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Putting together the soundtrack for Thunder Over
Louisville is a massive job as you can imagine!
For Thunder producer Wayne Hettinger of Visual
Presentations planning for the musical
soundtrack generally starts right after
Christmas, but much of the preparation work goes
on year-round.
"We want the soundtrack to be an emotional
roller coaster ride", said Hettinger. "Starting
hard and fast, building to a peak. Then a slow
down, adding in some surprises and hard turns.
Then we take it to the top again."
He said an average of about 38 musical
artists are used in each year's soundtrack, with
countless edits and "stretch notes."
"In the early days, when we edited on
recording tape, we literally had piles of edited
outtakes," Hettinger said. "Musically, we stay
away from anything that is in bad taste, or
offensive. For past shows we've used - pop,
rock, Broadway turns, classical, rap, country,
soul, and children's songs."
The 28-minute Thunder soundtrack is broadcast in partnership
with our friends at Cox Radio. They will be broadcasting the
soundtrack on Lite 106.9 WVEZ. This is important because the
fireworks are choreographed to be synchronized exactly to the
musical score with eruptions on certain musical beats. A
computer that is linked with the U.S. Naval atomic clock
channels thousands of cues to the correct sources throughout the
day.
Hettinger is adamant, "Make sure you're near
the sound system or bring your radio with you -
you'll want to make sure you can hear everything
we have in store for you!" |
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The Sounds of Thunder
Proud to be American
Proud to be American, is the opening narration
created by Visual Presentations Inc, and presented
by Walter Cronkite.
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