Aeon Flux - "War" (New Original Soundtrack and Sound Design)

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
  • New original music and sound effects created for "War", an episode of the cult MTV Liquid Television series Aeon Flux, as part of a student assignment. The assignment also specified that all sound effects must be synthesized or recorded first hand using readily available materials, including weapons and machinery. This video is presented to demonstrate the impact of sound and music direction on the emotional character of visual works.
    "War! Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"
    - Edwin Starr

Komentáře • 415

  • @MoonlightMothMedia
    @MoonlightMothMedia Před 2 lety +940

    This is one of my favorite of the shorts. I love how the "main character" just becomes whoever killed the last "main character".

    • @kickinrocks6055
      @kickinrocks6055 Před 2 lety +40

      It's a Bruce Lee parallel. Fight empty handed. Take the weapon of your fallen foe. Fight another. Take new weapon from newly fallen foe. Repeat. Maybe it was... enter the dragon? Dungeon prison break scene?

    • @badlaamaurukehu
      @badlaamaurukehu Před 2 lety +2

      Even the new audio?

    • @loredanamassini9484
      @loredanamassini9484 Před rokem

      @@kickinrocks6055 hi

    • @loredanamassini9484
      @loredanamassini9484 Před rokem

      @@kickinrocks6055 you Say Life s a WEAPON?

    • @kickinrocks6055
      @kickinrocks6055 Před rokem +4

      @@loredanamassini9484 no. I'm saying, know your roots. This scene is similar to a scene from Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee. But it been translated in a way, to be original.

  • @josephgover5072
    @josephgover5072 Před 6 lety +433

    Apparently using your tongue to distract people has no effect in battle.

  • @seanphillips2758
    @seanphillips2758 Před 2 lety +504

    My 6th grade math teacher was Ms. Chung, her brother wrote, drew and directed this masterpiece. Great to see it still getting love today!

    • @Nikashi4021
      @Nikashi4021 Před 2 lety +5

      NOOOO WAYYYY FRRRR???

    • @SmokesKwazukii
      @SmokesKwazukii Před 2 lety +5

      @@Nikashi4021 he is lying im sorry

    • @johnnyfountainS
      @johnnyfountainS Před rokem +2

      Peter Chung.

    • @kanikama9579
      @kanikama9579 Před rokem +1

      Oh the Chung from the Chung..

    • @PrvnCoke
      @PrvnCoke Před rokem +12

      ​@@SmokesKwazukii hes telling the truth, my boss was big chungus he was the father of them and would always talk about his kids

  • @idesmarch1
    @idesmarch1 Před 2 lety +199

    This is the perfect representation of my thoughts years ago. How many amazing crazy stories have never been told from war, because the person ultimately dies.

    • @SageLakshmi
      @SageLakshmi Před 4 měsíci +1

      History is always narrated by the victor

  • @justwannabehappy6735
    @justwannabehappy6735 Před 7 lety +544

    In war, there's no protagonist. Only a serie of future corpses.

    • @93003ayo
      @93003ayo Před 7 lety +38

      I call it the protagonist shuffle

    • @larrylovehandle8472
      @larrylovehandle8472 Před 6 lety +9

      Wrong. There were four war heroes in this short, each would have gotten the equivalent of the congressional Medal of Honor, and having heroes such as this is key for the success of any army.

    • @xxxshowxxxstopperxxx
      @xxxshowxxxstopperxxx Před 6 lety +23

      his point was that all of the people who think of themselves of good guys are only good to their prespective, war is not fought for good and evil and cannot be because good and evil are subjective and immaterial.

    • @larrylovehandle8472
      @larrylovehandle8472 Před 6 lety +3

      luke w. It's not about being "good" per se, but about defending your people, your homeland, and your way of life. By that measure, both sides could be considered good.

