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1997-03-19 09:27Geoffrey ElgeyG'day, >Maybe I'm overeacting, but I still think the song is terrible and it's >all so hor

From:: Geoffrey Elgey <elgey@fit.qut.edu.au>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 09:27:10 +0000
Subject:: (idm) Re: Orbital 'The Saint' & selling out

G'day,

quoted 7 lines Maybe I'm overeacting, but I still think the song is terrible and it's

>Maybe I'm overeacting, but I still think the song is terrible and it's >all so horribly...errr...commercial. BTW, this isn't the first time >Orbital has had tracks in a film. They were also featured on the >soundtrack to the horrendous Hackers, the horrendous Johnny Mneumonic, >and the amusing Kiss of Death. > >gonzi.

I was watching a video the other week, and a trailer for some Winona Ryder movie came on (forget what it was called) - but I'm sure I heard Orbital's 'Sunday' (or was it 'LC1'? one of those '92 b-sides) being used all the way through...cool choice anyway. I've only heard a snippet of 'The Saint' via a .wav file somewhere on the web - not great, but still fitting into the genre (was it a reworking of the original tune ala 'Mission Impossible'?). But it is public knowledge that soundtrack work is something that Los Bros Hartnoll have been wanting to get into for some time. So my personal opinion is that they are not 'selling out', just achieving one aspect of their artistic (as opposed to commercial) ambitions. If your opinion differs, fine. Cheers, Geoff PS I'm on the Orbital mailing list, but I haven't received a digest in a few weeks now - and I checked that I am still subscribed. Anyone else having this problem?

1997-03-19 21:08Ben CofferIn message <1.5.4.32.19970319092710.002c0100@sky.fit.qut.edu.au>, Geoffrey Elgey <elgey@fi

From:: Ben Coffer <ben@hybridgame.demon.co.uk>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 21:08:58 +0000
Subject:: Re: (idm) Re: Orbital 'The Saint' & selling out
Reply to:: (idm) Re: Orbital 'The Saint' & selling out

In message <1.5.4.32.19970319092710.002c0100@sky.fit.qut.edu.au>, Geoffrey Elgey <elgey@fit.qut.edu.au> writes

quoted 4 lines G'day,

>G'day, >PS I'm on the Orbital mailing list, but I haven't received a digest in a few >weeks now - and I checked that I am still subscribed. Anyone else having >this problem?

They're in the process of selling that list to the Majors, with particular interest in "selling-out". -- Ben Coffer Hybrid Productions http://www.hybridgame.demon.co.uk/

(idm) Re: Orbital 'The Saint' & selling out