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adamszabo · Post by **adamszabo** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:47 pm

Hey howard and urs,

do you think we could have a few mp3 snippets or small demos of what zebra does for the new batman movie?

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:35 pm

Well, that's not really up to us... I guess we'll have to wait until the movie/soundtrack/score comes out...

I havn't heard much myself, mostly Howie's early sketches when I visited them in HZ's studio... so I'm curious as hell ymself

adamszabo · Post by **adamszabo** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:16 pm

So how did his early sketches sound like? Were they like ambient soundscapes or drony things?

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:29 pm

adamtrance wrote:So how did his early sketches sound like? Were they like ambient soundscapes or drony things?

Well, let's just say: It sounded big

lazerkind · Post by **lazerkind** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:18 am

Since I used to be doing a lot of 3D stuff, I have seen a few films just because of their Visual FX.
Batman will be the first film I watch because of the synth used

//L

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:16 am

lazerkind wrote:Batman will be the first film I watch because of the synth used

Mind you, there's also some real orchestra used.

Urs

adamszabo · Post by **adamszabo** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:31 pm

Urs wrote: Mind you, there's also some real orchestra used.

Pfff, yeah a guy with a triangle

Zebra does the rest lol

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:34 pm

Zebra can't do a triangle sound???

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:45 pm

That market segment is already locked up: http://www.kvraudio.com/get/203.html

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Thu May 15, 2008 6:45 pm

Zebra is used for a lot of the sound effects:

Patch2006 · Post by **Patch2006** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:23 pm

Are you talking about the Dark Night Film? I didnt know someone from KVR actually produced a song for the soundtrack. that is awesome!
Zebra is the synth used for the movie?
-James-

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:37 pm

Patch2006 wrote:Are you talking about the Dark Night Film? I didnt know someone from KVR actually produced a song for the soundtrack. that is awesome!
Zebra is the synth used for the movie?
-James-

Hans Zimmer does the soundtrack for The Dark Knight and Zebra2 is IIRC the only softsynth used (after some Virus patches were recreated in Zebra as well). I'm not sure if Hans used his modular synths from CME and Cwejman though... maybe Howard can say something about that as he's been involved more closely (Zebra sound design)...

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:14 pm

Urs wrote:maybe Howard can say something about that as he's been involved more closely

To put things straight: Apart from many Z2 sounds used by HZ and James Newton-Howard, Mel Wesson (the guy who produced The Verve's big hit) is responsible for much of the dark atmosphere, using mostly his PPG modular. While watching it, try and guess which sounds are Z2, which are PPG and which are samples (only joking!).

BTW: Don't expect it all to sound overtly synthetic/filtery - there are quite a few "real" instruments at work (orchestral, percussion, distorted guitar) so the overall effect is massively orchestral. And scary...

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:52 am

Urs wrote:not sure if Hans used his modular synths from CME and Cwejman though...

Forgot to mention... no CME or Cwejman used on DK soundtrack AFAIK. Those monsters were in my programming room all the time - see http://www.zorchmusic.com/hscarr/html/images.html

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:20 pm

adamtrance wrote:Hey howard and urs,
Do you think we could have a few mp3 snippets or small demos of what zebra does for the new batman movie?

I received a copy of the Dark Knight CD this morning. There's Zebra2 all over/under the final mix. I half expected it to be drowned out by the orchestra, but it ain't!

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BTW: Urs got a mention in the booklet - quite rightly. Yay!

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