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A Rush Of Doom To The Head

Submitted by Loonwolf on Sat, 2008-07-05 20:21. Share Your Synchs

Film: Doom
Album: A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay)

Start both at the same time. When the album ends start it again from the beginning, though there are probably other album possibilities. The film, including the end credits ends when the album ends for a second time, almost exactly at the same time.

This is surprisingly excellent. I wouldn't have thought the album and the film would really belong together, but the clues all seemed to point it out so I tried it and it worked brilliantly. Like with many synchronicities there are a few portions of mild coincidence, but overall it is very good throughout. The music synchronises wonderfully throughout and the lyrics synchronise most of the time. Some examples...

"Open up your eyes" repeats when a dead guy opens up his eyes.

"I miss you" when two guys are shooting at a creature but somehow manage to miss it.

"Honey you are a rock" The actor called The Rock plays one of the main characters in the film. Smiling

"Don't forget the rest of us" when a guy selfishly locks the door forgetting the woman running towards him - only her arm gets through the door. Later the soldiers say they want to find the rest of the arm.

"Where do we go? Nobody knows" when they vanish into the mysterious bubbles that take them to Mars.

The song 'The scientist' begins when they first meet the scientist.

"How long must you wait for it?" when the guy is in the pit for ages waiting for the creature to attack him.

"If you go, if you go and leave me down here on my own" he is down there in the pit alone with the creature because his partner left him alone.

"You came along and you cut me loose" when a creature unexpectedly comes along and cuts off a guy's head.

"I've got to get out of this hole" when a creature's tongue shoots out of its mouth.

"Green eyes" close-up of an eye that appears to be green.

I'd highly recommend this one, it's a good film as well so worth getting, interesting ideas. And the album is of course excellent.

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The Rock

Submitted by Loonwolf on Fri, 2008-07-25 18:36.

The Rock appears at the very end of the song 'Green eyes', at the last line "Honey, you are a rock upon which I stand" it cuts to The Rock.

Only on the first play though, I don't think he is to be seen at all during the second play of the song.

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Review of "A Rush Of Doom To The Head"

Submitted by Karl Tune on Wed, 2008-07-23 22:02.

Loonwolf's pairing of the Movie "Doom" with Coldplay's "A Rush of Blood to the Head" harmonizes on many levels. There are matches lyrically, emotionally, musically, and in the mood. The music came out before the movie but the music matches quite well. Could this be a case where the movie was edited to the music? I have a hard time believing such, but Marco brought this type of synching to our attention. Movie editors are known to match movie edits to unrelated music. and even the lulls in synching, the mood carries the synch.

I did not repeat play the music for the rest ot the movie. I was quite satsfied with the first play. In the first play the Rock is nowhere to be seen durring "Honey you are a Rock" 1st play. and the last song did not match much for me. But overall, the music and movie enhance each other very well. I give the pairing a solid "B". Great find Loonwolf!

Sincerely,
Karl Tune

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A Rush Of Doom To The Head

Submitted by Karl Tune on Fri, 2008-07-18 16:49.

I was able to buy both used copies of the movie and the music at the local goat market. The movie CD will not play between the 22 and 24.21 minute mark so I had to calculate and adjust the music accordingly and might be slightly off.

Also on the first play of the synch, I was either only listening to the music aor only watching the movie because i had never experienced either the music nor the movie (and you had to choose another horror movie. I hate horror movies and cover my eyes).

I felt that the music and the movie enhanced each other well (when I was paying attention) and matched well throughout even though I was having trouble with this scary movie and did not know what on mars Coldplay were singing about (I need a printout of the lyrics). I stopped the movie as soon as the music stopped and did not watch the end.

Despite all that, I plan to try this pleasant combination again this weekend and already give it a thumbs up.

"Rainbows and waterfalls
Run through my mind."

The Brothers Johnson "Strawberry Letter 23"

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"Start both at the same

Submitted by filmsyncs on Mon, 2008-07-07 07:00.

"Start both at the same time."

Ah, did you mean to say 'start them both at the beginning' and if so what do you consider the beginning of the film?

Living is Easy With Eyes Closed

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Begin at the beginning

Submitted by Loonwolf on Tue, 2008-07-08 06:40.

Note this is the 'EXTENDED EDITION' of the film, if there is another version it probably won't work.

Aye, start the album from the very beginning (track 1 time 0:00).
And start the film from the very beginning (film time 0:00:00).

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