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Classic Albums: Pink Floyd The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon

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Director
  
Matthew Longfellow

Duration
  

Language
  
English

8.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Documentary, Music

Country
  
United Kingdom

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon movie poster
Release date
  
26 August 2003 (2003-08-26)

Prequel
  
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

Genres
  
Music, Documentary, Rockumentary

Cast
  
David Gilmour
(Himself),
Nick Mason
(Himself),
Richard Wright
(Himself),
Alan Parsons
(Himself),
Chris Thomas
(Himself),
Roger Waters
(Himself)

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Tagline
  
Classic Albums

Dark Side of the Moon comes to life in all its glory, in this full dome digital presentation that truly has to be seen to believe. Lose yourself in the waves of colors, images, animations, and fractals that dance along to this epic masterpiece.

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Classic Albums: Pink Floyd The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon movie scenes

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon is a direct-to-video documentary about the making of The Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd. It is part of the Classic Albums series, released by Isis Productions/Eagle Rock Entertainment. All four members of the lineup that made the album - David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright - appear, albeit in separate interviews at various locations. It also features interviews with the albums engineer Alan Parsons, two music journalists, the former chairman of their record label and Storm Thorgerson.

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon movie scenes

Released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of this classic album, learn how Pink Floyd assembled "Dark Side of the Moon" with the aid of original engineer Alan Parsons. All four band membersRoger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wrightare interviewed at length, giving valuable insights into the recording process. The themes of the album are discussed at length, and the band take you back to the original multi track tapes to illustrate how they pieced together the songs. With individual performances of certain tracks from Roger, David, and Richard included, this is an essential purchase for any Pink Floyd fans, and a fascinating artefact for rock historians everywhere.

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Classic Albums: Pink Floyd The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon movie scenes

Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon and The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story are part of the same movie series. Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2011). Roger Waters appears in Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon and wrote the screenplay for Pink Floyd – The Wall. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972). Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The Making of Machine Head (2002).

Selected Extra Features

The DVDs extras include:

  • Solo acoustic versions of "Brain Damage" and "Money" performed by Roger Waters
  • Solo acoustic performance of "Breathe" by David Gilmour
  • Original demo recording of "Time" and "Money"
  • Additional interviews with band members

    • References

    Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon Wikipedia
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