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Delia created the sounds effects and music sequences for the BBC TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's book ''The Naked Sun'', directed by [[Rudolph Cartier]] for the BBC TV series ''[[Out Of The Unknown]]'' in which "Detective Baley must solve a murder on the planet Solaria, where reclusive people have their every need attended to by robots."<ref name=BBCarchive/>
 
Delia created the sounds effects and music sequences for the BBC TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's book ''The Naked Sun'', directed by [[Rudolph Cartier]] for the BBC TV series ''[[Out Of The Unknown]]'' in which "Detective Baley must solve a murder on the planet Solaria, where reclusive people have their every need attended to by robots."<ref name=BBCarchive/>
  
It was filmed 23rd-26th July 1968 with studio recording on the 8th and 9th August and broadcast on BBC on 18th February 1969<ref name=wikipedia>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Sun#Adaptation</ref><ref name=BBCarchive/> while Delia's notes say it was recorded on the 7-8-9th August.<ref>[[DD152319]]</ref>
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It was filmed 23rd-26th July 1968 with studio recording on the 8th and 9th August and broadcast on BBC on 18th February 1969<ref name=BBCarchive/> while Delia's notes say it was recorded on the 7-8-9th August.<ref>[[DD152319]]</ref><ref name=wikipedia/>
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=Makeup=
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Three of Delia's musical sequences were renamed by the BBC in 1976 and released on ''[[Out Of This World]]'' (1976) and ''[[Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects, vol. 2]]'' (1993):<ref>[[DD073013]] [[DD073025]]: Memo about renaming ''The Naked Sun'' effects for reissue on vinyl.</ref>
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* [[Heat Haze]] (00:58)
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{{Spectrogallery|Heat Haze}}
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* [[Frozen Waste]] (01:08)
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{{Spectrogallery|Frozen Waste}}
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* [[Icy Peak]] (00:46)
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{{Spectrogallery|Icy Peak}}
  
Delia's papers include the full rehearsal script as well as her notes and fragments of her score for it.
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=Extracts=
 
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Times refer to the audio of the BFI's DVD.
=Musical annotations in the rehearsal script=
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* 01. Prologue (00:33.50-00:40.00)<BR>Made with three copies of what was later republished as ''[[Heat Haze]]''. The overdubbed burst of the Radetsky March is played as Baley enters the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C.<ref>Audio12, personal communication.</ref>
From [http://delia-derbyshire.net/papers/#TRW6891Folder the annotated pages of the rehearsal script]:
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 01. Prologue}}
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* 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion (03:59.50-07:13.00)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion}}
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* 03. Making contact with Doctor Thool (09:08.50-09.36:50)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 03. Making contact with Doctor Thool}}
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* 04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre (12:59.80-13:03.50)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre}}
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* 05. Dramatic crescendo (16:09.60-16:16:50)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 05. Dramatic crescendo}}
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* 06. Gruer is poisoned (18:28.62-18:37.95)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 06. Gruer is poisoned}}
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* 07. Scene change (26:02.00-26:04.50)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 07. Scene change}}
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* 08. Contact with Doctor Leebig (27:46.00-27:52.50)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 08. Contact with Doctor Leebig}}
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* 09. She hated her husband (29:54.65-30:02.32)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 09. She hated her husband}}
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* 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene (30:02.30-34.04.30)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene}}
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* 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim (35:20.78-35:53.43)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim}}
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* 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note (36:15.50-36:40.80)
 
<PRE>
 
<PRE>
p.5-9  Scene 3: the Solarian Transport Capsule in motion:
 
        "Music: A high humming note"
 
        "A Stab"
 
        "Music rising to a blinding crescendo;
 
        loud burst of electronic noise"
 
 
p.14    Scene 4: Making contact with Doctor Thool
 
 
p.23    Telecine 3: "Ext. Solarian landscape. Day."
 
        "Music: a high sustained chord indicating birds and flowers, a brook"
 
        BALEY and DANEEL walking. BALEY: "It's a lie!"
 
 
p.25    "Music, Dramatic"
 
        BALEY: Air ... I can't breathe ...
 
