Re: [Phys-l] Mechanical Universe

[John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>]

Anthony provides a slight opening for me to point to a piece I  
composed, recorded, and sent to David Goodstein along with my  
application package after having been chosen as a finalist in the  
early 80's for a job as a member of the academic team for the  
Mechanical Universe series.  At the time I was fresh out of grad  
school at Berkeley, running an eight track demo recording studio in  
the attic of the communal house I was living in.  I really wanted  
that Mechanical Universe gig and thought I'd try to add some value to  
my application by providing a ready made theme song.  Here's a link  
to it:

   http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm/sounds/mechuniv.mp3

Suffice it to say that it ain't Vangelis and I didn't get the gig.

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona

On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:21 AM, Anthony Lapinski wrote:

> I show this video series in my physics classes, and enjoy the  
> background
> music. I wanted to somehow get this music as a soundtrack or on CD. I
> contacted Annnenberg Media, but they knew nothing about the source  
> music
> or who composed it. They were of little help and did not direct me to
> someone who may be able to assist me. Maybe the sounds were meant  
> only for
> the video series and not available anywhere else.
>
> Does anyone know any details about the music for this series and  
> who did
> it?