Yantra uses an edit of part of Henk Badings' Cain and Abel, an electronic piece.
Lapis uses an edit of Ravi Shankar's Raga Jogiya, from the Ragas and Talas
album, which was released in 1964. But I believe Owen is correct, the track
wasn't added to the picture until after 1965. But the Whitneys were definitely
enthusiasts of Indian music pre-Beatles.
A film I had previously mentioned, Felix Venable's Les angeS Dorment, from
1965, also uses what I'm pretty positive is a chunk of Rupak Tal, from the same
Ravi Shankar album. Must've been something about that album - was it one of
his first that was widely available in the U.S.?
Mark Toscano
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James made Yantra in 1955 and Lapis in 1963. Yantra may not have sitar, I
don’t remember.
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typo
oops,
i was thinking maybe Jordan Belson's films but i think neither the
Whitney's nor Belson used sitar before the Beatles' Norwegian Wood 1965.
owen
On May 12, 2012, at 1:32 PM, Beverly O'Neill wrote:
>Check out James and John Whitney's work.
>
>Beverly O'Neill
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>On May 12, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Ingo Petzke wrote:
>
>I am looking for films that use Asian music – particularly Indian sitar - on
>their original soundtrack. The earliest one I have come across so far seems
>to be METANOMEN by Scott Bartlett (1966) but I am pretty sure there must be
>earlier ones. All help much appreciated!!!
>>
>>Ingo
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