        DANEEL: It was you who eished to
 
        get accustomed to the atmosphere,
 
        partner ...
 
        "Electronic music as camera pans towards sun,
 
        emerging from clouds."
 
        "CRESCENDO"
 
        End telecine 3.
 
 
p.39-40 Scene 11: "Int. baby farm. Entrance hall. Day."
 
        "Music: Suspense"
 
 
p.40-42 Scene 12: "Int. baby farm (foetal laboratory). Day."
 
        "Music indicating the wailing of babies"
 
 
p.44    "Music: Excitement" crescendo to "CRASH"
 
 
30:02.4-34:04.4
 
p.54    Telecine 4 and 5: Baley and Gladia walking on the Solarian surface
 
        "Landscape peaceful and serene"
 
        ...
 
p.56    GLADIA: Are you sick?
 
        "Music (Similar to page 25)"
 
        ...
 
        GLADIA: Close you eyes ...
 
        BALEY: No ... can't stand it ...
 
p.57    "Crescendo and climax"
 
        End of telecine 5 and scene 15
 
 
 
p.60    Scene 17: INT. THE PURPLE ROOM
 
p.60    Scene 17: INT. THE PURPLE ROOM
 
         "MUSIC: Busy, high pitched note"
 
         "MUSIC: Busy, high pitched note"
 
         ROBOTS: Contact Dr Leebig! Contact Dr Thool!
 
         ROBOTS: Contact Dr Leebig! Contact Dr Thool!
 
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</PRE>
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note}}
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* 13. Removing the robot's arm (39:49.27-39:53.80)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 13. Removing the robot's arm}}
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* 14. Filler ()
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 14. Filler}}
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* 15. Crash End (42:47.64-43:11.38)
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<PRE>
 
p.69    Music: "CRASH - END"
 
p.69    Music: "CRASH - END"
 
         BALEY: You fool - it's a robot!
 
         BALEY: You fool - it's a robot!
        ...
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</PRE>
        DANEEL: Partner Elijah - the human is dead.
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 15. Crash End}}
        TELECINE 6: Ext Solariam landscape. Day.
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* 16. Epilogue (43:16.00-48:27.70)
         MUSIC: Tha landscape but in a sad, minor key.
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<PRE>
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p.69    TELECINE 6: Ext Solariam landscape. Day.
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        BALEY and GLADIA meet.
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         MUSIC: THE LANDSCAPE
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              BUT IN A SAD, MINOR KEY
 
         BALEY: I'm seeing you?
 
         BALEY: I'm seeing you?
         ...
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         [...]
p.71    GLADIA: I'm not afraid ... your hand ...
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p.74    MUSIC: CRESCENDO SIMILAR TO PAGE 9
        MUSIC ENDS GENTLY
 
        End of telecine 7 and scene 20.
 
 
 
p.74    (BALEY HAS STOOD UP AND STARTS TO
 
        MOVE THE SLIDING CEILING PANELS)
 
        MUSIC: CRESCENDO SIMILAR TO PAGE 9
 
 
               BUT INCREASING TRIUMPHANTLY
 
               BUT INCREASING TRIUMPHANTLY
        ...
 
