F (; named ef, as a verb eff) is the sixth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet.
! Proto-Semitic W | Waw (letter)>waw | ! Etruscan V or W | ! Greek Digamma | ! Roman F |
The Phoenician form of the letter was adopted into Greek as a vowel, upsilon (which resembled its descendant, ‹Y›, but was also ancestor to Roman letters ‹U›, ‹V›, and ‹W›); and with another form, as a consonant, digamma, which resembled ‹F›, but indicated the pronunciation , as in Phoenician. (After disappeared from Greek, digamma was used as a numeral only.)
In Etruscan, ‹F› probably represented , as in Greek; and the Etruscans formed the digraph ‹FH› to represent . When the Romans adopted the alphabet, they used ‹V› (from Greek upsilon) to stand for as well as , leaving ‹F› available for . (At that time, the Greek letter phi ‹Φ› represented an aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive , though in Modern Greek it approximates the sound of .)
The lower case ‹f› is not related to the visually similar long s, ‹ſ›. The use of the long s largely died out by the beginning of the 19th century, mostly to prevent confusion with ‹f›.
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name | Harold Faltermeyer |
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background | non_performing_personnel |
birth name | Harald Faltermeier |
born | October 05, 1952Munich, Germany |
genre | Film score, synthpop |
occupation | Composer, keyboardist |
instrument | Synthesizer, piano |
years active | 1970s–present |
label | Deutsche Grammophon, MCA Records }} |
He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores. He is best known for writing and composing "Axel F" electronic theme for Beverly Hills Cop and the Top Gun Anthem from the soundtrack for Top Gun—both often imitated, highly influential instrumental hits that to some extent practically redefined action film scoring in the '80s.
As a session musician, arranger and producer, Faltermeyer has worked with several international pop stars including Donna Summer, Amanda Lear, Patti LaBelle, Barbra Streisand, Glenn Frey, Blondie, Laura Branigan, La Toya Jackson, Billy Idol, Jennifer Rush, Alexis, Cheap Trick, Sparks, Bob Seger, Chris Thompson, Bonnie Tyler and the Pet Shop Boys.
He has won two Grammy Awards: the first in 1986 for Best Album of original score written for a motion picture or television special, as a co-writer of the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack; and the second in 1987 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with guitarist Steve Stevens for Top Gun Anthem from the soundtrack.
The year after, the Fletch theme expanded on his trademark electronic soundscapes with experimental phase modulated percussion effects woven into the largely analog synth melodies. He also composed the theme song, "Bit by Bit", sung by Stephanie Mills.
The full scores of these films were not released on album. Only a handful of additional score tracks complemented these hits on vinyl: "The Discovery" and "Shoot-out" from Beverly Hills Cop and "Memories" from Top Gun, and only ever as B-sides on singles. However, The Running Man and Kuffs were graced with full score albums and the Thief of Hearts and Fletch scores also received reasonably good coverage on their respective soundtrack albums. In January 2007, La La Land Records finally released a limited edition soundtrack (3000 CD copies) for Tango & Cash.
In 1987 Faltermeyer recorded an album called Harold F with vocal tracks featuring various guest singers plus "Axel F" which appears as a bonus track. The song "Bad Guys" is based on the (otherwise unavailable) main theme for Beverly Hills Cop II.
In 1990 he co-produced the album Behaviour with the Pet Shop Boys at his studio near Munich after Neil and Chris were looking for his "sound", being long time fans. The album was released later the same year and is considered by many to be Pet Shop Boys' best album.
The theme changed the sound of contemporary urban action/comedy, just as the Top Gun Anthem became synonymous with seductive depictions of working class heroes striving for the top (like Bill Conti's "Rocky theme" did 10 years earlier).
The music for 1988's flight simulator computer game F/A-18 Interceptor from Electronic Arts was obviously inspired by the "Top Gun Anthem" and many film scenes, spoof or serious, have been scored in a faux-Top Gun fashion.
In 1991 Sylvester Levay (himself a past Moroder collaborator) faithfully re-created the theme's atmosphere in his Hot Shots! parody score (paradoxically, this score was released on CD by Varese Sarabande while the original Top Gun score has still not been released officially, although in 2006 a bootleg appeared in small circulation among collectors.)
