page_title: Liquid Sky
section_title: Sound design
hierarchical_section_title: Liquid Sky / Sound design
caption_attribution_description: English: Fairlight CMI Synthesizer
context_page_description: Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard. It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well received at several film festivals thereafter. It was produced with a budget of $500,000. It became the most successful independent film of 1983, grossing $1.7 million worldwide.
  The film is seen as heavily influencing a club scene that emerged in the early 2000s in Brooklyn, Berlin, Paris, and London called electroclash.
context_section_description: To create unusual sounds by manipulating real-world sounds, Director Slava Tsukerman chose to use a synthesizer known as the Fairlight CMI. Brenda Hutchinson and Clive Smith were the music composers for the soundtrack.   During the process, the director brought over three or four classical music pieces that would be programmed into the Fairlight CMI. Much like a computer, every sound and every note would be programmed with a code. When composing, the director would tap a rhythm or hum a melody and the music composers would play around with ideas on the Fairlight. Percussion sounds were used throughout the movie. The director often rejected re-recording a tape when not perfect, loving the rawness of the imperfections. Director Slava Tsukerman was quoted saying “No, I like it. Let’s make it quick and dirty.” During foley and sound design, materials such as wind chimes, metal, glass, and wood were used to create the sounds of the alien creatures. During much of composing, Clive Smith never even saw a visual from the film to work with. It wasn't until the premiere where he saw his work collaborated with the visuals, He was solely creating music and sound from what the director was communicating to him. He admits that he and Brenda were the composers, but director Slava Tsukerman had the vision.
caption: Fairlight CMI Synthesizer (Clive Smith pictured)
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