Just start the album at the very beginning of the movie, before the WB logo appears. On your dvd/blu-ray player, the time codes should match-up second-for-second (at least the first time around). You’ll know you have it right pretty quickly, a cymbal crash should coincide with the window breaking in the first shot.

I just left the album on repeat for the whole movie, so if your cd player doesn't have a repeat button, you'll need to pause the movie as soon as the album ends, start it over, and then un-pause the movie.

I'd have the lyrics handy while watching it, its hard to understand the singer, and they add to the synch.

NOTE: Killing Joke has two self-titled albums, their first album that cam out in 1980, and another that was released in 2003. You want the 1980 album, with the black and white photograph on the cover.

If you own both The Beast of Alice Cooper and Alice Cooper Goes To Hell, import on iTunes or Windows Media Player and burn a CD. Before ding so, if you have windows Sound Recorder, record a 42-second or 40-second track that is silent (make sure the place is quiet first before you do so). Assemble the track listing as explained here:

1. School's Out
2. Under My Wheels
3. Billion Dollar Babies
4. Be My Lover
5. Desperado
6. Is It My Body
7. Only Women Bleed
8. Elected
9. I'm Eighteen
10. Hello, Hurray
11. No More Mr. Nice Guy
12. Teenage Lament '74
13. Muscle of Love
14. Department of Youth
15. School's Out
16. Under My Wheels
17. Billion Dollar Babies
18. Give the Kid a Break
19. Recorded silent track
20. Go To Hell
21. I'm Always Chasing Rainbow

Start the CD when the music of the movie starts and play all the way through but stop the CD when the movie ends.

this is a sync of The Dark Knight
with two of the best Mars Volta albums,
In my opinion. Its kind of a challenge,
so follow instructions carefully.
But it will not dissapoint.

Cheers.

First of all in order to do this you must have a copy of the song (not the album) "Frances The Mute." The song is rumored to have been the original opening track for the album, but space did not allow. The song can only be found as an mp3 from any various torrent site, or if you have a copy of "The Widow EP", it is the first song on there. The ideal setup for this sync is a dvd version of the movie, and the audio files either burned onto a homemade mix cd, or on a computer playlist that will allow you to run songs back to back ( I used computer audio). The homemade cd should inclued the following tracks:
1. Frances The Mute
2. Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus
3. The Widdow
4. Miranda, That Ghost Just Isnt Holy
5. Cassandra Gemini
6. Aberinkula
7. Metatron
8. Ilyena
9. Goliath
10. Tourniquet Man
11. Cavalettas
12. Agadez
13. Askepios
14. Ourborous
15. Soothsayer
16. Conjugal Burns

(I intentionally left out "Wax Simulacra" because of its short time and pointless nature on the album. It works better without it.)

That being said, cue up "Frances The Mute" (again the song not the album) at 03:15 seconds and begin rolling the movie when the first scene hits (the growing close up on the buildings). The movie will go on without pausing any part if you run the homemade cd; just sit back and enjoy the ride.

If you have several cds in a stereo, pause the movie once "Frances (song)" ends. Cue "Frances (album)" from begining. Play "Frances (album)" until it ends. Pause movie, cue up "Bedlam" from begining. Play until movie ends. Movie may keep rolling for 5 or 7 minutes after music has ended. It all depends on where the sync lies. But overall its perfect.

The fast paced movement of the music fits extremely well with the action in the movie. When its slow and dissonant, the movie is at a low point. Then it picks right back up again.

The lyrics also match with the scene themes almost immaculately.
This is a great sync.
Enjoy.

any problems leave me a comment.
Glad to be back.

Mind At Large.

This synch was not a random synch, this was an intentional synch by the directors of the Matrix, Andy and Larry Wachowski. In an interview, they explained if you start "Wish You Were Here" when Neo sees agents walking out of an elevator in his office builbing for the first time, the next 44 minutes of the movie would synch up with the entire album.

There is also another theory, not intended by the Wachowski brothers but was posted on "The Synching Ship." On that website, it explains that the synch starts earlier in the movie, when the Village Roadshow logo fades out. The checkpoint of this theory is when "the buzz in the beginning of 'Welcome to the Machine' should come in the instant the camera cuts to Neo's POV from his cubicle as he sees the Agents for the first time."

Dark Side of Down Under was the first synch I've ever done. I was amazed that a blockbuster album and a lackluster movie can synch greatly!

Insert your Dark Side of the Moon CD on a CD player, or if you have digital files of the whole album, that's a good format (I've even used that when I synched it). On the exact moment Track 1 starts playing, pause the CD and program the player for a full album repeat. Now to prepare your video, use your VHS or DVD copy of The Rescuers Down Under and insert it to the specific player of the format you're using. I don't recommend Laserdisc. I highly recommend the Gold Classic Collection DVD, but VHS is fine.

If you're using DVD, select Play from the main menu. After you press play, on the exact moment the screen turns black, unpause the CD player and enjoy the synch!

If you're using VHS, you'll proabably need some rewinding and timing to do. The place to unpause the CD player will be about 3 seconds before the Walt Disney Pictures logo fades in. It'll take some time, but don't worry.

There's another theory where you would unpause Dark Side of the Moon when the Walt Disney Pictures logo starts to fade in. You can try both therioes and compare them!

I just saw this news item about Rick Wright, founding member of Pink Floyd, going to the great gig in the sky...