 
               ENDS WITH A GREAT CLIMAX
 
               ENDS WITH A GREAT CLIMAX
 
</PRE>
 
</PRE>
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 16. Epilogue}}
  
 
=Papers=
 
=Papers=
* All of [http://delia-derbyshire.net/papers/#TRW6891Folder Folder TRW 6891], containing the rehearsal script ([[DD151706]] to [[DD152242]]).<ref>The play was made according to the later "camera script", which omitted some sequences present in the rehearsal script. [Colin Cutler, personal communication].</ref>
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* All of [http://delia-derbyshire.net/papers/#TRW6891Folder Folder TRW 6891], containing the rehearsal script ([http://delia-derbyshire.net/papers/index.html#dd151706 DD151706 to DD152242])<ref>The play was made according to the later "camera script", which omitted some sequences present in the rehearsal script. [Colin Cutler, personal communication].</ref> and the following:
* [[DD152306]]: Letter from [[Rudolph Cartier]] to [[Desmond Briscoe]] dated 2 July 1968
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* [[DD152319]]: Handwritten notes
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Image:DD152306.jpg|[[DD152306]]: Letter from [[Rudolph Cartier]] to [[Desmond Briscoe]] dated 2 July 1968
* [[DD152409]]: "MASTERS: LIBRARY TAPE 1" 1-18
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Image:DD152319.jpg|[[DD152319]]: Handwritten notes
* [[DD152422]]: "MASTERS: LIBRARY TAPE 1" 19-32
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Image:DD152409.jpg|[[DD152409]]: "MASTERS: LIBRARY TAPE 1" 1-18
* [[DD152445]]: "LIBRARY TAPE 2 - MASTER"
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Image:DD152422.jpg|[[DD152422]]: "MASTERS: LIBRARY TAPE 1" 19-32
* [[DD152500]]: Notes for sound creation
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Image:DD152445.jpg|[[DD152445]]: "LIBRARY TAPE 2 - MASTER"
* [[DD152547]]: List of musical elements M1 to M17
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Image:DD152500.jpg|[[DD152500]]: Notes for sound creation
* [[DD152604]]: List of musical elements M18 and M19 and notes
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Image:DD152547.jpg|[[DD152547]]: List of musical elements M1 to M17
* [[DD152618]]: Notes for effects M1-M17
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Image:DD152604.jpg|[[DD152604]]: List of musical elements M18 and M19 and notes
* [[DD152628]]: Notes for TK3, TK5, TK6 with precise timing
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Image:DD152618.jpg|[[DD152618]]: Notes for effects M1-M17
* [[DD152646]]: Diagrammatic scores
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Image:DD152628.jpg|[[DD152628]]: Notes for TK3, TK5, TK6 with precise timing
* [[DD152702]]: Notes "Tues 23rd "beautiful bird babies" technique/theory"
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Image:DD152646.jpg|[[DD152646]]: Diagrammatic scores
* [[DD152714]]: Notes
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Image:DD152702.jpg|[[DD152702]]: Notes "Tues 23rd "beautiful bird babies" technique/theory"
* [[DD152739]]: Schedule p.1 "FIRST RECORDING DAY: Thursday, 8th August"
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Image:DD152714.jpg|[[DD152714]]: Notes
* [[DD152748]]: Schedule p.2 "FIRST RECORDING DAY: Thursday, 8th August"
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Image:DD152739.jpg|[[DD152739]]: Schedule p.1 "FIRST RECORDING DAY: Thursday, 8th August"
* [[DD152807]]: Schedule p.3 "SECOND RECORDING DAY: Friday, 9th August"
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Image:DD152748.jpg|[[DD152748]]: Schedule p.2 "FIRST RECORDING DAY: Thursday, 8th August"
* [[DD152816]]: Schedule p.4 "SECOND RECORDING DAY: Friday, 9th August"
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Image:DD152807.jpg|[[DD152807]]: Schedule p.3 "SECOND RECORDING DAY: Friday, 9th August"
* [[DD081333]] in the folder [[The Living World]] is dated 30.10.68 and mentions [[Naked Sun]] tapes, maybe because it reused sounds from [[The Naked Sun]].
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Image:DD152816.jpg|[[DD152816]]: Schedule p.4 "SECOND RECORDING DAY: Friday, 9th August"
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Image:DD081333.jpg|[[DD081333]]: Delia's notes for [[The Living World]], dated 30.10.68, mention [[Naked Sun]] tapes, maybe because it reused sounds from it
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</gallery>
  
 
=Availability=
 
=Availability=
 
* Broadcast on the BBC on 18th February 1969.<ref name=wikipedia/>
 
* Broadcast on the BBC on 18th February 1969.<ref name=wikipedia/>
* According to the Internet Movie Database, "This episode was wiped by the BBC and no copy of it is known to exist."<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280975/</ref>
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* According to the Internet Movie Database, "This episode was wiped by the BBC and no copy of it is known to exist."<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280975/ ''Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun''] on imdb.com</ref>
 
