Well, besides the language and the typeface, the other element of this sequence at the beginning of Blade Runner that makes it so special is the accompanying score by Vangelis, and the sound effects that start with twinkling computer notes and gradually build in volume to explosions and the whoosh of futuristic vehicles. It effectively immerses viewers into this incredible world and story.
It was only a few months back that I found out that Vangelis couldn't read or write music notation. He would just improv play and record on a tape, recording additional parts and mixing as needed. If he needed to have other musicians involved, then he would hire someone to listen back and write down the notation.
Considering he recorded something like 35 albums, he was doing something right.
You might be surprised at how many famous professional musicians don't read music notation. Outside of the classical world, session work, and jazz fake-books, it's far from de rigueur.
John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, of Sex Pistols (amongst others) often said his Punk movement was as much a protest against the Prog Rock musical elite as it was a movement against other norms. He would say that you didn’t even need to learn to play an instrument to be able to make music with it.
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Considering he recorded something like 35 albums, he was doing something right.
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"It doesn't matter if people know what they are doing, if they can just do it intuitively"
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