In many ways, Faltermeyer's work on action films during the 1980s presaged the work that Hans Zimmer would embody and perpetuate during the mid 1990s. Faltermeyer's style defined the 1980s style of action scoring, heavily synthesized, very tuneful and rhythmic. Zimmer and his many protégés redefined it for the 1990s and beyond, but embodied the same kind of hybrid textures that Faltermeyer first laid down in the 1980s.
In 2002, he went to Vienna and wrote a musical with Rainhard Fendrich, Wake Up, which played for nearly two years in Vienna's famous Raimund Theater. The following soundtrack CD employed Copy Control technology and features an orchestral ouverture as well as 16 songs.
"But now I think it's time to come back where I started from." Faltermeyer has become re-associated with his Los Angeles agency, Creative Artists Agency, and is looking forward to getting involved again in Hollywood film scoring. Earlier in 2006, Faltermeyer wrote the in-game soundtrack music for the computer game, Two Worlds.
In late 2009, Faltermeyer was approached by Kevin Smith, director of the action comedy "Cop Out" starring Bruce Willis, to do the soundtrack score. Faltermeyer's return to scoring was for this film, which opened in February 2010.
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name | Jon Lajoie |
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birth date | |
birth place | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
known for | ''I Kill People" skit, "WTF Collective" music video |
occupation | Canadian, comedian, musician, actor |
nationality | Canadian |
website | http://www.jonlajoie.com/ |
influences | }} |
Jonathan "Jon" Lajoie (born August 21, 1980) is a Canadian comedian, actor, rapper, singer, musician and Internet celebrity from Montreal, Quebec.
Title | Details | |||
You Want Some of This? | * Release date: January 30, 2009 | * Label: Normal Guy Productions | Compact disc>CD, music download | |
I Kill People | * Release date: November 15, 2010 | * Label: Normal Guy Productions | * Formats: CD, music download | |
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"High as Fuck" | October 1st, 2007 | |||
"2 Girls 1 Cup Song" | November 1st, 2007 | |||
"Everyday Normal Guy" | November 21st, 2007 | |||
"Cold Blooded Christmas" | December 10th, 2007 | |||
"Why Did You Leave Me?" | January 8th, 2008 | |||
"Everyday Normal Guy 2" | January 16th, 2008 | |||
February 4th, 2008 | ||||
"Sunday Afternoon" | March 11th, 2008 | |||
"Show Me Your Genitals" | May 31st, 2008 | |||
"Stay at Home Dad" | August 21st, 2008 | |||
"Show Me Your Genitals 2: E=MC Vagina" | September 5th, 2008 | |||
Bootlegs & B-Sides (including "I Don't Understand" and "Potty Training Song") | October 11th, 2008 | |||
"Too Fast" | November 17th, 2008 | |||
"Everyday Normal Crew" | January 5th, 2009 | |||
"Alone in the Universe" | March 8th, 2009 | |||
"I Kill People" | April 23rd, 2009 | |||
"Michael Jackson is Dead" | June 26th, 2009 | |||
"Radio Friendly Song" | August 27th, 2009 | |||
"WTF Collective" | October 5th, 2009 | |||
"Chatroulette Song" | March 26th, 2010 | |||
"I Can Dance" | April 19th, 2010 | |||
Non-album song | May 31st, 2010 | |||
"Pop Song" | Julien Demers-Arsenault | You Want Some of This? | June 5th, 2010 | |
"Mel Gibson's Love Song" | July 5th, 2010 | |||
"WTF Collective 2" | November 16th, 2010 | |||
"In Different Ways" | Julien Demers-Arsenault | December 18th, 2010 | ||
"Very Super Famous" | "Very Super Famous" single | February 15th, 2011 | ||
Non-album song | May 2nd, 2011 | |||
"The Best Song" | "The Best Song" single | June 21st, 2011 | ||
"Fuck Everything" | Jon Lajoie | "Fuck Everything" single | July 29th, 2011 | |
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