Dark Side of the Rainbow
Many of you have probably heard of this: if you start playing Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" over the top of "The Wizard of Oz" (when the lion roars for the third time, I believe), you end up with one long trippy music video and many moments of synchronicity between the two.

What you might not know is that playing the sound track from "The Empire Strikes Back" over the top of the 1925 silent version of "The Phantom of the Opera" is even better (allegedly).

One evening I had a few friends over to watch a video or two. One bloke had brought along a copy of Phantom, the idea being we all swoon at the sheer genius of the production (he was a bit of a nerd). His attempt to educate and astound failed dismally. Instead, we were quite bored and contemplated chucking him out the window, when I had a thought - why not stick on a CD as a soundtrack?

With the thought, the deed. I whipped out my trusty copy of the Empire sound track (can't say why I chose it) and stuck it on. Cue much laughter as tracks synch up with scenes in the film - some appropriately, others with comedic value. Empire is a surprisingly good soundtrack to go with Phantom - especially as the Imperial March comes on just as the scene where we are introduced to the Phantom in his lair starts. Creepy and entirely appropriate.

Buggered if I can remember where you need to start the CD to get them to synchronise, but it was a bloody good film with Empire playing in the background.

Pop, BTW.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 18:39, 1 reply)

We had a similar experience with Beethoven's 5th and the original Incredible Hulk (the pilot for the TV series)
We started it just as he left the lab after his accident, as he was heading out into a storm. It worked brilliantly.

PS - welcome to B3ta, you'll never leave. Come over to /board and shop a kitten.
( flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Sun 20 Jul 2008, 20:20, closed)