What 1968 Moog synthesizer was used in the Movie Apollo 11?
I was watching the short YouTube video How ‘Apollo 11’ Gives the Moon Landing New Life | Anatomy of a Scene and near the end the narrator says:
My music composer, Matt Morton decided to do a period score, using only instrumentation that was around pre-1969, most notably, he went out and got a 1968 edition Moog synthesizer.
What 1968 Moog synthesizer is this?
I'm not sure if I should post this question here or in Movies SE. If there are Moog aficionados here they may know it right away, so I thought I would try here first. The only thing I can think of is the cover of Switched On Bach.
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1967
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I was watching the short YouTube video How ‘Apollo 11’ Gives the Moon Landing New Life | Anatomy of a Scene and near the end the narrator says:
My music composer, Matt Morton decided to do a period score, using only instrumentation that was around pre-1969, most notably, he went out and got a 1968 edition Moog synthesizer.
What 1968 Moog synthesizer is this?
I'm not sure if I should post this question here or in Movies SE. If there are Moog aficionados here they may know it right away, so I thought I would try here first. The only thing I can think of is the cover of Switched On Bach.
history synthesizer
asked Mar 19 at 15:01
uhohuhoh
1967
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I was watching the short YouTube video How ‘Apollo 11’ Gives the Moon Landing New Life | Anatomy of a Scene and near the end the narrator says:
My music composer, Matt Morton decided to do a period score, using only instrumentation that was around pre-1969, most notably, he went out and got a 1968 edition Moog synthesizer.
What 1968 Moog synthesizer is this?
I'm not sure if I should post this question here or in Movies SE. If there are Moog aficionados here they may know it right away, so I thought I would try here first. The only thing I can think of is the cover of Switched On Bach.
history synthesizer
asked Mar 19 at 15:01
uhohuhoh
1967
I was watching the short YouTube video How ‘Apollo 11’ Gives the Moon Landing New Life | Anatomy of a Scene and near the end the narrator says:
My music composer, Matt Morton decided to do a period score, using only instrumentation that was around pre-1969, most notably, he went out and got a 1968 edition Moog synthesizer.
What 1968 Moog synthesizer is this?
I'm not sure if I should post this question here or in Movies SE. If there are Moog aficionados here they may know it right away, so I thought I would try here first. The only thing I can think of is the cover of Switched On Bach.
history synthesizer
history synthesizer
asked Mar 19 at 15:01
uhohuhoh
1967
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1967
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uhoh
asked Mar 19 at 15:01
uhohuhoh
1967
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1967
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It's a Moog modular Synthesizer IIIc
From Matt Morton - Apollo 11
Matt wrote, orchestrated, performed, recorded, and mixed all of the
original music for the film, as well as the teaser trailer and the
theatrical trailer. Every instrument and effect used in the score
existed at the time of the mission in 1969 including the Moog modular
Synthesizer IIIc (see below), the Binson Echorec 2 (tube echo), the
Mellotron (early keyboard sampler used by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,
etc.), and the orchestra.
I had a quick listen to this video & the trailer, and I have to say that all the synth noises I could pick out from this & under the orchestra could be made in VSTi these days (or certainly close enough for those of us without a Hollywood budget;) I have several plugins that can do Moog, ARP, Mellotron & the like, all really quite convincingly, if not as a single 'patch' then at least by layering.
answered Mar 19 at 16:12
TetsujinTetsujin
8,20221934
3
And interesting comparison between real analog synths and virtual synth plugins is the difference between the Stranger Things (real) and Dark Matter (virtual) soundtracks.
– Todd Wilcox
Mar 19 at 16:26
1
Looks like I chose the right site to post, thanks very much!
– uhoh
Mar 19 at 16:52
1
I'd have probably struggled to choose too - but I'm on both, so you'd have got the same answer from me on either ;)
– Tetsujin
Mar 19 at 16:56
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It's a Moog modular Synthesizer IIIc
From Matt Morton - Apollo 11
Matt wrote, orchestrated, performed, recorded, and mixed all of the
original music for the film, as well as the teaser trailer and the
theatrical trailer. Every instrument and effect used in the score
existed at the time of the mission in 1969 including the Moog modular
Synthesizer IIIc (see below), the Binson Echorec 2 (tube echo), the
Mellotron (early keyboard sampler used by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,
etc.), and the orchestra.
I had a quick listen to this video & the trailer, and I have to say that all the synth noises I could pick out from this & under the orchestra could be made in VSTi these days (or certainly close enough for those of us without a Hollywood budget;) I have several plugins that can do Moog, ARP, Mellotron & the like, all really quite convincingly, if not as a single 'patch' then at least by layering.
answered Mar 19 at 16:12
TetsujinTetsujin
8,20221934
3
And interesting comparison between real analog synths and virtual synth plugins is the difference between the Stranger Things (real) and Dark Matter (virtual) soundtracks.
– Todd Wilcox
Mar 19 at 16:26
1
Looks like I chose the right site to post, thanks very much!