    • @ScottJarreau
      @ScottJarreau Před 4 lety +5

      That’s the purest explanation of this episode that I’ve come across 🤯🤯🤯

  • @johnvonachen1672
    @johnvonachen1672 Před 5 měsíci +45

    Someone puts their hand on your shoulder and says, "Son. We want you to make an animation. 5 minutes. You can do anything you want. No rules. Complete creative control." What a golden moment that was for Peter Chung.

  • @johnyesjustjohn
    @johnyesjustjohn Před 4 lety +250

    The Law of Conservation of Ninjitsu is in full effect: one cool guy can kill a thousand, a thousand cool guys can't hit the broad side of a barn.

    • @dimviesel
      @dimviesel Před 3 lety

      .....

    • @zalandercalander
      @zalandercalander Před 2 lety

      What?

    • @platypuslord2399
      @platypuslord2399 Před 2 lety +4

      @@zalandercalander The Law of Conservation of Ninjitsu is in full effect: one cool guy can kill a thousand, a thousand cool guys can't hit the broad side of a barn.

    • @vrindasugandhi1646
      @vrindasugandhi1646 Před 2 lety

      @@platypuslord2399 can you explain the last line please?

    • @tyrannicalchocolate
      @tyrannicalchocolate Před 2 lety +13

      @@vrindasugandhi1646 it’s a reference to how in fiction the greater the number of enemies you face, the easier it is to kill loads of them, but when you face one enemy, even if he’s the same as the group, because it’s just one guy he’s much harder to kill - if 100 ninjas attack an enemy they will be shown as dying in droves, but if just one ninja attacks the same position he will be able to dodge all bullets. Aeon Flux is playing with this idea in this video by regularly swapping the numbers of enemies back and forth, to the point it becomes noticeable and distracting.

  • @brettwyatt7165
    @brettwyatt7165 Před 7 lety +223

    massive nostalgia hit ... I remember seeing this when I was in my teens ... I remember the tongue ... and I didn't think they would get killed but they did

  • @LibertyandFreedom4
    @LibertyandFreedom4 Před 6 lety +122

    Ah when MTV was entertaining and Liquid Television was cutting edge.

  • @jonathandecker3183
    @jonathandecker3183 Před 6 lety +1000

    In a world, where leotards and submachine guns rule the earth, two factions of anorexia patients battle it out for earth's last remaining stash of dieting pills.

  • @hanchiman
    @hanchiman Před 6 lety +153

    I guess this episode is pointlessness of war, not to mention there are no heroes in it the moment you die, you just die and become forgotten in the battlefield.

  • @emogirl89allup
    @emogirl89allup Před 6 lety +124

    I thought the Aeon Flux main lady was suppose to be the main character, dead in the beginning lol
    I guess the show isn't driven by one character but the by each persons journey. i don't know...

    • @postshift19
      @postshift19 Před 6 lety +58

      Aeon Flux dies or is captured by the enemy every episode, but yeah, this is the only one where she dies early on and most of the episode isn't about her.

    • @rampant1apart
      @rampant1apart Před 6 lety +21

      She died so many times and she's back next episode and they never explained it ever, haha.

    • @Orange_Swirl
      @Orange_Swirl Před 5 lety +18

      @@rampant1apart The episodes she dies in are intended to be more of episodic what-if scenarios.

    • @Tigerman1138
      @Tigerman1138 Před 5 lety +3

      This was a movie, early short. She is just a small character in this movie.

    • @MahouHomo
      @MahouHomo Před 4 lety +16

      @@postshift19 In either season 1 or 2, when the episodes were still mostly shorts, it shows a Monican agent looking at a list of Aeons, implying she (at least in the shorts) was just an army of clones.

  • @wynfrithnichtwo8423
    @wynfrithnichtwo8423 Před 3 lety +29

    During the blackouts we just went through because of the winter storm. I watched all of Aeon Flux on UMD on my PSP. Was happy as could be hiding under my wool blankets watching the entire series, including pilot and shorts, plus seasons 1 and 2. I had not watched this in a very long time.

