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* 1988-1990: The appearance of the box is accompanied by the sound of an orchestra warming up, which fades out as the conductor's hand appears. Once it flicks the baton, a booming, descending synth note accompanies the hyperspeed boost, overlapped by an orchestra crescendo as it reaches its peak. When the THX logo appears in the abyss, the descending synth is played again, but this time at a slower speed and with less distortion. As the THX logo gets closer to the camera, the synth note gets more intense, and an ascending string crescendo slowly becomes prominent before replacing the synth entirely. Once the THX logo completely moves past, the strings reach its highest point, culminating in a majestic chord representing the Deep Note. The strings get quieter, and twinkling sounds play as the "The Audience is Listening" text appears, and echo until a few seconds after the visuals fade out. | * 1988-1990: The appearance of the box is accompanied by the sound of an orchestra warming up, which fades out as the conductor's hand appears. Once it flicks the baton, a booming, descending synth note accompanies the hyperspeed boost, overlapped by an orchestra crescendo as it reaches its peak. When the THX logo appears in the abyss, the descending synth is played again, but this time at a slower speed and with less distortion. As the THX logo gets closer to the camera, the synth note gets more intense, and an ascending string crescendo slowly becomes prominent before replacing the synth entirely. Once the THX logo completely moves past, the strings reach its highest point, culminating in a majestic chord representing the Deep Note. The strings get quieter, and twinkling sounds play as the "The Audience is Listening" text appears, and echo until a few seconds after the visuals fade out. | ||
* 1990-2002: A new orchestral piece composed by James Horner. The trailer still begins with an orchestra warming up, but the loud descending note following the conductor flicking his baton is replaced with a rousing orchestral cue; whistling sounds accompany the hyperspeed boost as the cue reaches a crescendo before abruptly fading out. As the THX logo appears, a slightly quieter series of ascending string notes is heard, representing the Deep Note; we also hear twinkling sounds as well as a loud whoosh accompanying the THX logo zooming in. Afterwards, | * 1990-2002: A new orchestral piece composed by James Horner. The trailer still begins with an orchestra warming up, but the loud descending note following the conductor flicking his baton is replaced with a rousing orchestral cue; whistling sounds accompany the hyperspeed boost as the cue reaches a crescendo before abruptly fading out. As the THX logo appears, a slightly quieter series of ascending string notes is heard, representing the Deep Note; we also hear twinkling sounds as well as a loud whoosh accompanying the THX logo zooming in. Afterwards, there is a low-pitched bell, segueing into an ending consisting of quiet strings/twinkling sounds (not unlike the original mix's ending), to accompany the appearance of the "The Audience is Listening" text. | ||
** This music variant debuted on the LaserDisc, ''THX WOW!''. The music on this release seems to be unfinished, as the whistling sounds at the start are absent, as is the "whoosh" that accompanies the THX logo zooming in. | ** This music variant debuted on the LaserDisc, ''THX WOW!''. The music on this release seems to be unfinished, as the whistling sounds at the start are absent, as is the "whoosh" that accompanies the THX logo zooming in. | ||
** The LaserDisc variant also starts with a thunderclap, transitioning into the ascending string notes from the 1990 music variant. The theme is condensed and slightly shorter (particularly after the THX logo zooms past the camera). | ** The LaserDisc variant also starts with a thunderclap, transitioning into the ascending string notes from the 1990 music variant. The theme is condensed and slightly shorter (particularly after the THX logo zooms past the camera). | ||
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'''Technique:''' CGI by Van Ling. | '''Technique:''' CGI by Van Ling. | ||
'''Audio:''' First, | '''Audio:''' First, there is the sounds of rainfall, and then thunderclaps/electric shocking sounds, followed by glass shattering, then the Deep Note. A laser-like sound is heard as the rectangle is formed. | ||
'''Audio Trivia:''' | '''Audio Trivia:''' | ||
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'''Technique:''' CGI by Andrew Kramer (who also owns Video Copilot) and American Meme. | '''Technique:''' CGI by Andrew Kramer (who also owns Video Copilot) and American Meme. | ||
'''Audio:''' Sounds accompanying the environments, along with descending sounds invoking the Deep Note. When we start panning through the space station, | '''Audio:''' Sounds accompanying the environments, along with descending sounds invoking the Deep Note. When we start panning through the space station, there is the Deep Note, with multiple stop-starts during the early stages. The stop-starts get faster and faster until the Deep Note converges into a single sound. | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||