This weekend my Dad brought home DVD’s of Animusic and Animusic 2.  Apparently his company uses them at Conferences to demonstrate their audio amplifiers.  Not only do they have a fantastic mix of classical, techno, and pop to exercise all audio ranges, but they are simply mesmerizing and eyecatching.  I first heard of Animusic back at SigGraph 2000 when (I think) they won an award in the Electronic Theatre for their original animation "Pipe Dream". 

I could sit and stare at them for hours, each time catching more fine details that I missed before.  Details as small as that the xylophone keys or harp strings are actually sized correctly according to their sound, or how the mechanics work between the multiple instruments.  They’re simply astounding to watch, and I can only imagine the amount of time and work that must go into timing the video.  The actual rendering probably isn’t too bad, but setting up the Scenes has to take months for a single song. 

Not only is the animation fascinating and mesmerizing, but the music is simply good.  Lots of Drums, string instruments, bass, and synthesizers.  It’s not everyone’s thing, but I really enjoy it and it keeps the "Science Fiction" feel of the whole thing.  Rhianna loves it too, she’s watched it several times so far and every time she just sits in awe watching it, gently bouncing back and forth to the music or "air keyboarding".

If you’re interested, you can find clips of the songs on the Animusic site, and full versions of the songs are posted on YouTube (questionably legal, but there they are).  I highly recommend you pickup the DVD’s if you like them tho.  Not only will you be financially supporting a (hopefully!) Animusic 3, but the quality of the video and special features on the DVD blows away anything Youtube can manage.
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