Hasta La Motion!

In 1977, with the release of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” Ben Burtt introduced a new lexicon of sounds into our aural vocabulary. This video is a celebration of those iconic sounds that have been rattling around my head since childhood and that have since become ingrained in our collective pop culture psyche. It is also a celebration of Ben Burtt’s genius. Sound design by Ben Burtt. Edited by Rishi Kaneria (@rishikaneria) Footage taken from: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars: Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi Some other great video essays exploring sound in film: “The Sounds Of Aronofsky” by Kogonada https://vimeo.com/42191484 “Hearing Tarantino” by Jacob T. Swinney https://vimeo.com/118431867 SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FINE BLOGS FOR FEATURING THIS VIDEO: LIVEFORFILMS: http://www.liveforfilms.com/2015/05/12/the-sounds-of-star-wars/ INDIEWIRE: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-sonic-supercut-of-the-sounds-from-star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-20150512 CINEMABLEND: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Star-Wars-Geekiest-Sounds-Merge-Together-Very-Cool-Supercut-71407.html FAST COMPANY CO.CREATE: http://www.fastcocreate.com/3046207/pew-pew-see-how-every-whirring-whooshing-sci-fi-sound-effect-started-with-star-wars ROPE OF SILICON: http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-listen-hearing-galaxy-far-far-away/ THE CURIOUS BRAIN: http://thecuriousbrain.com/?p=67883 INDIE WIRE – PRESS PLAY: http://blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/watch-listening-to-the-sounds-of-star-wars-20150512 KOTTKE: http://kottke.org/ THE CREATORS PROJECT: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/supercut-the-sounds-of-star-wars-is-music-to-our-ears SPLOID GIZMODO: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/video-the-sound-effects-of-star-wars-1704016993 LAUGHING SQUID: http://laughingsquid.com/a-supercut-of-the-iconic-sounds-in-the-original-star-wars-trilogy/