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Some Voice Sampling Songs

January 10th, 2010

Well, this is the first post of the New Year, so I thought I would take it easy and just make a quick post about one of my favourite artists and an album that is very interesting to me. The artist is Pogo, and the album is Symphony of Science.
These artists have one thing in common; they both make songs through Voice Sampling. Voice sampling is simply where you take voice clips and sounds and re-mix them to make music. Pogo makes his music almost entirely from music featured in films or television series, where Symphony of Science mainly uses voice clips from famous scientists, like Carl Sagan, Steven Hawking, David Attenborough, and quite a few others.

The main reason I wanted to make this post is because both artists have released a new song for the New Year, so I felt it appropriate to mention them.

Symphony of Science: The Unbroken Thread

“”The Unbroken Thread” is the fourth video in the Symphony of Science series, and it features David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, and Carl Sagan. The clips used in this installment come from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, David Attenborough’s Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, The Life of Mammals, The Living Planet, BBC Life, XVIVO Scientific Animations, IMAX Cosmic Voyage, Jane Goodall’s TED Talk, and a clever Guiness Commercial. The themes present in The Unbroken Thread attempt to explore the wild diversity of life on our planet, the intricacy and origin of its mechanisms, and its close relation to all other life forms. ” – Quote from <a href=”http://symphonyofscience.com”>Symphony of Science Site</a>

Pogo: Upular

Upular is made from voice samples and sound samples from Pixar’s Up.

Well, I hope that you enjoy the videos, if you have any other Voice Sampled songs I would be more than happy to hear about them in the comments,

Back soon,

Calum Gilchrist

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Interactive Homelineny: Poll Edition

April 20th, 2009

What 'Kids' Film Are You Looking Forward to this Year?

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I decided that I wanted to try Polls with the site so thought I’d start with a question that’s pretty easy, if you’re into films, and a question that I’m not too sure how to answer, as all the above films are looking pretty great.

If you have no idea what any of the films are, have some trailers:

  • Coraline: Directed by Henry Selick, who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, which you can see from his distinct stop-motion style. I’m really excited for this film because it’s stop-motion which has always been something I’ve loved and I really enjoyed The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach
  • Where the Wild Things Are: Directed by Spike Jonze whom I’m not too familiar with, although I do love me some Being John Malkovich, which is a weird but excellent film. I’m not too sure what Where the Wild Things Are is about but it looks really good. It’s based on a 12 line children’s book which instantly makes me interested in this movie, it also looks amazing, the general feel seems quite nice but I think there’s a darker story to it, I’m not entirely certain. I’ve not heard enough about it, really.
  • Up: Disney Pixar’s newest animation outing. Instantly it’s got high appeal for me, and quite a few people as it IS a Pixar movie, and all of their stuff tends to be great. Up is about an elderly man who decides to leave the city, not by trian, bus or car, but by balloons attatched to his house. When he’s in the air he finds a Boy Scout on his porch and lets him come on his adventure.
  • Monster Vs. Aliens: I thought I would throw this in the poll to make an extra option and to make the poll more a: “What do you think the best ‘kid’ movie of the year will be”. MVA was really good, and you can see my review a few posts back. MVA is close to the quality of Pixar, probably the closest that Dreamworks has been to being on par with Pixar.
  • Anything I missed? If so please leave a comment telling me what I missed.

Look forward to the results, unless it’s just my vote…

Calum Gilchrist

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A Good Year for Movies

April 2nd, 2009

I’m looking forward to the next few months of film. There is a plethora of films that look interesting and enjoyable and are only a few months away. These are the films I am most looking forward to this year:

  • UP – Up by Pixar looks like another beautiful and enjoyable journey from the Dream factory that is Dreamworks Pixar. It’s the first 3-D Pixar film and it looks beautiful already. I’m very excited for every Pixar film, and Up is no exception.
  • Where the Wild Things Are (Trailer) – I watched the Trailer and I must say that this film looks beautiful. I have no idea what the story is about but it looks like it will be an interesting experience. When I was told it was based on a 12 line picture book, my interest was not hindered. It was propelled forward.
  • Star Trek – I’m a big Star Trek fan, but I’ve never liked the films, hopefully (and it looks like it) this will be FAR better than the other Star Trek films. It’s got a good looking cast and the trailers look stunning. J.J. Abrams is directing this film so my hopes are up for this one.
  • Coraline – This animated film has really caught my attention. It’s a clay-mation, which already puts it high up in my list of good films, and it’s also the longest ever clay-mation (Might be longest stop motion as well, not sure. Are they the same thing?). Coraline looks like a kids film but I’ve heard that it is not for kids in the slightest. The button eyes are quite creepy and disturbing and apparently there’s a creature made completely out of needles and is quite scary. My feelings on Coraline are mixed, but hopefully it can shunt my feelings to the positive end of the spectrum.
  • Inglorious Basters – Looking forward to Quentin Tarrantino’s next film. See Steven’s post for more details.

Well I think that’s all the films I’m looking forward to at the moment. If there are any films you want to see, please leave a comment, thanks,
Calum Gilchrist E-mail me

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Listening to: Daft Punk – Alive
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