* In the BBC Sound Archive on tape [[TRW 6891]]: "4 reels, master and makeup".<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6891]].</ref>
 
* In the BBC Sound Archive on tape [[TRW 6891]]: "4 reels, master and makeup".<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6891]].</ref>
* Three of Delia's musical sequences were renamed by the BBC in 1976 and released on ''[[Out Of This World]]'' (1976) and ''[[Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects, vol. 2]]'' (1993):<ref>[[DD073013]] [[DD073025]]</ref>
 
** [[Heat Haze]] (00:58) [[File:Heat Haze.ogg]]
 
** [[Frozen Waste]] (01:08) [[File:Frozen Waste.ogg]]
 
** [[Icy Peak]] (00:46) [[File:Icy Peak.ogg]]
 
* Six fragments have survived as off-air recordings from when it was broadcast, of which one contains the tail of another of Delia's sounds for when, "On the planet Solaria, Baley – after passing out through exposure to the planets atmosphere - awakens in a house specially built for him by the Head of Solarian Security".<ref name=Cutler>[http://www.the-mausoleum-club.org.uk/Index/Gazette/Naked%20Sun%20(The).pdf ''OUT OF THE UNKNOWN: The Naked Sun''] article by Colin Cutler in ''The illustrated Gazzette''</ref>
 
** The Naked Sun - Scene 4 [[File:The Naked Sun - Scene 4.ogg]]
 
 
* There is a reconstruction with the original sound on a [http://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-out-of-the-unknown.html DVD from the British Film institute].
 
* There is a reconstruction with the original sound on a [http://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-out-of-the-unknown.html DVD from the British Film institute].
* The audio from the reconstruction DVD is available [https://www.dropbox.com/s/js7e5n1xbzt37xd/The%20Naked%20Sun%20%28Audio%20from%20DVD%29.wav on dropbox.com]
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* The audio from the reconstruction DVD is available as [https://www.dropbox.com/s/js7e5n1xbzt37xd/The%20Naked%20Sun%20%28Audio%20from%20DVD%29.wav a 400MB WAV file on dropbox.com]
 
* The BBC Broadcast Archive contains a tape of the sound only:<ref name=BBCarchive>[http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/gallery/clip/2B00E8BFB_001.do BBC Archive page for Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun], moved to [http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/science-fiction-mystery-drama-the-naked-sun-by-filmati-di-cronaca/BBC_LDP9232W gettyimages]</ref>
 
* The BBC Broadcast Archive contains a tape of the sound only:<ref name=BBCarchive>[http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/gallery/clip/2B00E8BFB_001.do BBC Archive page for Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun], moved to [http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/science-fiction-mystery-drama-the-naked-sun-by-filmati-di-cronaca/BBC_LDP9232W gettyimages]</ref>
 
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=References=
 
=References=
<references/>
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<references>
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<ref name=wikipedia>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Sun#Adaptation ''The Naked Sun: Adaptations''] on en.wikipedia.org</ref>
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</references>
  
 
=External links=
 
=External links=

Revision as of 18:33, 18 June 2016

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Delia created the sounds effects and music sequences for the BBC TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's book The Naked Sun, directed by Rudolph Cartier for the BBC TV series Out Of The Unknown in which "Detective Baley must solve a murder on the planet Solaria, where reclusive people have their every need attended to by robots."[1]

It was filmed 23rd-26th July 1968 with studio recording on the 8th and 9th August and broadcast on BBC on 18th February 1969[1] while Delia's notes say it was recorded on the 7-8-9th August.[2][3]

Makeup

Three of Delia's musical sequences were renamed by the BBC in 1976 and released on Out Of This World (1976) and Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects, vol. 2 (1993):[4]

Heat Haze - Spectrogram.jpg

Frozen Waste - Spectrogram.jpg

Icy Peak - Spectrogram.jpg

Extracts

Times refer to the audio of the BFI's DVD.

