Alan Parsons is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd cr...
I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.
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In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God, we're actually playing in THE Kremlin!
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The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.
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Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!
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The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur.
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Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.
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That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off.
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The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.
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I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.
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Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.
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I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.
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In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.
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I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
writer: "Eye In The Sky"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
writer: "Sirius"
The Simpsons
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto V
2013
Video Game writer: "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"
Cuéntame
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Mai caminar
2012
TV Movie documentary writer: "Compta els dies als estels"
La Marató 2009
2009
TV Movie writer: "Si em tens aquí"
Ànima
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Hi havia una vegada el disc de La Marató
2009
TV Movie documentary writer: "Si em tens aquí"
Divendres
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
writer: "Sirius"
The Education of Charlie Banks
2007
performer: "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" / writer: "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"
Beerfest
2006
writer: "Sirius"
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
2006
Video Game writer: "Games People Play"
One Tree Hill
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
L'anniversaire
2005
writer: "Eyes in the Sky"
The Sopranos
2004
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Undergrads
2001
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Flubber
1997
writer: "SIRIUS"
Donnie Brasco
1997
writer: "What Goes Up" 1978
Derrick
1990
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Miami Vice
1987-1989
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
WrestleMania III
1987
TV Special writer: "Sirius"
Unser Auto wird 100
1985
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Ratings Game
1984
TV Movie producer: "Pipeline" / writer: "Pipeline"
La vie au bout des doigts
1983
Documentary short writer: "Voyager"
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
1980
writer: "Voyager" - uncredited
Ice Castles
1978
writer: "Voyager"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Classic Albums
2003
TV Series documentary audio engineer - 1 episode
Im Schatten der Angst
1988
TV Movie music performer
Ladyhawke
1985
music recording engineer / music score producer
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
5-25-77
2007
Cruza la puerta
1984
Short
Game Over
1978
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alan Parsons' Art & Science of Sound Recording
2010
Video documentary
Alan Parsons: An Intimate Evening
1998
TV Movie
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alan Parsons' Art & Science of Sound Recording
2010
Video documentary
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Until the Music Ends
post-production
Himself
A Single Frame
2015
Documentary
Narrator
Rock N' Roll Stories
2014
TV Series
Himself
Night of the Proms
2013
TV Series
Himself - Singer
Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis
2013
Documentary
Himself
Fox News
2013
TV Series Himself
- Studio 11 Alan Parsons 'Eye in the Sky' 2013 ... Himself
Alan Parsons' Art & Science of Sound Recording
2010
Video documentary
Himself
Na plovárne
2010
TV Series
Himself
Classic Albums
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself
Michael Jackson & Friends
1999
TV Movie
Himself
Alan Parsons: An Intimate Evening
1998
TV Movie
Himself
The Abbey Road Story
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Tocata
1987
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Na sowas!
1982
TV Series
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1980
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special