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List of tracks with samples from documentaries


Niagara
  • Samples two men having a conversation about the Niagara River from The Falls (1991).[1]


An Eagle in Your Mind
  • Speech sampled from On the Tracks of the Wild Otter, a BBC documentary from 1983.[2]


Dandelion
  • Dialogue from Dive to the Edge of Creation (1980) is used.[3]


Energy Warning
  • Uses a synthesizer line from The Falls (1991) [1]


A Is To B As B Is To C
  • Samples an interview by Pete Earley with murderer Thomas Silverstein, used in the episode "Behind Bars: Supermax from the A&E documentary series Investigative Reports (1998).[4]


Split Your Infinities
  • Uses a quote about FEMA camps from America Under Siege (1994).[5]


In a Beautiful Place out in the Country
  • Samples the voice of Amo Bishop Roden saying "Come out, and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country" from a 1996 episode of the TV series Mysteries Magic & Miracles called 'Visions, Cults, Alchemy & More'.[6]


Happy Cycling
  • Samples bird calls from Vangelis' soundtrack to the wildlife documentary La Fête sauvage (1976) by Frédéric Rossif. [7]


Pete Standing Alone
  • Samples birdsong and splashing water from On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983).[2]
  • The track also features a distorted voice sampled from a National Film Board of Canada documentary about Pete Standing Alone, such as Circle of the Sun (1960) or Standing Alone.[8] [9]


The Smallest Weird Number
  • Samples birds singing from On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983).[2]


You Could Feel the Sky
  • Samples a back-masked voice saying "a god with horns" from the first episode of the second series of the Channel 4 documentary series Desperately Seeking Something.[10]


Dawn Chorus
  • Samples the first episode of the second series of the Channel 4 documentary series Desperately Seeking Something numerous times throughout the track. [11]


Alpha And Omega
  • Samples a back-masked voice saying "I'm no Satanist, but if I were, I'd be in this business too." from an episode of Mysteries, Magic & Miracles titled "World of Satanism".[12]
  • Samples members of Heaven's Gate speaking about their thoughts before their mass suicide in 1997.[13]


Chromakey Dreamcoat
  • Samples bird calls from the credits of the 1983 nature documentary On the Tracks of the Wild Otter.[2]
  • Samples dialogue from the early 1970s anti-drug social hygiene film Social Seminar: Tom.[14]


Concourse
  • Samples spliced dialogue from Episode 509 of the home improvement documentary series Bob Vila's Home Again from 1992.[15]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Falls" (1991)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter" (1983)
  3. ↑ "Dive to the Edge of Creation" (1980)
  4. ↑ used in 'Behind Bars: Supermax' from "Investigative Reports" (1998)
  5. ↑ "America Under Siege" (1994)
  6. ↑ 'Visions, Cults, Alchemy & More' from "Mysteries Magic & Miracles" (1996)
  7. ↑ "La Fête sauvage" (1976)
  8. ↑ "Circle of the Sun" (1960)
  9. ↑ "Standing Alone" (1982)
  10. ↑ "Desperately Seeking Something" S2, E1 (1995)
  11. ↑ "Desperately Seeking Something" S2, E1 (1995) 6:49
  12. ↑ "Mysteries, Magic & Miracles. World of Satanism"
  13. ↑ "Students of Heaven's Gate Expressing Their Thoughts Before Exit" (1997)
  14. ↑ "Social Seminar: Tom" (1972)
  15. ↑ "Bob Vila's Home Again" Episode 509 (1992)

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