    • @Hchris101
      @Hchris101 Před 3 lety +1

      The ultimate media device

    • @olympian3
      @olympian3 Před 2 lety +1

      umd is like the holy grail of media format

  • @drlev7432
    @drlev7432 Před 6 lety +184

    More than the music itself I really admire the sounds of the gunshots, sword slashes, and especially the knives thrown into the throat part.
    Really well done man

  • @Finarvas
    @Finarvas Před 6 lety +49

    3:16 that giddy jump lol

  • @JonasPolsky
    @JonasPolsky Před 11 lety +241

    I think the world of "Aeon Flux" could be described as "Joint Punk", with its fascination and focus on joints and how objects connect.

    • @njnjhjh8918
      @njnjhjh8918 Před 6 lety +20

      and not just objects, the people and events

    • @badlaamaurukehu
      @badlaamaurukehu Před 2 lety +2

      Why isn't that simply just another Neuromancer?

  • @LittleMissSunshine721
    @LittleMissSunshine721 Před 2 lety +47

    This was very, very good. Felt like I watched a hour and a half movie in five minutes.

  • @sirgraveson4568
    @sirgraveson4568 Před 6 lety +77

    _When the admin enable infinite ammo on the server_

  • @metalgrimm
    @metalgrimm Před 6 lety +22

    1:12 the guy probably scared the fuck out of her because she can produce electric guitar sound from her mouth

  • @claudiafinelle7252
    @claudiafinelle7252 Před 6 lety +57

    I used to love this show. the movie didn't do it justice.

    • @ZacHawkins42
      @ZacHawkins42 Před 6 lety +7

      Claudia Finelle Agreed, now let us never speak of that abomination again.

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 Před 6 lety +3

      Claudia Finelle Understatement.

    • @ryanhawe8234
      @ryanhawe8234 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Well, Kusama's movie was a PG-13 linear narrative, so it couldn't help but be very different from what had come before -- but I do believe the essence of Aeon is in the film, and said film reminds us of what made her different from visual homages that came later such as Selene or Trinity.

  • @T-Jex
    @T-Jex Před 6 lety +106

    2:29 when you watch raiders of the lost ark too many times

  • @PhanFanMan
    @PhanFanMan Před rokem +8

    This is the kind of weird ass shit I expect to see from early 90’s animation. Like my god I have no idea what’s going on or why but I’m entertained regardless.

  • @-C.S.R
    @-C.S.R Před 4 lety +30

    I’ve thought about this more than a few times since I was a kid. Haven’t seen it since then!
    Still doesn’t disappoint, so ahead of its time that was!

  • @fun-with-purpose1436
    @fun-with-purpose1436 Před 2 měsíci +4

    The original music is still better, operatic and less Hollywood cliche. Made the story flow with less partial interruptions. But I love the people are loving Peter Chung

  • @eastweymouthchris
    @eastweymouthchris Před 2 lety +68

    Aeon FLux may have been the last cool thing that ever appeared on MTV

  • @jonathantan2469
    @jonathantan2469 Před 2 lety +7

    This is basically a large Capture the Flag multiplayer map with hundreds on each side...

  • @thezec
    @thezec Před 5 lety +13

    1:54 almost pissed myself laughing when I saw this for the first time

  • @derpingolatrouse9563
    @derpingolatrouse9563 Před 5 lety +14

    Watch the part where the swordsman gets shot in x.25 speed. There's 3 frames that are brutal as fk.

  • @Balrog4242
    @Balrog4242 Před 3 lety +9

    This might be my single favorite short animation sequence of all time.

  • @Wahinies
    @Wahinies Před 4 dny

    My introduction was on MTV Liquid Television. So began my love for desolate, harrowing animated content. Peter has such a unique style that melds well with sci fi

  • @austynrose2286
    @austynrose2286 Před 8 měsíci +3

    I can’t remember where I originally saw this but for about a year+ I’ve been trying to find it and I’m so happy to have found it again.

