Tiny Music Makers Part 3: The THX Sound
"I like to say that the THX sound is the most widely-recognized piece of computer-generated music in the world," says Andy Moorer. "This may or may not be true, but it sounds cool!"

At one point, the THX sound was being played 4,000 times a day at cinemas around the world (that's once every 20 seconds).

The THX Sound was made by Dr James 'Andy' Moorer in 1982. There are various theories on the web about how the THX sound was created - some people say it was a Yamaha CS-80, others that it was a Synclavier. Tom (of Music Thing) emailed Andy Moorer to ask how it was really made. The short answer was "On a big-ass mainframe computer at LucasFilm".

Fascinating story here. Part 3 in a series

Tiny Music Makers Part 3: The THX Sound

Tiny Music Makers Part 2: The Microsoft Sound

Tiny Music Makers Part 1: Intel Inside