– uhoh
Mar 19 at 16:52
1
I'd have probably struggled to choose too - but I'm on both, so you'd have got the same answer from me on either ;)
– Tetsujin
Mar 19 at 16:56
add a comment |
It's a Moog modular Synthesizer IIIc
From Matt Morton - Apollo 11
Matt wrote, orchestrated, performed, recorded, and mixed all of the
original music for the film, as well as the teaser trailer and the
theatrical trailer. Every instrument and effect used in the score
existed at the time of the mission in 1969 including the Moog modular
Synthesizer IIIc (see below), the Binson Echorec 2 (tube echo), the
Mellotron (early keyboard sampler used by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,
etc.), and the orchestra.
I had a quick listen to this video & the trailer, and I have to say that all the synth noises I could pick out from this & under the orchestra could be made in VSTi these days (or certainly close enough for those of us without a Hollywood budget;) I have several plugins that can do Moog, ARP, Mellotron & the like, all really quite convincingly, if not as a single 'patch' then at least by layering.
answered Mar 19 at 16:12
TetsujinTetsujin
8,20221934
3
And interesting comparison between real analog synths and virtual synth plugins is the difference between the Stranger Things (real) and Dark Matter (virtual) soundtracks.
– Todd Wilcox
Mar 19 at 16:26
1
Looks like I chose the right site to post, thanks very much!
– uhoh
Mar 19 at 16:52
1
I'd have probably struggled to choose too - but I'm on both, so you'd have got the same answer from me on either ;)
– Tetsujin
Mar 19 at 16:56
add a comment |
It's a Moog modular Synthesizer IIIc
From Matt Morton - Apollo 11
Matt wrote, orchestrated, performed, recorded, and mixed all of the
original music for the film, as well as the teaser trailer and the
theatrical trailer. Every instrument and effect used in the score
existed at the time of the mission in 1969 including the Moog modular
Synthesizer IIIc (see below), the Binson Echorec 2 (tube echo), the
Mellotron (early keyboard sampler used by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,
etc.), and the orchestra.
I had a quick listen to this video & the trailer, and I have to say that all the synth noises I could pick out from this & under the orchestra could be made in VSTi these days (or certainly close enough for those of us without a Hollywood budget;) I have several plugins that can do Moog, ARP, Mellotron & the like, all really quite convincingly, if not as a single 'patch' then at least by layering.
answered Mar 19 at 16:12
TetsujinTetsujin
8,20221934
It's a Moog modular Synthesizer IIIc
From Matt Morton - Apollo 11
Matt wrote, orchestrated, performed, recorded, and mixed all of the
original music for the film, as well as the teaser trailer and the
theatrical trailer. Every instrument and effect used in the score
existed at the time of the mission in 1969 including the Moog modular
Synthesizer IIIc (see below), the Binson Echorec 2 (tube echo), the
Mellotron (early keyboard sampler used by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,
etc.), and the orchestra.
I had a quick listen to this video & the trailer, and I have to say that all the synth noises I could pick out from this & under the orchestra could be made in VSTi these days (or certainly close enough for those of us without a Hollywood budget;) I have several plugins that can do Moog, ARP, Mellotron & the like, all really quite convincingly, if not as a single 'patch' then at least by layering.
answered Mar 19 at 16:12
TetsujinTetsujin
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And interesting comparison between real analog synths and virtual synth plugins is the difference between the Stranger Things (real) and Dark Matter (virtual) soundtracks.
– Todd Wilcox
Mar 19 at 16:26
1
Looks like I chose the right site to post, thanks very much!
– uhoh
Mar 19 at 16:52
1
I'd have probably struggled to choose too - but I'm on both, so you'd have got the same answer from me on either ;)
– Tetsujin
Mar 19 at 16:56
add a comment |
3
And interesting comparison between real analog synths and virtual synth plugins is the difference between the Stranger Things (real) and Dark Matter (virtual) soundtracks.
– Todd Wilcox
Mar 19 at 16:26
1
Looks like I chose the right site to post, thanks very much!
– uhoh
Mar 19 at 16:52
1
I'd have probably struggled to choose too - but I'm on both, so you'd have got the same answer from me on either ;)
– Tetsujin
Mar 19 at 16:56
3
3
And interesting comparison between real analog synths and virtual synth plugins is the difference between the Stranger Things (real) and Dark Matter (virtual) soundtracks.
– Todd Wilcox
Mar 19 at 16:26
And interesting comparison between real analog synths and virtual synth plugins is the difference between the Stranger Things (real) and Dark Matter (virtual) soundtracks.
– Todd Wilcox
Mar 19 at 16:26
1
1
Looks like I chose the right site to post, thanks very much!
– uhoh
Mar 19 at 16:52
Looks like I chose the right site to post, thanks very much!
– uhoh
Mar 19 at 16:52
1
1
I'd have probably struggled to choose too - but I'm on both, so you'd have got the same answer from me on either ;)
– Tetsujin
Mar 19 at 16:56
I'd have probably struggled to choose too - but I'm on both, so you'd have got the same answer from me on either ;)
– Tetsujin
Mar 19 at 16:56
add a comment |
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