Comments on: Benn Jordan re-scores “The Living Planet” in front of a live audience

By: Jordan314

Jordan314 — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:32:44 +0000

How did he isolate the soundtrack from the narration?

By: Art

Art — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:01:19 +0000

Sorry for one more, video from 1982 in the studio. Wonderfull interview http://www.elizabeth-parker.co.uk/background/background-a-mov.html

By: Art

Art — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:43:56 +0000

Elizabeth Parker 2001 background interview in Sound on Sound magazine http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb01/articles/elizabeth.asp

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:56:56 +0000

The description “too minimal and synthy” might be levelled at a great deal of work being done at that time … for example the music for Tron, or Blade Runner, or the entire series “Hearts of Space”.

I can see someone not liking this earlier style, but it was entirely apropos and de jeur at the time … 25 years ago. If you went into stores looking for a synth in those times, you’d most likely have found what they were calling “workstations”. Not a very musical descriptive either.

By: Justin McGrath

Justin McGrath — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:18:51 +0000

Slight correction to article. Polyfuse is me and I am doing something completely separate from Benn’s performance. Visuals for my set will be by Merkaba:

http://www.psymbolic.com/artists/merkaba_visuals

By: Darren Landrum

Darren Landrum — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:10:55 +0000

I’m afraid I prefer the original to the new. You see, to my ears, the original actually sounds more interested and, well, original, as I was not exposed to that omnipresent-at-the-time style too much as a kid. The new one, on the other hand, sounds exactly like what I hear for hours a day, day in and day out, on History, Discovery, TLC, and so on.

That which is old becomes new again.

By: rhowaldt

rhowaldt — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:33:02 +0000

the original reminds of I think it was White Noise II. concerning the new version, as said before, lose the drums! i think it sounds quite monotonous and un-interesting, which i find especially curious as these are not words i’d use to describe The Flashbulb’s music. frankly, i expected something way, way better. but that might be quick judgement from a very short clip.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:41:34 +0000

I have to say I’m not keen on either*. The RW version comes from a time when the RW were mass producing loads of bland synthesized music and the updated version sounds like typical Discovery Channel fare. Lose the beats! I’d still like to hear more though as the clip didn’t offer much to base a proper judgment on.

*actually thats not quite true – musically I can’t stand the 80’s/90’s RW output but because I was a kid growing up in the UK I do have a slight nostalgic interest.

By: Basement Hum

Basement Hum — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:17:29 +0000

It’s an interesting idea for a show nevertheless.

By: Basement Hum

Basement Hum — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:16:21 +0000

I don’t know how representative the clip here is of course, but the drums in the short clip of Benn’s new score sound, to my ears, less dated but more hackneyed than the naive ‘look around you’-ish synthery of the original clip shown here.