  • @Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P
    @Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P Před rokem +2

    DO You KNOW........How M A N Y (B) YEARS (B) it has been looking for this particular episode.......
    The beginning shots of Aeon Flux where she gets the rifle ( with UnLimited number of bullets ) shot out of her hands and the enemy troop shoots her - turns around quickly - to shoot the Other guy!!!!
    Many, MANY years!!!
    Thanks for the posting........now I can Rest!!!
    😉

  • @coryosborn
    @coryosborn Před 8 měsíci +4

    Phenomenal sound design here. Makes it feel real.

  • @JVncnt-mi9lf
    @JVncnt-mi9lf Před 4 lety +10

    ...Amongst the masterpieces in my life.

  • @roshinobi
    @roshinobi Před 6 měsíci +2

    Perfect illustration of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu.

  • @troygaspard6732
    @troygaspard6732 Před 5 měsíci +2

    On another level, extremely choreographed violence.

  • @aaronjanson5645
    @aaronjanson5645 Před 2 dny

    I stayed up so late just to catch these on MTV... back when the world was normal.

  • @Producelikeapro
    @Producelikeapro Před 8 lety +168

    Great work on the music!!

    • @cerumen
      @cerumen  Před 8 lety +6

      +Produce Like A Pro Thank you!

  • @potatochipjenkins
    @potatochipjenkins Před 6 měsíci +1

    I forgot how fucking WILD this show was. I couldn’t look away 😵‍💫

  • @NP-ek7dl
    @NP-ek7dl Před 3 dny

    Way ahead of its time ! Peter Chung you were a visionary

  • @noeyesnocartoons160
    @noeyesnocartoons160 Před 5 lety +8

    Cool style. Lovely. Reminds ghost in the Shell

  • @fawkes9370
    @fawkes9370 Před 6 lety +11

    The less you wear the greater will your protection be.

  • @mikidymike359
    @mikidymike359 Před 11 lety +63

    Excellent job with the music. I like how it switches theme and instruments depending on the situation,character and the "feel" that a certain scene has.
    Keep up the good work

  • @Velo.Muerto
    @Velo.Muerto Před 5 dny +1

    I will die on the hill that Peter Chung should do an animated adaptation of Dune using Moebius's original designs for the Jodorowsky project.

  • @jamesremington8056
    @jamesremington8056 Před 3 lety +6

    his hair is so epic his helmet cannot damage his quaff.

  • @mikidymike359
    @mikidymike359 Před 8 lety +7

    Saw this 2 years ago and I still come back to it

  • @Orange_Swirl
    @Orange_Swirl Před 5 lety +5

    1:16 *_HEADSHOT_*
    1:17 *_DOUBLE_* *_KILL_*

  • @VKDM8687
    @VKDM8687 Před 6 lety +24

    Wait....YOU did this music? How--what program did you use? You are very talented! GREAT work!

  • @sethleoric2598
    @sethleoric2598 Před 3 dny

    I personally love how the first guy is literally just zome random grunt,i feel like the other characters mostly have some quirk to them, like one is a ninja swordmaster and another one is a commando valkyrie lady, yet the first guy is literally just some random fodder who woke up and said "fuck it, we ball"

  • @user-js2tj7rg5j
    @user-js2tj7rg5j Před 23 hodinami +2

    Аааафигеть, это самый странный и самый прекрасный мульт о войне, что я видел! А звуковой ряд! это отдельный шедевр!!!😳🙄

  • @kavijackson868
    @kavijackson868 Před 4 lety +3

    THIS IS ASTONISHING!!! EAT YOUR HEART OUT GAME OF THRONE$!!!

  • @blastradius9136
    @blastradius9136 Před 2 lety +2

    I forgot Aeon gets killed off in every short lol

  • @adventurous3641
    @adventurous3641 Před 2 lety +5

    This is really quite beautiful, well done!

  • @danielalbertogomezcaiceros2952

    how diferent would it had been if DC Would it use and artist like this one for the killing joke, i think that this kind of animation improves the madness that alan moore shows in the comic

  • @bowman303
    @bowman303 Před 6 lety +9

    1:00 made me laugh so hard

  • @dustybunny6716
    @dustybunny6716 Před 4 lety +6

    I remember seeing this as a child years ago. Changed my view on cartoons forever.

