The Bat
Fun
article and video clip at Wired:
Modded Weed Whacker Makes Dark Knight Rises� Bat Sound Badass
The dark, ominous sounds of The Dark Knight Rises were crafted with the help of lawn equipment and a 40-year-old modular synth, according to a new video that documents the behind-the-scenes process of creating audio for the movie.
One of the unlikely sound sources was a weed whacker that was modded by �taking the end off and putting different things on the end� and then processing the sounds, says Richard King, the movie�s lead sound designer. �That became a big element of The Bat.�
In another highlight from the Soundworks Collection video, the movie�s composer, Hans Zimmer, shows off his massive Moog modular synthesizer, which practically takes up an entire room.
�Analog, there�s something fabulous about it,� says Zimmer in the video. �So what I did is, I dragged out all the best modules I had on my 40-year-old Moog modular. I had a chap in Berlin build basically digital controllers for this thing. And that thing sitting over there is what became the sound. You know, there is something when you plug in all those Moog oscillators. Something really cool happens.�
Hans' synthesizer is an epic force of nature - early photo (1980's)
here and contemporary photos
here and
here.
Posted by DaveH at August 2, 2012 10:08 PM