Sad to see that cross the newswires...

peace,
--mj
arkiver

Start both the movie and the Cd at the same time with the CD on repeat. you know you have it when he says "bones" and you see a pile of bones

The connection. On the album cover, a guy is getting punch and his face all contorted. In the movie when the kids are fighting, he punches the kid on the ground and it gets all slow motion and resembles the punch on the album.

The first play through was ok and I didn't get to follow through on the second but here's what I discovered.

Mouth for War

Lyric "bones" as we see a pile of bones

Lyric "My ears can't hear what you say" as it looks like the old man cocks his head like he's trying to listen.

Lyric "releasing of anger" as we see the kid with anger in his face fighting the father

Lyric "close your eyes" as Teen Leonidas closes his eyes

A New Level

Lyric " a new level of confidence and power" as Leonidas returns and becomes king

Visual Sync: The spartan arm raises there arm three times in beat with the music

Walk

Scene/Song Title Sync: This works well because Leonidas says "let us walk" to the persian messenger.

Lyrical Match: Throughout the song the lyrics "Respect" play during this scene. The persian messenger disrespects Leonidas and this starts the war.

Lyric "Are you talking to me" as Leonidas points the sword at the persian in a threatening manner

Fucking Hostile

This Love (also ends right with the scene)

Lyric "you keep this love, thing, child, toy" as we first see the slave girl oracle that the creatures keep for their pleasures.

Rise (the 300 rise to the occasion to defend their land) starts right with the scene

Lyric "turn our backs on those who opposed" as the 300 turn away from the senate men who opposed them going to fight.

No Good (attack the radical)

Lyric "you'd better listen to a man who knows
what he's saying.I've seen your side,you run
and hide for the mere fact that you feel
inferior.Be superior,and know your interior " This fits very well with what is happening in the scene. The spartans meet the other army and he is talking to them about how they are not really soldiers.

Lyric "this land of fools will rise" as we see the 300 raising their spears three times again. They are not fools but they do rise to go fight. (one could say they are fools because they are going off to die; but it's for the greater good)

Lyric "low behold my eyes" as one of the spartans spots the mutant following them

Live in a Hole

Lyric "full of grief" as the spartans view the tree with all the dead bodies

Regular People

Lyric "i trampled along that road that you think you own" as the persian leader travels along the road only to come upon the spartans blocking the path with the wall

Lyric "you, you think you own, i take away" as the persian is bragging about how powerful they are and that they are going to invade and conquer

Lyric "I crush your rush" as the spartan leaps to chop off the arm of the persian as he tries to attack with the whip

Lyric " I take away, make it my own" just after he chopped off the arm

By Demons be Driven

No lyrical matches but the music goes great with the fighting.

Hollow

UPDATE: I played the sync all the way through and was quite pleased

Mouth for War 2nd

A New Level

Lyric “no fucking surrender” as Leonidas refuses to surrender to xerxses

Walk

Lyric “I’ve got more friends like you, what do I do” as the Spartans turn and the camera shows the piles of Persian bodies

Lyric “to bleed” as Leonidas goes down from the giant shedding his first blood

Fucking Hostile

Great with the fight scene

Lyric “Fucking” the camera zooms in on xerxes

Lyric “fucking” does it again

Lyric “fucking hostile” as xerxes is pissed about losing

This Love

The heavy chorus picks up when the rhinoceros is approaching and ends when he falls

Lyric “no more head trip” as the guy is laid out to get his head chopped off

The heavy slow guitar goes great with the slow motion fighting and then the acoustic guitar comes in and fades out as the son gets his head cut off

Rise

Lyric “every creed and every kind” as we see all of the mutants

No Good

Lyric “no chance” as the queen smacks the guy

Lyric “You blame oppression and play the role of
criminals,to rape and burn show progress is
minimal” plays during the scene that the queen gets raped

Lyric “this land of fools will rise” as Leonidas says “prepare for glory”

Live in a Hole

Lyric “fullof grief I scream at the wind” as we see the father grieving over his dead son

Lyric “I still feel incomplete” as we see the Spartan with the eye patch

Lyric “My fear grips” as Leonidas grips him on the shoulder

Leonidas lip syncs Phil Anselmo’s “Alone”

Song ends and transitions with the scene

Regular People

Lyric “I’m out here putting pride on the line” as the queen is in front of the senate

Lyric “and just in case you think your bad” as the guy stands up to another in the crowd

Lyric “don’t fuck with this” as the Persian holds his hands up to xerxes on his throne

Demons be Driven

Lyrics “With decline in mind
End not far
Were left hanging alone here” during the scene that the Spartans are huddled under the shields and surrounded

Hollow (This song is a match for the scene as it’s about a best friend dying and it’s the scene that Leonidas dies)

Nice slow song for the tragic ending

Lyric “ I shake my fists at skies above” as we see Leonidas holding out his arms to the sky above welcoming the arrows

Mouth for War

Lyric “Revenge” as the guy is talking about the spartans’ giving their lives

Lyric “Bones” as we see the pile of dead Spartans

Lyric
“I feel a conquering will down inside me, Strength, The strength of many to crush
Who might stop me, My strength is in number” during the scene when the army is ready to attack

Song transitions with the scene

The set-up: Just start both at the same time with the CD on repeat. Enjoy because this one rocks!

Start Saucerful of SEcrets right at the beginning of the track... sit back and prepare to have a religious expierence! A Requime for the masses...

I have quite a few classic cartoon & clip syncs running on my web site & youtube - www.fearnoartent.com -