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Apr 3, 2012 - 1:00 PM
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lexedo
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The complete chronological list of Clavinet use in film can be found here. The link within the thread only works if you are logged out.
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?pageID=4&forumID=1&threadID=88030&archive=0
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The Hohner Clavinet was used in the 1970s to create super-funky grooves. It's basically a 60-key electronic keyboard with rubber-ended hammers that strike strings when a key is depressed. The unique thing is that the tail-end of the strings are wound in a bunch of thread, so that when you lift your finger from the depressed key, the string stops vibrating (viz., goes silent).
The most famous song that uses a Clavinet is Stevie Wonder's Superstition. Stevie used the Clavinet throughout his classic period from 1972-1978, and mostly with a couple of different tracks at the same time. Some other popular songs include: Fleetwood Mac's You Make Loving Fun (Christine McVie plays the Clavinet), and Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 2. One of the earliest uses was on The Band's Up on Cripple Creek - and this was used almost like a jaw harp to create that twang so often associated with the south. The predominant models were the C and the D6. They are tremendous fun when used with a guitar amp, and other effects, like a phaser pedal or a crybaby wah-wah pedal.
I figured this would be about as useful as anything else, so here is the beginning of a listing for all Clavinet uses in film:
1 Bill Conti Uncle Joe Shannon 1978 -- Used during the "Uncle Joe (Theme from Uncle Joe Shannon)," which was re-recorded according to the notes. Maynard Ferguson plays this one.
2 Johnny Mandel The Seven-Ups (Unused score) 1973 -- At the end of the "Home to the Junkyard" cue.
3 Quincy Jones' "The Streetbeater," which is the theme to Sanford and Son. Probably around late 1971 this was written for the show's 1972 debut.
If you are aware of other suggestions, please post them.
And to those that see no merit in this thread, uh... funk you man!!! :-)
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Across 110th Street - track 2: "Harlem Clavinette"
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what about DEATH WISH?
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Apr 3, 2012 - 5:59 PM
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lexedo
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what about DEATH WISH?
For only the second time in my life, I have done the 40:24 Death Wish listening experience, and it is just that. I have most of HH's records; I'm not into this one. I like Flood; that's crazy Clavinet. He uses the D6 there. BTW, Death Wish was arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters. Recorded at Burbank Studios.
On Fill Your Hand, the last track on the DW ST:
Acoustic Piano Center-Right (HH)
Fender Rhodes Left (HH)
Fender Bass Center (Paul Jackson)
Sax Right (Maupin)
So, no Clavinet used on Death Wish. I thought this one for sure when I read your post, Charles, especially given HH's gear at the time. As I started to listen, I could hear some typical 70s wacka-wacka guitar, and that usually doesn't play well with the Clavinet, since it's guitar-like in some ways (e.g., the types of strings - they're not standard piano wire).
[edit]Also, no guitar player credit on the Death Wish ST, so if anyone knows...
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maybe that guitar sound is a Clavinet thru a wah pedal or envelope filter.
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Apr 26, 2012 - 10:39 PM
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lexedo
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Henry Mancini uses a Clavinet on the score for the 1979 Blake Edwards movie "10," with Bo Derek & Dudley Moore.
As an example, since I do not have the WB release, when George Webber (Moore) knocks on Jenny's (Derek) door for the first time, a Fender Rhodes is playing, & a Clavinet without any effects at all. This is the scene when Jenny is just out of the shower, answers the door, gives George a tush-view, then gives the camera a boob-view via her bathroom mirror. The clean Clavinet only plays for a few bars, & then the Rhodes takes over. It is actually source music, as Jenny turns off a radio, & the music stops. Mancini is a master with source music.
It was not uncommon to see Dudley Moore at the Union Plaza Diner on Route 22 in NJ. I believe he lived in nearby Mountainside, NJ. Pleasant fellow for sure, and he plays & sings in "10" also.
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