"I'm also very heavily influenced by Jerry Goldsmith, and Doctor Who," he says. "Justin wanted a very cinematic effect for the theme music, and that it take itself seriously, versus the comedy of the show," he explains, citing shared influences like the scores to Farscape, Alien and Planet Of The Apes. One of those, Dog World, needed a theme song, and Elder concocted one, using his growing collection of synths, including a Korg Prologue and Microkorg, Moog Rogue and Yamaha DX7 and DX100, as well as Native Instruments Kontakt libraries.įrom his basic kit, Elder is able to weave the surprisingly textured underscores that give the show some cinematic heft. It also put him in Hollywood's post-production milieu where, in 2006, he met Justin Roiland, who, with partner Dan Harmon, was developing various animation series. These guys were really kind of the geniuses behind the records that I loved."Īs it turned out, the variety that a commercial music house offered was a good training ground for the diversity of music that Rick And Morty would demand. In high school, I wanted to be a record producer. Growing up in Minnesota, I was in bands in high school and recording on four-track tape and stuff, too. "So, I was introduced to using MIDI and computer recording when I was very, very young. "It booted off of a five-and-a‑quarter-inch floppy and had no hard drive," recalls Elder, who also learned violin, guitar and keyboard skills during this time. Prior to that, his audio experience had consisted mainly of doing beats on the IBM 8086 computer his father used for some hobbyist home recording. The next day, he drove to Los Angeles, where a distant relative working as a producer at a commercial studio in Santa Monica got him a typical runner's job. Cross CountryĮlder graduated from college in Minnesota in 2000. Written and recorded by Ryan Elder, these ingredients have been at the core of the programme's success. A soundtrack album released last September featured tracks from Mazzy Star, Blonde Redhead, Chaos Chaos and Belly - but those were garnish to the score, theme and special-material songs.
Last year, Rick And Morty picked up Adult Swim's first Emmy Award, for Outstanding Animated Program, even as it inspired riots in McDonald's fast-food outlets by demanding the return of Mulan-inspired Szechuan dipping sauce. It's Doctor Who, but with better drugs and an adolescent instead of the dog to blame any noxious odours on.
RICK AND MORTY GET SWIFTY GUEST STAR SERIES
and Tanya Tagoq, who also occasionally inhabit its quirky programmes.Īdult Swim's biggest hit so far is Rick And Morty, the internationally syndicated series that follows the adventures of dissolute scientist Rick Sanchez and his 14-year-old grandson Morty. The channel, run out of Atlanta's William Street Productions, has spawned several music compilations that embrace extreme genres and artists, like Arca, Prurient, clipping. Its shows in the past, for instance, honoured April Fool's Day by switching their audio tracks around, unannounced, just because they can.
RICK AND MORTY GET SWIFTY GUEST STAR TV
TV network Adult Swim, hub of hipster animation for the last two decades, has become as infamous for its audio as for its plentiful memes. We visit the tiny home studio scoring television animation's biggest hit since The Simpsons.
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