Gate to Mind's Eye - O.S.T.

Thomas Dolby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1994)
• Original Release Date: October 25, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002L2U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  VHS Tape  |  DVD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,500 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The accompanying video (titled "The Gate") may be the greatest thing since Fantasia, but this one-dimensional by-product is less mind-blowing than mind-numbing. Armageddon is a poor KLF rip-off, the instrumental tracks meander woefully and songs like "N.E.O." and "Quantum Mechanic" are hollow echoes of Dolby's peak work a decade back on The Flat Earth. Jeff Bateman

Product Description

CD reissue of this 1994 soundtrack to the computer animation video The Gate To The Mind's Eye (one of a series of Mind's Eye videos featuring mostly instrumental soundtracks). Five of the tracks feature vocals from Dolby, Dr. Fiorella Teranzi and Tata Vega) while the rest of the tracks are classic Dolby electronic feasts for the ears. Wounded Bird. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Example of 3D Animation and Effects, December 15, 2000

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Tan Kwan Seng (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gate to Minds Eye (DVD)

I like this DVD... The 3D effects like waterfall, explosions, fire, water are top notch. The Quantum Mechanic "chapter" is my favorite... There is one scene showing "Hollow Man"-like figures and hands coming out of a surface. Spectacular! I wish I can learn to do all that. The music was clear and goes well with the motion (good synchronization), transitions, morphing and great beat. Good computer animated art with great music.

However, there are SOME scenes which aren't sharp as they should be... like viewing a VCD full screen. These could have been better, improved to more DVD-quality. Hence I give this DVD four stars and not five.

After viewing this DVD, I would certainly like to view the other DVDs in the Mind's Eye collection.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A winner!, July 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Gate to Minds Eye (DVD)

Based on the other reviews I thought I'd give this a chance - and
I'm glad I did. The music is fantastic - I would enjoy owning this DVD for the audio alone. It's not recorded in 5.1 or DTS -
however it you have a Prologic II receiver - the sounds are seperated nicely, and the affect is almost as good as 5.1 audio.
The animation flows extremely well with the music, and like most individuals who enjoy this kind of entertainment - it sends your mind in flight to the heights of imagination. Strongly recommended!!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece of 3D Animation set to Music, October 4, 2002

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Anomaly "Anom" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gate to Minds Eye (DVD)

I first saw this animation when it first came out in 1994 and was blown away. I wanted to share it so I gave the video away and regretted it ever since. I was pleasantly surprised to learn they had a DVD version I could now view on a 43 inch television system with surround sound.

This Gate to the Mind's Eye is a classic and part of computer animation history. I have never witnessed such a "flowing" of visual images done tastefully, capturing the human spirit, along with the music by Thomas Dolby that matches it. Particularly pleasing, pleasurable and extremely well done. One segment is superior to all others -- and that is the one to the song "In a Corner of Your Mind's Eye". It is unbelievable! A masterpirce of 3D animation that makes me wish they had a 3D computer animation MTV station.

How they bring you back through time making you feel as if you're experiencing ancient rooms of the Egyptians, Mayans, then looking into a city of few hundreds of years ago, and then bringing you into the future with "Quantum Mechanic" shows they are trying to encapsulate experiences throughout human history and into the future.

This DVD is so well done that in 2002 I cannot tell it was created in 1994 at the beginning of the computer revolution. All of these 3D segments are done with music. I was in awe of the mastery of the creativity behind these creations. It is the human spirit free to express itself in a flowing, visual form with music, never before as in this kind of medium.

Watch this DVD and see the human spirit soar with a sense of freedom, spontaneity and creativity you have rarely witnessed before. Until now humanity has only had static art forms and images, except for movies, -- only music could match the "flowing" of creativity and lift the human spirit to new heights. This kind of computer animation has changed that. It is the merging of music and visual imagery with intelligence that is truly unique and awe inspiring.

Thanks to Miramar and its artists and musicians for this wonderful experience into virtual reality it gave me!