Hey folks, Harry here. I love little things like this. When you hear them dinosaurs (pre-talking sequences) in DINOSAURS... I love the idea of knowing... where some of those sounds came from. KATHY TURCO... I remember as a kid watching that ol Leonard Nimoy television series on Nickelodeon and he did a big ol interview with Ol Ben Burtt... and I found out where sounds came from for EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RETURN OF THE JEDI. Then there was this old making of I saw for EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS that had the source of the sonar-y sounds that knock the saucers out of the sky as coming from sewer sludge moving through pipes at a heightened speed. And now..
Harry,
Dateline: Anchorage, Alaska
I don't know if you can call this a scoop or just some cool info, BUT I went to a party last night for OutNorth Theatre, a local Theatre oranization dedicated to producing original work. I spent a long time talking with one of the creative artists involved with a 30 minute play called, "The Gathering Place", Kathy Turco. No, right now it's not a name you will recognize....BUT you have heard her work. The sounds of the Dinosaurs in the Disney flick, "DINOSAUR" were provided by her....
Get this. She is a Seabird scientist who spends Hours, Days, and Weeks camping out in the wilderness recording natural sounds, including caribou...Swans flying......Moose...Bears....ANYTHING that has to do with animals. The Pterodactyls in the trailer for "Dinosaur"? Swans flying. The sound of the veggie dinos? Moose.
She was telling me of going to Skywalker ranch..and I was pissing my pants!
This is her first feature flick, but she was telling me her sound library of live animals was huge. So, I hope the boys with the cash give her some big bucks for her to continue her work!
OH!....Personal Plug. I was a director of a 30 minute original work created by myself and my wife called, "The Unravelling of Edison P. Rupright" (It's a dark comedy about a kid who blows up his high school) Thanks and Give 'em Hell Harry!
Anchorage, Alaska!
Love and Kisses,
CIRCUSFREAK....
