43.) Max Headroom: The Unofficial Soundtrack. 

43.) Max Headroom: The Unofficial Soundtrack.  (Recorded on 10 May 2024.) A new perk for folks who support us on Patreon: A download of “The Unofficial Soundtrack” to the UK Telefilm of Max Headroom! Heather has has not heard this yet! Austin has been wanting something like this for years. https://ia902501.us.archive.org/17/items/20-minutes-into-the-future-uksoundtrack-ad/20MinutesIntoTheFutureUKSoundtrackAd.mp3   Using AI tools to create … Continue reading 43.) Max Headroom: The Unofficial Soundtrack. 

43.) Max Headroom: The Unofficial Soundtrack. 

(Recorded on 10 May 2024.)

A new perk for folks who support us on Patreon: A download of “The Unofficial Soundtrack” to the UK Telefilm of Max Headroom!

Heather has has not heard this yet!

Austin has been wanting something like this for years.

Using AI tools to create new tracks from a digital copy of the UK Telefilm, these tracks were imported into a digital workstation, where we created 25 tracks of music and audio, straight from a show that was broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985. Now you can get it, once you support us on Patreon!

That’s 30 Minutes of synthesizer jams and music by Chris Cross and Midge Ure (of Ultravox), edited by Virginia Ellsworth and engineered by Rick Walton. This music has never been released in any practical format, and has only been available in the background of this broadcast. Listen, now, without that pesky dialog overtop!

But you also get!

11 Minutes of Bonus Material! Not only were there two songs featured as part of the Big Time Television Broadcast, but there were Network ID Sopts, in-universe show theme songs, and samples of Max Himself, in his original incarnation. All essential elements of the broadcast! Also available here!

And!

Max Headroom Ambience Recordings! We couldn’t eliminate the SFX from the music, and why would be want to! But when we could, we were able to create 14 minutes of “ambience,” of what it is like to hang out at Network 23, or in the boardroom… maybe even Bryce’s Lab! The sounds of Max Headroom were created by Don Brown (sound maintenance), Paul Conway (assistant dubbing editor), Richard King (dubbing mixer), Howard Lanning (dubbing editor), Steve O’Brien (boom operator), Brad Sherman (sound effects editor) and Ken Weston (sound mixer).

So, if this sounds like something you would like, then, support us on Patreon, and get the Unofficial Soundtrack. patreon.com/austinrich. The music of the 21st Century.

In our next episode, we will be offering either some additional Maxis, or our promised conversation with Brian Frankish, the on-the-ground producer for the American version of the TV show. We’ve been sitting on this conversation for a while, and Brian was a delight to talk to. We’re very excited to let you hear what he has to saw about a life in Hollywood.