January 24, 2004

The Other Scream

As reported on Slashdot some months back, there is another famous scream in our collective unconscious: the Wilhelm Scream, which has appeared in dozens of films from its inception in the now obscure 1951 Warner Brothers’ Distant Drums to Star Wars and Return of the King. Mark my words: the Dean MP3 remixes are only the beginning. Like the Wilhelm scream, Dean’s scream is destined to become an aural easter egg, remixed and remediated through the layers and keyframes of pop digital culture.

Meantime, has anyone found a good set of pointers to the Dean remixes?

Update: Here they are, courtesy of Chuck.

Posted by mgk at January 24, 2004 11:38 AM
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There are several highly ranked Dean scream sites on Blogdex. I haven't really listened to them yet b/c the download time on my computer at home is pretty slow.

Posted by: chuck at January 24, 2004 12:35 PM | Link to Comment

Found them:

http://home.comcast.net/~cozdemir226/index.html

Posted by: chuck at January 24, 2004 12:43 PM | Link to Comment

Thanks Chuck!

Posted by: MGK at January 24, 2004 12:48 PM | Link to Comment
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