Pioneering DJ sets sights on Hollywood

[peloquin]

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this isn't a new concept, and he's definitely not pioneering anything. He's just getting exposure because everybody who doesn't know what EDM is still knows who he is.

Jeff Mills has been writing techno sheet music with the Montpelier Philharmonic Orchestra. Videos of ravers getting down to it are on youtube. it's cool stuff... check it out

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...hestra&search=

he also has done a couple of movie scores, like Fritz Lang's Metropolis

[ShawnD64]

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I am sure you all bash away, but this is actually pretty neat....I will be looking forward to the outcome

Not sure if you guys are aware but Oakenfold is responsible for many movie soundtracks that I am sure you would be impressed with (Sword Fish, James Bond, etc.) Just because he is/was a trance dj, doesn't mean he doesn't have talent....he is one of the reasons the acid house sound of the 80/90's came over to the UK...he has done a lot for the industry....he is also in a band, did you know that?

if he actually had a hand in those productions id be shocked...

and yes he was influential to the industry at first...but he chose to sell his soul to pop culture, and for that reason is why i dislike the man...

[scottpuig]

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I am aware of all this, and I still don't like the guy. There is a remix he's done, of Olive's You are not alone, which I can't put into words how much I love. But... I begun to listen to Wink and then Diggers, and all the sudden the magic Oakey seemed to possess was gone. His music is, compared to these two's, is for lack of a better word, unintelligent. Sure, it works on many levels, but somehow lacks depth.

couldn't have said it better

[tiddles]

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i wonder if there were any drug dealers there

[DancingQueen]

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if he actually had a hand in those productions id be shocked...

and yes he was influential to the industry at first...but he chose to sell his soul to pop culture, and for that reason is why i dislike the man...

Well I didn't make it up...go read up on him (http://www.pauloakenfold.com ) or watch his documentary DVD and it will go over all of that in it....he also helps Madonna and other artist write music all the time....he is more then just a DJ



edit:check out here all the movies he has worked on...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642949/

[hypoluxxa]

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You ve gotta admire him for trying new things.

He's still a CUNT

[ShawnD64]

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Well I didn't make it up...go read up on him (http://www.pauloakenfold.com ) or watch his documentary DVD and it will go over all of that in it....he also helps Madonna and other artist write music all the time....he is more then just a DJ



edit:check out here all the movies he has worked on...


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642949/

no i know you didnt make it up, i wasnt saying that. there is a lot of speculation that he has other people do his producing and he slaps his name on it...

sorry didnt mean to take a dig at you...

[beanzncheez]

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^ ^ There were many interviews and articles about that at the time that the Swordfish soundtrack was being worked on. When Oakie was asked, he would dodge answering the questions. That made people really suspicious. I know that Freeland was guilty of that for years as well. He'd pay others to make his music for him.

[diegoff]

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don?t like him... don?t like the "orchestra + oaky" mix either

[Miguel]

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GU-NewYork and Another World ... and thats it !!

[TomTom]

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I don't like his attitude as well but I am not negating the fact that he produced good music in the past and this will be more a producer than DJ thingie after all. The Swordfish movie soundtrack was delicious, his early EM were a pure mind trip full of diversity and his radio show (forgot the name) where he played fitting EDM tracks in the background while a story teller told a fairy tale were awesome if you were in the right mood. He has a feeling for moods and atmosphere so this venture - though mixing classic and EDM is not new as Adam said which I must admit - is still rare so I am looking forward to it. I can be dissapointed later when I heard it - or be surprised that it is actually good. I just think this is a playground he could do something with if he is already on a non commercial trip (mixing EDM with classics does not bring you up to number 1 on the billboard charts in most cases). But I guess he could do whatever he wants but for [ms] peeps he will always remain Satan. And yes, I know he is a douche but I don't give a shit if the music is good. I also nod my head sometimes to the 1500% commercially produced winner track of the German version of American Idol if I am in the mood so Oakie can't hurt me.

[NastyD]

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Yeah, so he's lost some of (all off?) his underground credibility, but I'd be interested in listening to the results.

[subdude]

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642949/

This just reminded me of the shout out he gets in "Rules of Attraction" during the awesome sequence where Victor recounts his European vacation to friends.

"Kip Pardue was required to stay in character as Victor Ward from the flight to Europe to the flight back to America, and gave an interview to the British newspaper the Guardian on the condition that he do it in character as Victor. While there was a rough itinerary for the shoot, almost everything filmed was serendipitous, and most "actors" were real-life people that Pardue encountered in character as Victor, including Paul Oakenfold"

[subdude]

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Sorry I tried three tines to edit that out but it keeps coming back?

[Kamal]

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wtf