Similar to the Dark Side of the Rainbow effect, at-large rumors suggested that Echoes coincidentally synchronizes with Stanley Kubricks 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 films production and is 23 minutes and 31 seconds in length, quite similar to the Infinite segment. Sound effects in the middle section 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 glissandos 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 films depiction of Jupiter and its moons. Adrian Maben re-created this marriage of music and image in his directors cut of Live at Pompeii using CGI. The members of the band always denied that the synchronization was intentional. Furthermore, the technology to play back film in a recording studio circa 1971 would have been expensive and difficult for the band to acquire(although it is not clear why such equipments would be necessary). However, the band had experience with creating film soundtracks by that point, having created the soundtrack to the French art house film More in 1969. Roger Waters is sometimes quoted as saying that the bands failure to contribute music to 2001s official score was his greatest regret.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 02:03:47 +0000
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