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What Happened to THX?

submitted by ant

1 year 2 months 1 week ago

"You probably remember watching movies when you were younger and seeing (and hearing) the loud THX trailer/logo.

In this latest episode of Forgotten Films, I dive into the history of THX from 1982/1983 to 2022/2023, and find out where they have been recently. I also discuss the history of the THX intro sound was called the 'Deep Note' and was created by sound engineers at Lucasfilm. THX itself was created by George Lucas and Tomlinson Holman, and stands for 'Tomlinson Holman's Experiment'. A promotional LaserDisc by THX titled 'Wow!' was made to test and demonstrate THX's Home Audio Systems, but Return of the Jedi was the first film to use THX..."

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Moving this video to ant's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

Zawash

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I didn't "get" the THX intro until I heard it in my own home cinema setup, with a really nice Dynaudio speakers, calibrated for good sound. Then I experienced a chord that grew deeper, fuller, and more powerful, swelling and swelling to an awesome climax.

When I heard it in theatres, it was always way too loud, with an ear-piercing treble that was just annoying and made you cover your ears. It was always annoying - never awesome.
In by own setup I could finally hear the majesty of it, without that piercing treble making me wince, and could instead feel being swept away by the deep notes.