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Das Disco nie so schlimm war, dass es die öffentlichen Platten-Verbrennungen Ende der 70er gerechtfertigt hätte, sei gegeben; dass Disco aber Leben rettet, war mir neu:

Last week, CNN reported Thursday a Massachusetts woman revived her cardiac-arrested husband by administering CPR to the song’s funky beat.

After he collapsed during a walk, she was clear-headed enough to remember a public service announcement produced last year by the American Heart Association. The AHA advised people untrained in CPR to help heart attack victims by compressing their chests 100 times a minute, and that “Stayin’ Alive” thumps along at a convenient 103 beats per minute. Just as importantly, nearly every American born in the last half-century knows it by heart.

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Hier mein Szenario für einen Film, based on this true Story: Massenkarambolage, hunderte Verletzte, alle Helfer sehen aus wie John Travolta (ein Bus von Look-alike Wettbewerb war zuerst an der Unfallstelle) und singen „Stayin‘ alive“, während sie Herzmassagen geben. Dann: alle überleben und tanzen auf den Autodächern.

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Der Wilhelm-Scream, der legendäre Filmschrei, der sich in tausenden Filmen findet, geht nun in das nächste Medium über: Computerspiele.

While the Wilhelm Scream was originally produced for the 1951 film Distant Drums it has since become a ubiquitous sound effect in films, and has become a sort of inside joke for audio engineers and cinemaphiles. At least part of its popularity can be credited to sound designer Ben Burtt, who included it in every Star Wars and Indiana Jones movie. Its influence has since extended beyond films, and has appeared in a number of video games, from Twisted Metal 2 to more modern games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Grand Theft Auto IV.

The Wilhelm’s revival came from Star Wars series sound designer Ben Burtt, who tracked down the original recording (which he found as a studio reel labeled „Man being eaten by alligator“). Although Distant Drums was the first knownuse of the sound, Burtt named it after „Pvt. Wilhelm“, a minor character who emitted the same scream in the 1953 film The Charge at Feather River.

Eine umfangreiche Liste findet sich hier und den Scream gibt es auf freesound.

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