  • @jsalaska2854
    @jsalaska2854 Před 3 dny

    Ahhh back in the 80s when guns had unlimited capacity, penetration and the hero didn’t have to aim. I miss them glory days

  • @ashbha4138
    @ashbha4138 Před rokem +3

    Weird, the characters always die exactly when you don't expect them to.

  • @sethleoric2598
    @sethleoric2598 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Love how Flux just friggin dies within the first few minutes, in fact, she dies a lot in these earlier shorts.

  • @acamsred
    @acamsred Před 4 lety +9

    1:25 was that a dead baby?!

  • @likeandsubscribe926
    @likeandsubscribe926 Před 4 lety +9

    The original music for this short was brilliant on its own, and totally set the mood not only for each of the "heroes" but for the whole show in general! Your soundtrack is OK, I guess, but I just couldn't listen to it, as I was expecting the original.
    What infuriates me is that THIS is the top result when I search for it, and no other posts on youtube have the animation with the original music!!!! Yeah, there are soundtracks posted, but the one for "War" only has the Aeon Flux music and the Monican music! I yearn for the over-the-top vocals and orchestral score of the Breen guy's segment!

  • @quillspill6742
    @quillspill6742 Před 6 lety +8

    Those guns just don't run out of ammo, huh?

  • @thENDweDIE
    @thENDweDIE Před 3 lety

    Man...(& woman) I remember this!! It blew me t f away back in the 90's...lulz
    I watched it when MTV was still somewhat MTV... It was so different so impacting...light years beyond anythingand ages ahead of its time!!! xD

  • @4luc42d
    @4luc42d Před 2 lety +1

    The legend of plot armor. If you kill the one with plot armor you gain the plot armor.

  • @M-E-G-A
    @M-E-G-A Před 6 lety +36

    It’s sounds a little less violent.

  • @stevengreen9536
    @stevengreen9536 Před 6 lety +2

    One of my favorite episodes. :)

  • @BONERDONER16
    @BONERDONER16 Před 2 lety +2

    Æon flux is a masterpiece

  • @houseofbryks_
    @houseofbryks_ Před dnem

    Having your teammates die makes you stronger so it's balanced.

  • @55S55
    @55S55 Před rokem +1

    personally, i think the original audio for this episode was better, but hey, good job for a student! :)

  • @musicvideosEM220
    @musicvideosEM220 Před 2 měsíci

    Dude this is Magistral!

  • @happy543210
    @happy543210 Před 5 lety +4

    guns never run out of bullets...i love the future!!

  • @davidbelen7199
    @davidbelen7199 Před 3 lety

    Dam yo... the music is real cool and all don't get me wrong what they did wit the sound track is dope. But the original takes me back, kinda like the songs u heard in highschool do. I recorded the episodes and would play them all the time over and over. I can't find the cassette but it was like time travel. The sound of the flute, the the echo of the switch when he swings his sword, and that metal door squeaky sound at the very end. It's playing in my head now and I'm here at home and grabbing my board and its summer and my crush wants to chill and blaze. Life.... Aeon, love it. Again please don't get me wrong. this was dope, and mad fun to watch I got such a deep conection wit it living it.

  • @waltzleafington363
    @waltzleafington363 Před 6 lety +4

    In the beginning, I really thought the guy was going to not kill her. I like how it ended. Also, the guys in black wearing very little only had two people good at fighting.

