animusic
My 'newest' cool find. More 3D animation, made with love. Animusic! How can anyone not know about it? The director certainly has an eye for intricate detail.
"Animusic is an American company specializing in the 3D visualization of MIDI-based music. Founded by Wayne Lytle, it is incorporated in New York and has offices in Texas and California.
The company is known for its Animusic compilations of computer-generated animations, based on MIDI events processed to simultaneously drive the music and on-screen action, leading to and corresponding to every sound.
Unlike many other music visualizations, the music drives the animation. Other animations animate figures or characters to the music, while the animations here are created first, then will follow and play what the music tells them to play. 'Solo cams' in the Animusic DVD shows how each instrument actually plays through a piece of music from the beginning to end."- Wikipedia
I took the liberty of compiling a small selection.
We should really have such machines. A lovely fellow tries his hand at building one.
Pipe Dream | Pipe Dream 2 (with graphics shading) | User-generated live action video
How much math went into this exactly?
Future Retro
The orchestra-hit techno really does make it sound like the Jean-Luc Picard song.
Mussorgsky's Pictures@AnExhibition!
Promenade | The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga) | The Great Gate At Kiev
Heavy Light
Reminds me of the choreography in the Beijing Olympics.
We should really have such machines. A lovely fellow tries his hand at building one.