  • 01. Prologue (00:33.50-00:40.00)
    Made with three copies of what was later republished as Heat Haze. The overdubbed burst of the Radetsky March is played as Baley enters the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C.[5]

The Naked Sun - 01. Prologue - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion (03:59.50-07:13.00)

The Naked Sun - 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 03. Making contact with Doctor Thool (09:08.50-09.36:50)

The Naked Sun - 03. Making contact with Doctor Thool - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre (12:59.80-13:03.50)

The Naked Sun - 04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 05. Dramatic crescendo (16:09.60-16:16:50)

The Naked Sun - 05. Dramatic crescendo - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 06. Gruer is poisoned (18:28.62-18:37.95)

The Naked Sun - 06. Gruer is poisoned - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 07. Scene change (26:02.00-26:04.50)

The Naked Sun - 07. Scene change - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 08. Contact with Doctor Leebig (27:46.00-27:52.50)

The Naked Sun - 08. Contact with Doctor Leebig - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 09. She hated her husband (29:54.65-30:02.32)

The Naked Sun - 09. She hated her husband - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene (30:02.30-34.04.30)

The Naked Sun - 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim (35:20.78-35:53.43)

The Naked Sun - 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note (36:15.50-36:40.80)
p.60    Scene 17: INT. THE PURPLE ROOM
        "MUSIC: Busy, high pitched note"
        ROBOTS: Contact Dr Leebig! Contact Dr Thool!

The Naked Sun - 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 13. Removing the robot's arm (39:49.27-39:53.80)

The Naked Sun - 13. Removing the robot's arm - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 14. Filler ()

The Naked Sun - 14. Filler - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 15. Crash End (42:47.64-43:11.38)
p.69    Music: "CRASH - END"
        BALEY: You fool - it's a robot!

The Naked Sun - 15. Crash End - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 16. Epilogue (43:16.00-48:27.70)
p.69    TELECINE 6: Ext Solariam landscape. Day.
        BALEY and GLADIA meet.
        MUSIC: THE LANDSCAPE
               BUT IN A SAD, MINOR KEY
        BALEY: I'm seeing you?
        [...]
p.74    MUSIC: CRESCENDO SIMILAR TO PAGE 9
               BUT INCREASING TRIUMPHANTLY
               ENDS WITH A GREAT CLIMAX

The Naked Sun - 16. Epilogue - Spectrogram.jpg

Papers

Availability

  • Broadcast on the BBC on 18th February 1969.[3]
  • According to the Internet Movie Database, "This episode was wiped by the BBC and no copy of it is known to exist."[7]
  • In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 6891: "4 reels, master and makeup".[8]
  • There is a reconstruction with the original sound on a DVD from the British Film institute.
  • The audio from the reconstruction DVD is available as a 400MB WAV file on dropbox.com
  • The BBC Broadcast Archive contains a tape of the sound only:[1]
Item: 2B00E8BFB_001
ID: LDP9232W
Title: OUT OF THE UNKNOWN: THE NAKED SUN
Broadcast: 18/02/69
Catalogue: LONPROG
Catalogue Page: 9894831
Item Duration: 00:49:32.000+01:00
Subject: Science fiction mystery drama 'The Naked Sun' by Isaac ASIMOV.
NB:ONLY SOUND REMAINS
Name: PATRICK, Roy; CARGILL, David; ASIMOV, Isaac (AUT); NOBLE, Trisha; HALLETT, Neil; LEIGH-HUNT, Ronald; STASSINO, Paul; MAXWELL, Paul; MULLER, Robert (SCR); ROBINSON, John; CARTIER, Rudolph (DIR); COLLINGS, David; JAEGER, Frederick; HICKS, John; BURRELL, Sheila; HARDY, Raymond; WEATHERUP, James (DGN); TAYLOR, Gerald; CHITTY, Erik; BROMLY, Alan (PRD); MARTIN, John Scott

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 BBC Archive page for Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun, moved to gettyimages
  2. DD152319
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Naked Sun: Adaptations on en.wikipedia.org
  4. DD073013 DD073025: Memo about renaming The Naked Sun effects for reissue on vinyl.
  5. Audio12, personal communication.
  6. The play was made according to the later "camera script", which omitted some sequences present in the rehearsal script. [Colin Cutler, personal communication].
  7. Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun on imdb.com
  8. The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6891.

External links