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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 27, 2019 22:28:49 GMT
This is not an answer (of course!), but it may clear up an ancillary mystery: Remember how Graham Hartstone told someone (not me) that the singer might have been Harry Nilsson, while telling me he couldn’t remember who it was? Well, turns out production company Palomar Pictures did do a movie with Nilsson—Jenny (1970). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_(1970_film)I think it’s possible Hartstone was conflating the memories. Posting from my phone at the moment, but will give the Nilsson song a listen later—just in case!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 28, 2019 0:59:27 GMT
My magic crystal said this thread would pop up here ...today …. well worth that $1.79 investment !
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 11, 2020 4:40:24 GMT
BATouttaheck, Doghouse6, jervistetch, Prime etc., et al. Some promising news. I think. Just watched Blade Runner…for the first time. Honestly. Pretty much loved it, unsurprisingly. Going along with the movie’s odd setting-blend of past and future, there’s a very ’30s Al Bowlly-esque song that pops up in the middle, though I had a feeling it wasn’t genuine ’30s, and indeed it isn’t. Here it is: Music by Blade Runner composer Vangelis, lyrics apparently by Peter Skellern, vocals apparently by Don Percival, who died in 2013. I think Percival sounds like our guy, or pretty close. He also was in the right place at the right time and had “close ties with Bill Holland, the head of Universal/Warner.” Sleuth, you’ll remember, was distributed by Fox—but the songs were “by arrangement with Warner Bros. Publishing.” Here’s Sleuth again, for comparison: If I remember correctly, early on in the search, someone, here or elsewhere, compared the singer’s voice to the Ink Spots’ “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” in a famous Ridley Scott-directed advertisement. Would be so amusing if the Sleuth search came full-circle like that. Do you guys agree, or am I overhyping this? I know we’ve had promising leads that went nowhere before, so I should be more cautious, but I almost jolted up out of my seat when I heard the singer’s voice in BR…
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2020 5:01:39 GMT
Nalkarj oh, wow ... IF only they were singing the same song in both pictures ! Know anyone with one of those voice graph chart thingie magooges so the voice in both can be scientifically compared ? Certainly promising. Putting both videos in the same post helped !
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Post by jervistetch on Apr 11, 2020 9:05:26 GMT
OMG, Salzmank. I’ve had the soundtrack to BLADE RUNNER since the 80’s and listen to it frequently but never made the connection to SLEUTH. It sounds quite similar. Fingers crossed.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 11, 2020 14:54:15 GMT
Nalkarj oh, wow ... IF only they were singing the same song in both pictures ! Know anyone with one of those voice graph chart thingie magooges so the voice in both can be scientifically compared ? Certainly promising. Putting both videos in the same post helped ! I don’t, but if you and Jervis and everyone think it’s similar, at least it’s not just a figment of my imagination! Have a good feeling about this one, though I don’t want to get my or anyone else’s hopes up...
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2020 18:48:04 GMT
Nalkarj It could be group hallucinations (or wishful thinking !)
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 11, 2020 20:44:22 GMT
Is the first sound clip (from Bladerunner) available on another youtube link? For some reason I can't download it to study. Not that I am a sound expert but I do pay attention to voices rather closely.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 12, 2020 2:18:17 GMT
Is the first sound clip (from Bladerunner) available on another youtube link? For some reason I can't download it to study. Not that I am a sound expert but I do pay attention to voices rather closely. This any better?
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 12, 2020 2:18:56 GMT
Nalkarj It could be group hallucinations (or wishful thinking !) Hope not!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 12, 2020 2:28:01 GMT
Hope not! Me three .... tho' it's been really fun sharing this community mystery ! There's always eyelid girl and Columbo's airport. !
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 12, 2020 2:38:30 GMT
No it won't download. I wonder if its because the other clip is older--maybe this stupid HD downloader is not getting the new codec. Dammit!
Where does it appear in Bladerunner? I might have it on file and can fast forward to it.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 12, 2020 2:41:01 GMT
No it won't download. I wonder if its because the other clip is older--maybe this stupid HD downloader is not getting the new codec. Dammit!
Where does it appear in Bladerunner? I might have it on file and can fast forward to it.
Scene after Harrison Ford’s character kills the girl-robot who crashes through the window… Think at a bar?
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 12, 2020 2:43:24 GMT
I am going to try upgrading.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 12, 2020 2:44:04 GMT
Ok got it.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 12, 2020 3:00:20 GMT
It's the same singer.
I would bet money it is.
If you can play both versions at the same time you will see what I mean.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 12, 2020 3:06:01 GMT
It's the same singer.
I would bet money it is. If you can play both versions at the same time you will see what I mean. Well! Um… Not sure what to say, honestly. Played the YouTube clips last night at the same time, thought they sounded super-similar as well. Can’t be 100% positive myself, yet. Am going to try to find someone or something (as Bat suggested) on the web that matches singers like that…
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 12, 2020 3:13:48 GMT
Well! Um… Not sure what to say, honestly. Played the YouTube clips last night at the same time, thought they sounded super-similar as well. Can’t be 100% positive myself, yet. Am going to try to find someone or something (as Bat suggested) on the web that matches singers like that…
They both have parts where the voice raises so I bet they can make a good comparison from that. I am so sure I will eat a DVD package of THE ISLAND starring Michael Caine if I am wrong. I dont have a dvd of the Island so will make due with some "packing list enclosed" envelopes. I could choke to death from the act, so that is how sure I am I am right, but it will have been for a good cause if I am not...
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 12, 2020 3:15:09 GMT
NalkarjWe really need to find a cop with a voice analyzer thingy like they use on the teee-vee ! Would love it to be him BUT the Bladerunner guy hits higher notes than the Sleuth Guy BUT (big but) that could be just a result of song differences.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 14, 2020 14:43:44 GMT
Messaged with musicologist online who thinks the Blade Runner singer is the Sleuth singer—identified similar “scoops” in each song. I just responded asking about the higher notes/higher voice.
This is probably the most exciting possibility since this whole thing began. (Apologies to David Kernan.)
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