Mash Up – Third Monk

Our Bond With the Universe, A Movie Mashup Tribute (Video)

JAMES HSU — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:36:47 +0000

Video Editor Max Shishkin combined the soundtrack of Intersellar, the voice of Anthony Hopkins reading “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas, and footage from 35 space films to make this amazing mashup.

Films featured in the tribute:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, dir. Stanley Kubrick)

Alien (1979, dir. Ridley Scott)

Aliens (1986, dir. James Cameron)

Armageddon (1998, dir. Michael Bay)

Avatar (2009, dir. James Cameron)

Battleship (2012, dir. Peter Berg)

Cargo (2009, dir. Ivan Engler, Ralph Etter)

Elysium (2013, dir. Neill Blomkamp)

Europa Report (2013, dir. Sebastián Cordero)

Event Horizon (1997, dir. Paul Anderson)

Gravity (2013, dir. Alfonso Cuarón)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, dir. James Gunn)

Interstellar (2014, dir. Christopher Nolan)

Lockout (2012, dir. James Mather, Stephen St. Leger)

Lost in Space (1998, dir. Stephen Hopkins)

Man of Steel (2013, dir. Zack Snyder)

Mission to Mars (2000, dir. Brian De Palma)

Moon (2009, dir. Duncan Jones)

Oblivion (2013, dir. Joseph Kosinski)

Pandorum (2009, dir. Christian Alvart)

Prometheus (2012, dir. Ridley Scott)

Solaris (1972, dir. Andrey Tarkovskiy)

Solaris (2002, dir. Steven Soderbergh)

Star Trek (2009, dir. J.J. Abrams)

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, dir. J.J. Abrams)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977, dir. George Lucas)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983, dir.Richard Marquand)

Starship Troopers (1997, dir. Paul Verhoeven)

Sunshine (2007, dir. Danny Boyle)

The Fountain (2006, dir. Darren Aronofsky)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005, dir. Garth Jennings)

The Last Days on Mars (2013, dir. Ruairi Robinson)

The Signal (2014, dir. William Eubank)

Thor: The Dark World (2013, dir. Alan Taylor)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011, dir. Michael Bay)

Our Bond With the Universe, A Movie Mashup Tribute (Video)

Psychedelic Cosmos – Pink Floyd’s Echoes, 2001: A Space Odyssey Mash Up (Video)

JAMES HSU — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:37:44 +0000

By JAMES HSU - Third Monk

Rumors suggest that Pink Floyd’s “Echoes” synchronizes with Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, when played concurrently with the final segment (titled “Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite”).

“Echoes” was released three years after the film’s production and is 23 minutes and 31 seconds in length; similar to the “Infinite” segment.

Sound effects in the middle of the song convey the feeling of travelling through, or flying over, an alien world.

The drone vocalizations heard in the final scenes of 2001 seem to match with the discordant bass vibrations in the middle of “Echoes”, as well as the choral glissando’s of its finale.

Another notable link occurs during a change in scene at precisely the moment when guitar and keyboards crescendo as the lyrics re-enter for the final verse.

The early lyrics vaguely convey reference to planets, which seems entirely suitable for the film’s depiction of Jupiter and it’s moons.

Adrian Maben re-created this marriage of music and image using CGI in his Director’s cut of Live at Pompeii.

Psychedelic Cosmos – Pink Floyd’s Echoes, 2001: A Space Odyssey Mash Up (Video)

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (Documentary)

JAMES HSU — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:51:44 +0000

By JAMES HSU - Third Monk

In the current age, the concept of remixing has become a controversial and problematic aspect of the creative landscape. From music to art and design, what constitutes fair game and what crosses the line is continually being questioned.

In Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age by Yale Law & Tech, the short 24-minute documentary explores the topic through the insights of different creatives and the impact of intellectual property laws in suppressing creative production.

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (PART 1/3)

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (PART 2/3)

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (PART 3/3)

Walking On Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age (Documentary)