    • @DeathGrunt666
      @DeathGrunt666 Před rokem

      even though i know i'm gonna get stonewalled bc the lore isn't the point, I still wanna know the lore lol. Between the two factions, I think some are legit clones

    • @ZumbieGuy
      @ZumbieGuy Před rokem

      @@DeathGrunt666 haven’t seen the series in a long time but from what I remember, this short isn’t canon to the lore. There’s two countries, one where it’s an a very morally correct technocratic dictatorship run by the lover of the girl in the first scenes (Aeon) and there’s another amoral nihilistic anarchist society who preach peace (but actively try to sabotage the other country). Aeon is one of the agents from the anarchist society who tries to sabotage and destroy the other. They fight just to fight all the time and Aeon gets caught up with the fighting through her missions

  • @zacharyfindlay-maddox171
    @zacharyfindlay-maddox171 Před 5 měsíci

    I remember watching this on t.v. when it was brand new. First time I've seen this since 93 I think.

  • @Oggar0912
    @Oggar0912 Před 4 měsíci

    No hate, i love that you are helping keep this short on CZcams, one of my favorites! However the old soundtrack had this mystifying feeling to it, it felt alien and retro futurstic at the time. Im afraid it cant be replicated.

  • @werdna1969
    @werdna1969 Před 4 dny

    Peter Chung's style transcends time.

  • @Noobclock666
    @Noobclock666 Před 2 měsíci

    I think I like this New Original Soundtrack and Sound Design then the old one.

  • @savasolarov8424
    @savasolarov8424 Před 6 lety +2

    I love the music added .!!

  • @thENDweDIE
    @thENDweDIE Před 7 měsíci

    2:25 I luv how it seems like he's about to get Indiana Jonesed...but...xD

  • @paulgrove1407
    @paulgrove1407 Před 3 dny

    Time for a rewatch

  • @greendude7650
    @greendude7650 Před rokem

    Me living in that world.
    "What's wrong with you people you got a death wish or something... nevermind actually..."

  • @callen8908
    @callen8908 Před 12 dny

    Only animation can create ectomorphic super agents like these

  • @garcia207
    @garcia207 Před rokem +1

    This gives me Heavy Metal vibes.

  • @felci0s
    @felci0s Před 4 lety +4

    Even If I didn't see the original I can tell that you did a great job explecially from the music part

  • @johnnyfountainS
    @johnnyfountainS Před rokem +1

    The Ninja guy with a daughter was cool. Swordsman with a long pony tail.

  • @carrotsandcucumbers8214
    @carrotsandcucumbers8214 Před 3 lety +3

    back when Aeon Flux isn't just about the Monican female spy and Trevor Goodchild.

  • @GabePickles3837
    @GabePickles3837 Před 3 lety +1

    1:08 Okay, that is fucking hilarious. XD

  • @thenathanimal2909
    @thenathanimal2909 Před 3 dny

    LoL this was so ridiculous, love it.

  • @dorogigabor8656
    @dorogigabor8656 Před 6 lety +1

    Genial story and style!!! VERY GOOD! :)

  • @terciofelipeoliveirafrance2228

    1:14, damn this is no simp

  • @jarredbell4455
    @jarredbell4455 Před 4 lety +2

    IN A WORLD, WHERE THERE ARE 8 JAN MICHAEL VINCENTS.....

  • @Themuseemporium
    @Themuseemporium Před 2 lety +1

    Incredible.

  • @Queequeg61
    @Queequeg61 Před 2 dny +1

    Did she get up in the morning and decide that was what she was going to wear?

  • @Dear1Stupit1Dog
    @Dear1Stupit1Dog Před 4 lety +4

    Capture the flag in a nutshell

  • @johnhancock2574
    @johnhancock2574 Před 5 lety +2

    Any way to listen to the music? Its awesome

  • @velorum92
    @velorum92 Před rokem

    4:00 Snake, what happend?! Snake?! SNAAAAAKE!

  • @Galdenberry_Lamphuck
    @Galdenberry_Lamphuck Před 6 lety +2

    Handsome jack is so based off the first dude

  • @steelguru
    @steelguru Před 2 lety

    I first saw this in Target. An employee had in playing on a TV in the electronics area.

  • @BaronVonMott
    @BaronVonMott Před 2 dny

    A world where plot armour is more widely available but much less effective 😂

  • @fwub
    @fwub Před 11 lety +2

    Good job! Fits it perfectly.