsure)

1987
The serpent and the rainbow - Brad Fiedel
Innerspace - Jerry Goldsmith
Lionheart - Jerry Goldsmith

1988
Killer Clowns from outer space - John Massari (the only synths used on this score were a DX-7 and Kurzweil K250 digital synthesizer/sampler)
Halloween IV & They Live - John Carpenter/Alan Howarth

I'm sure there are other scores from that era where the DX-7 features
but can't think of any at the moment.

** while it's certain that TD did use the DX-7 I'm not sure to what extent and on which scores they used it.

Sir Ruff · Post by **Sir Ruff** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:30 pm

Dano wrote:
Sir Ruff wrote:yeah, it kid of sounds like he picked off the hit list of cheesy FM sounds to create the backing track... the movie looks dark as h**l, too bad the music doesn't fit!
The thought of using one synth + drum machine to do a soundtrack is pretty cool tho.
The sounds do fit IMO - typical DX brittle and crisp...just like the charred remains of the perpetrators.

ha... well, he could have at least used some more dischordant chords then!

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:06 pm

I just re-read an old Keyboard article on Jerry Goldsmith and it'd appear he didn't own/use a TX-816 (as I wrongly stated above). Instead he had three DX-7s, which he often used in various combinations--through MIDI--with his analog synths to create completely new textures.

Hossinfeffa · Post by **Hossinfeffa** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:25 pm

Micke wrote:2010: Odyssey II - David Shire (DX-1)

Wow, thank you for that! It's been driving me crazy trying to think of what he used for that movie. Some parts of the movie sounded analog while other parts (like the end scene) sounded clearly FM. Excellent score and movie.

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:30 pm

You're welcome. The other synths used on "2010" were a Jupiter 8 and Synclavier II.

David Shire and Craig Huxley recording 2010.

Hossinfeffa · Post by **Hossinfeffa** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:00 am

Micke wrote:You're welcome. The other synths used on "2010" were a Jupiter 8 and Synclavier II.

Funny, I had a hunch the Jupiter-8 was involved too. I got lucky for once.

Also.. what is this? Something EMS?

OriginalJambo · Post by **OriginalJambo** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:29 pm

Hossinfeffa wrote:Also.. what is this? Something EMS?

Sure looks like it. Well spotted!

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:57 pm

Hossinfeffa wrote:
Micke wrote:You're welcome. The other synths used on "2010" were a Jupiter 8 and Synclavier II.
Funny, I had a hunch the Jupiter-8 was involved too. I got lucky for once.

Also.. what is this? Something EMS?

The thing in the background is actually a large 12-panel (I think) Serge modular system. Mr. Huxley used it on quite a few
soundtracks eg Star Trek: the motion picture (1979), Bloodline (Morricone, 1979), Schizoid (1980), Alligator (1980), Outland (Jerry Goldsmith, 1981), Wolfen (James Horner, 1981), Forbidden World (aka Mutant, 1982), Megaforce (1982), Star Trek II (1982), Dreamscape (Maurice Jarre (1984) and others. The Blaster beam can also be heard in many of these scores.

Not sure whether the Serge saw any use in David Shire's "2010: Odyssey II", it's not listed in the CD credits anyway.

Z · Post by Z » Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:05 pm

Slightly off-topic: I wonder what that mod is on the JP-8: the phone jack in the center of the "O" in Roland. It appears to have a label below the jack.

Virgule · Post by **Virgule** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:51 am

pricklyrobot wrote: And ninja movies too, anybody remember Sho Kosugi? That guy was my idol when I was 10.

all three ''Ninja'' films had the same recurring themes i think (Rob Walsh).
I used to love that theme so much as a kid (FF to the 2:30 mark

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:13 pm

Yeah, Rob Walsh's "Ninja" score kicks some a*s!

I recently got hold of mint vinyl copies of the soundtracks to Revenge Of The Ninja, Shogun Assassin, The Chain Reaction, The Boogeyman, Inseminoid and
The Living Planet (BBC nature documentary) and I'm going to digitize them soon.

Rob Walsh recorded the "Ninja" score in about 7 days using one synth, a drum machine and a 1968 Gibson Les Paul (a very basic setup). Rob played and (multi) tracked everything himself. The music was recorded on a Tascam 8-track.

There's no DX-7 to be heard in these scores though, only analog stuff.

Someone has posted the whole film on youtube:

Try to see if you can figure out what synth and drum machine were used in the score

Sorry for going off-topic....

mdannyg · Post by **mdannyg** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 7:38 pm

The Bloodsport soundtrack by Paul Hertzog is a good one I've been listening to lately which sounds like it might be completely DX7.

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