The THX logo appearing on screen has become synonymous with the feeling of settling in for a truly cinematic experience. Developed at George Lucas’s Lucasfilm in the early 1980s for the release of ...
THXIs a company that conducts quality checks on software such as DVDs from movie theaters and household AV playback equipment and is permitted to credit the THX mark for things that have cleared the ...
Before the work begins when watching a movie at a movie theater, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, etc.THXAt the same time as the big logo is projected, it is supposed that anyone who has seen the movie knows that ...
Deep Note, THX's distinctive audio logo often heard before movies, is getting an upgrade. The sound's creator, James A. Moorer, first composed it in code in 1982. RATH: Don't get excited. NPR is not ...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu0R96OZy6w&w=620&h=365] You know that audio goes along with THX logo. It’s called the Deep Note apparently and this guy set ...
Before the Inception “Bwomp,” the THX “Deep Note” was the most recognizable and inscrutable sound in cinema. For its 35th anniversary, THX released the official sheet music for that warm wall of sound ...
The THX Deep Note has been re-created for the movie theaters of the 21st century. So famous that it has been sampled by Dre and parodied on The Simpsons, the THX Deep Note is one of the most ...
Peter Kafka covered media and technology, and their intersection, at Vox. Many of his stories can be found in his Kafka on Media newsletter, and he also hosts the Recode Media podcast. Do you still ...