Anyone who like PLANET OF THE APES will like this. Call it "proto-POTA" if you must, it has many of the sounds and feels of his writing that would come in the first APES movie.
I always like it when this film and its score are mentioned. It enables me to give unalloyed praise to a Jerry Goldsmith score and makes me feel as if I fit in here .
If you're inclined to but never have, I'd suggest you read the book - it's startlingly different to the film that we know so well.
I'm really irritated with myself for not getting a copy of this one during FSM's most recent sale. Hopefully it'll hold on long enough to make it to the next one.
Then again, who am I kidding? I've still got the last three discs of Ben-Hur to listen to. And Poltergeist. And Black Sunday. And the other, non FSM, CDs I still haven't gotten to. I'm swamped!
Seminal movie and score. Goldsmith's 60's work is so diverse and groundbreaking. The Satan Bug is an amazing piece of work and this edition is not in any way diminished by a few sound effects.
Remember too that quite a lot of the score IS "clean" and in absolutely terrific sound. Believe me, when Lukas told me that the tapes we recovered didn't contain the main title or any of the action cues it was one of the biggest heartbreaks I've ever had. But at least some of the score was preserved and the action material is an outstanding example of how well Goldsmith's music works alongside the sound effects of the day.
Anyone who like PLANET OF THE APES will like this. Call it "proto-POTA" if you must, it has many of the sounds and feels of his writing that would come in the first APES movie.
From the Jerry Goldsmith cookbook:
Take a half ounce of THE SATAN BUG, half a cup of SHOCK TREATMENT, and a spoonful of SECONDS, and add a pinch of FREUD, shake well and bake in an oven for two thousand years, and you get PLANET OF THE APES. Enjoy!
A coincidence that this film about a deadly virus was released 55 years ago, TO... THE.... YEAR???
Why does the number 55 matter? Were you and the movie both born in 1965? Is your real name an anagram, like Stan Buga? Andromeda Strain was made....49....years...ago....Oooooooh.
A coincidence that this film about a deadly virus was released 55 years ago, TO... THE.... YEAR???
I don't think so.
Make that 56.
Principal photography for … and post-production on … The Satan Bug must have been transpiring during early 1964 (January through April) because Goldsmith's recording sessions were held in May '64. The picture seems to have sat 'in the can' for around 12 months before its eventual distribution.
A coincidence that this film about a deadly virus was released 55 years ago, TO... THE.... YEAR???
I don't think so.
Make that 56.
Principal photography for … and post-production on … The Satan Bug must have been transpiring during early 1964 (January through April) because Goldsmith's recording sessions were held in May '64. The picture seems to have sat 'in the can' for around 12 months before its eventual distribution.
....eventual distribution at EGG-ZACKLY the 55 year mark. Coincidence? Ho, ho, ho, you might not think so, but my nerd-y sense is tingling!
If you're going to keep making this joke, explain the punchline of why "55" is significant. The virus isn't called "covid-55." If it was 45 years ago, I could see that number being linked to a president. Otherwise, what's the point? Who cares how many years ago?
If you all want to see a COVID-relevant movie from the 1960s try "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" It contains:
* a virus that's in the air and can be transferred by close face contact * The populace of NYC walking around everywhere with face masks * Government and science experts on TV advising citizens * One expert (played by Dom DeLuise) who claims the virus is a Red China plot(!) * "Be Safe" signs erected all over the city * Worries that revenue from sales tax on alcohol and cigarettes will be lost
This film is not a serious drama though - it's a very broad satire: the "virus" is spread by a rare toucan that causes depressed/angry/nihilist people to suddenly become optimistic and cheery!
How intrusive are the sound effects on the listening experience here? I haven’t got this album myself. I guess I’m also thinking more broadly whether having the music with FX is better than nothing or not? What says you?
How intrusive are the sound effects on the listening experience here? I haven’t got this album myself. I guess I’m also thinking more broadly whether having the music with FX is better than nothing or not? What says you?
Chris
I dunno - I'd say yes. But I'm a Goldsmith lunatic. 75% is great - but gawd, those intrusive helicopters on the action laden 3rd act....
More hit than miss? The package is classy as hell, so there's that. The M&E cues arent unlistenable but they will take you out.
What's you level of JG-fanatism, Chris? Gage it that way.
How intrusive are the sound effects on the listening experience here? I haven’t got this album myself. I guess I’m also thinking more broadly whether having the music with FX is better than nothing or not? What says you?
Chris
The sound fx are squeezed out as well as possible - I personally don't find what's left of them intrusive. It's a oft-played Goldsmith CD on me ol' Victrola.
....eventual distribution at EGG-ZACKLY the 55 year mark. Coincidence? Ho, ho, ho, you might not think so, but my nerd-y sense is tingling!
Depends where you were, eh? West Germany got it before New York.
[from IMDB] Release Dates West Germany 26 March 1965 USA 14 April 1965 (New York City, New York) Japan 18 April 1965 Finland 30 April 1965 UK 6 May 1965 (London) France 12 May 1965 Norway 14 May 1965 South Africa 26 May 1965 (Johannesburg) Austria June 1965 Denmark 28 June 1965 Sweden 14 July 1965 Spain 1 November 1965 (Madrid) Mexico 9 December 1965
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