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Post by timh on Nov 2, 2007 16:58:06 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but just watched Sunshine for the first time, and wondered if anyone else knows where the sound for the Icarus 1 distress beacon was sampled from. I am sure I have heard this used a number of times before in other Sci Fi films or series. One place I do recall it from was the BBC radio series of Douglas Adam's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, where the noise is heard just at the end of the destruction of planet earth. This is really bugging me - can anyone tell me where it comes from? Thanks in advance, -TJ
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Post by Starshine on Nov 3, 2007 7:46:43 GMT -5
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Post by timh on Nov 4, 2007 4:13:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply. I disagree though. I had already read the other thread and this talks about exterior sounds outside Icarus II. The sound I was talking about is the actual distress beacon of Icarus I, which is a different sound, which does not sound like the samples of Sputnik referenced on other sites.
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Post by pupey on Jan 6, 2008 11:16:19 GMT -5
Hi, I am also trying to track down this sound... does anyone know where I can find a sample Merci!
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Post by donnapea on Jan 6, 2008 14:06:09 GMT -5
YOU CAN GET A SAMPLE AND DOWNLOAD IT FROM ESNIPS.COM.JUST TYPE ICARUS DESTRESS SIGNAL
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Post by donnapea on Jan 6, 2008 14:24:29 GMT -5
forgot to metion it has copyrights so don't download it for the purpose of mobile phone,or sound effects for your pc.but it is still good to listen to.
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Post by chero on Jan 6, 2008 17:28:47 GMT -5
Like I mentioned in several other threads, you can find audio samples - including the distress beacon - at Sunshine Fan Online's Audio Archive.
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Post by inufreak on May 2, 2008 17:57:21 GMT -5
I was playing around on the internet looking for what this sound could be from, and to me it sounds a lot closer to the sound from Oscar 1, a different satellite Click here to hear Oscar 1If you combined the 4 quick beeps from Oscar 1 and added an echo (and possibly played it in reverse, haven't tried that yet) you'd get a tone that sounds much more like the Icarus I distress beacon than Sputnik. Below is a picture of the Oscar 1 signal (green) compared to the distress signal from the Icarus (red): As you can see the pattern is very similar. The Icarus signal has more volume (probably added in or created differently all together to make it sound better for the movie) but essentially the spikes are the same. Also key to note is the length of 1 Icarus iteration (all the red) is the same length as the Oscar 1 signal. I have the Icarus signal at 108.4% speed and the Oscar signal at 127.7% speed to match up the spikes, but the also ended up matching the lengths as well. I edited the Oscar sound to play at 80.7% (100 - (127.7 - 108.4)) and just listen for yourself.
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Post by Starshine on May 4, 2008 8:58:35 GMT -5
Interesting research, LY As I thought, they are very similar, though they need differences, because there are two ships of course. Actually, the only point of this signal is to say the people on earth that the mission is still on the way, isn't it?
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Post by chero on May 4, 2008 14:15:59 GMT -5
Here's another LY, inufreak! As for the signal's purpose, there are many purposes for a spaceship to have a signal. A distress beacon is for help, of course. It is targeted to anything that can pick up a signal, like facilities on Earth (NASA, etc) and fellow space-borne objects (satellites, spaceships, etc). Another purpose is for radar detection. A signal, as we have seen in the movie, can give a spaceship's specific location. I'm sure this purpose isn't only for help, but to notify other ships where it is located to prevent incoming collisions should there be "spatial traffic" in 2057. Ha!
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Post by inufreak on May 7, 2008 1:37:22 GMT -5
To be completely honest I think the echo was added for an "eerie" effect because it IS a distress beacon. Chero is right in saying that a signal would be used for these purposes, and not only can positions be obtained by timing a signal, but the information could also be INCLUDED within the signal itself. (There are actually distress beacons for use on Earth that do this now, they are called EPRIBs for Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons and send out a hex signal that actually relays the current position in the signal itself) Anyways, back to what I was saying, remembering that Sunshine IS a movie and movies need sounds/music to create ambiance, the Icarus I signal had to be modified to get the effect of an "echo" because as we all know, no atmosphere in space, no atmosphere means no sounds waves to echo. Now of course the radio (or whatever frequency waves they were sending) waves could have been echoing themselves, but not quite sure how well that'd work. *whew* think I'm going too far into it? heh heh
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Post by sandcat on Nov 13, 2009 16:01:25 GMT -5
Hello everyone. I didn't want to start a new thread, so I hope you don't mind me bumping this one. There is this album by a band called "Darkspace" that I've been listening to for the past few years, and every time I get to track 5, the sound of the distress beacon comes up--exactly the same sound-- and it always reminds me of the movie. The sound is heard at around 1:20 and 2:15 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WVh_e4v0l4#t=1m20sThanks for letting me get that off my chest, finally!
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Post by caseycolin on Aug 6, 2010 8:27:34 GMT -5
A distress beacon is for help, of course. It is targeted to anything that can pick up a signal, like facilities on Earth (NASA, etc) and fellow space-borne objects (satellites, spaceships, etc). Another purpose is for radar detection. Resume Writing Service
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Post by rikbikboo on Jun 11, 2019 9:22:48 GMT -5
Bit of a late reply but I was just watching the remake of the film The Thing. And the same sample is being used right at the buttoning of the film at 3.29
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