i think it’s from the header of some movie.. like before the movie starts, the movie studio has its logo shown.. and that’s a sound from that thingie! i’m pretty sure of that
so, i made a sample that’s.. as near as how i remember that.
note the synth sound might not be the right one… a general string sound.
it’s a C major 9 going to a C major 9. 5 instruments, and the notes are gliding… C3->D4, D4->C3, E3->B3, B3->E3 and G3 is in the middle untouched (it glides to itself :D)
the person to find that sound for me gets a beer!
though it might take a bit before i can get you a non-virtual one
If it’s the right sound (the original is a little different) is Dolby Labs’ Dolby THX sound. It plays at the start of THX audio-encoded movies. Lucasfilm is pretty strict about it being online, but at the moment you can find it here: http://www.synthmania.com/Audio%20Files/Famous%20Sounds/Dolby%20THX.mp3. It was created with a Synclavier 2 at Skywalker Studio in California.
Try the one called Broadway from 1983. These are really impressive in a DTS theater or even from a 5.1 channel home surround receiver, though the Windows Media Player versions at the above page don’t sound all that great on my iBook’s undersizde, built-in stereo speakers.
In the late Paul Beaver’s & Bernie Krause’s album entitled “In A Wild Sanctuary”, there is a cut (“Spaced”) that start off with a much more dramatic version.
This version may even preceed Dolby Lab’s.
The Los Angeles Griffith Observatory Planetarium used the cut in their “Mission To Mars” program many years ago.
