Wizard of Oz / Dark Side of the Moon


I noticed that Wizard of Oz is showing on television tonight, and it made me think about the rumor/urban legend that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was secretly composed as a soundtrack to the movie. For those who have tried it, as I once did, do you agree that there is something to this? For those who haven't (but have too much time on their hands and would like to try), you should begin Dark Side when the MGM Lion roars for the third and final time before the movie begins.

Note that the effects of certain chemicals on the brain may enhance the apparent synchronicity of Wizard and Dark Side -- or so I have read :->
jeffreybowman2k
I tried it and enjoyed it. It's amazing how many hits come up about it when you Google it. As far as PF's involvement, I would vote coincidence but as Snofun3 says, there are some interesting ones.
I have to ask Thomasedison...exactly how would you convey a key change via visuals? You keep going on about key changes and I just don't get it. When a song's key changes from Cmaj to F#min exactly how would you show that through a visual clue?
I am not a musical theorist, nor do I pretend to know much about how the minds works. I don't mean to come across that way. I don't know if there is a specific visual correlation between a key change in the music and some visual change in a movie.

What I am saying is that in my opinion, when we hear any noticable change in a piece of music (e.g. music starts, music ends, chorus begins, key changes, tone changes (different lead instrument or group of instruments,)

AND SIMULTANEOUSLY

we see visual changes in a movie (scene begins, scene ends, special effects begin or end, change of camera, closeup, cut-away, etc.)

THEN WE MAKE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AUDITORY AND VISUAL CHANGES.

Movies already use their own soundtracks to intensify feelings (e.g. shark music in Jaws) or startle us (shower scene in Psycho).

In my opinion, when we play random music along with a movie then our minds can't help but notice when changes in the music occur simultaneously to changes in the visuals.

In addition I believe that we also notice connections between the lyrics in the songs and the visuals on the screen.

Most of the time specific lyrics of any song played randomly with a movie won't relate to what we see on the screen. But when coincidences do occur we notice it.

Just my opinion.
The amazing thing is that I can believe that it is just coincidence, and still be amazed and think it's cool when watching The Wizard of Oz with Dark Side of the Moon.

That's why it would be fun to try playing other movies and albums together.

And also why iTunes or Windows Media Player's Visualizers are so popular.
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