As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon, there was a competition running for any interested animators to come up with new videos for each of the tracks on the album. With judges including Nick Mason and Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam, Anton Corbijn, and Gerald Scarfe, the winning videos can be seen below. Other interpretations can also be seen on the Official Pink Floyd YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/PinkFLoyd). The following playlist shows each song, accompanied by a “Behind The Scenes” video, and all preceded by Nick Mason:
Just appeared this afternoon: a very short, intriguing teaser for the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s iconic album, The Dark Side Of The Moon. With its release in March 1973, it is clear that this momentous anniversary is not to go unmarked. As teasers go, it is probably one of the least revealing ever! Should there be more, we will update this story…
You might recall that last year, we brought you something a little different – a BD visitor had been in touch with details of a documentary he had put together on Pink Floyd’s 1970 album, Atom Heart Mother. Lee then followed up with another documentary, this time looking at Animals. He’s been busy again, and now takes a detailed look at 1972’s album, Obscured By Clouds. As with the previous documentaries, he treads some slightly different ground, and it is an interesting watch, with some interesting footage and pictures throughout:
