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Here’s a bit of Raymond Scott holiday trivia:

Summit, New Jersey, Christmas 1942: The “famous Raymond Scott Quintet, featuring Dorothy Collins,” performs for a “Holiday Assembly” at the Masonic Hall. Scott performed his composition Silent Music.

This “unrecorded” work has long been part of Scott lore—a “composition” consisting of no notes, a silent performance in which the musicians go through the motions of playing without making any sounds. This was a decade before John Cage’s legendary noteless work 4′33″, which caused such a ruckus when it was introduced in concert by David Tudor in 1952.

The Wilhelm Scream may be the most famous movie sound effect of all time:

 

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It’s a scream that’s been used in movies for over 50 years, becoming a sort of inside joke among filmmakers. It was used in all six Star Wars movies, Poltergeist, all three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Reservoir Dogs and all four Indiana Jones movies. It even shows up in many of Disney’s recent cartoons. 

Watching this visual history of the Wilhelm Scream, it’s funny to see all the places it’s been used:

Here’s a brief history of the Wilhelm Scream:

More at HollywoodLostAndFound.net.

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