ARP synthesizer at “Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind”
December 4th, 2006
ARP Vice president Philip Dodds plays a huge ARP synthesizer in a sequence of Steven Spielberg’s movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977). In the picture, ARP musician Jean Claude plays the famous five-note sequence to communicate with alien mothership under the supervision of Dr. LaCombe (Francois Truffaut) and Ray Neary (Richard Dreyfuss).
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” won one Oscar for the Best Cinematography to Vilmos Zsigmond and had 29 nominations, including the Best Music by John Williams.