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The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Official Music Video)

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The official music video for The Chemical Brothers' Star Guitar, directed by Michel Gondry. Visuals of a passing landscape are synced to elements of the music.

Brought up as the reference point whenever something shows visuals tightly synced to music or train-ride scenery.

Music performance & songsAnimation & visual effects#michelgondry#chemicalbrothers#musicsync#visuals

5 comments from Hacker News

@twic2025-03 · in “Kylie Minogue song about a typeface”

That's Gondry at his most Gondryesque. There are connected themes in some of his other music videos: The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar ▶ this video The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be link Daft Punk - Around The World link The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button - link

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@flobosg2021-03 · in “This Music Video Does Not Exist [video]”

The syncing of the visuals to the music brings to mind the video for The Chemical Brothers’ Star Guitar: ▶ this video

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@Kimitri2021-02 · in “Cab Ride: Drive a train, forever, through a dreamlike land”

Reminds me of the music video for Star Guitar by the Chemical Brothers: ▶ this video The game looks really beautiful and I would not have guessed it’s running on Pico-8. Wonderful!

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@monocasa2017-05 · in “Music video showcasing procedurally generated graphics [video]”

Neat. Reminds me of Star Guitar's music video, which I assume was just done by hand in After Effects or something. ▶ this video

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@danmatan2013-09 · in “London to Brighton train ride, 1953-2013 [video]”

And of course, the video for the song, which might explain its choice: Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar ▶ this video

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