Synopsis:

At last. At long last. Stanley Kubrick’s legendary film the way you remember it. Only funkier. Groovier. And far more severely dated. Drug use will be neither confirmed nor denied.

Intentions:

I decided to make this edit simply for the fun of it.

Change List:

The Funk Also Sprach Zarathustra Eumir Deodato Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow Funkadelic Friday Night, August 14th Funkadelic Fantastic Voyage Lakeside Standing on the Outside The Bar-Kays Funkytown Lipps, Inc. Funky Stuff Kool & The Gang Galaxy War That’s the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire Contact Edwin Starr Slippin’ Into Darkness War Mama’s Dead James Brown The Boss James Brown The Visual Changes /=Changed +=Added / Added film grain, scratches, dust, dirt, and bad, bluish, contrast to severely date the film + Added psychedelic background for the overture / Changed title fonts and texts / “The Dawn of Man” title changed to “The Dawn of… Funk!” + Added an “Ooh yeah” G-Major sound effect to “Dawn of Funk” title / Added a magenta cast to the prehistoric monolith scene for psychedelic effect / Added a green cast to the astronauts’ whistling noise moment for psychedelic effect / Changed “Jupiter Mission, 18 Months Later” title to “18 Months Later, One “Funked” Up Mission” + Added “Screaming Whoa” C-Minor sound effect after “One “Funked” Up Mission” title / Changed “Intermission” title font and text + Added psychedelic background for intermission / Changed “Jupiter, and Beyond the Infinite” title to “Funk. And Beyond the Infinite” + Added “Very High Woo” A-Minor sound effect to “Funk. And Beyond the Infinite” title + Added psychedelic background for end credits and exit music / Changed end credit fonts and texts

Additional Notes:

The biggest changes are pretty much just the soundtrack. I've replaced all of the classical music with 1960s and 1970s funk and R&B. However, a few minor visual changes have been made. I digitally threw in some dust, dirt, scratches, and grain to deliberately make the image quality bad, as well as ruin the contrast give it some overly blue color tones to enhance the effect. I have also thrown in a couple of psychedelic tints during the first two monolith encounters in the film. However, I didn't need to throw in any psychedelic tints for the monolith's grand finale, as it was trippy enough that it didn't need to be adjusted. The edit turned out to be 5 minutes longer, but that is only because of the intermission, overture, and end credits where the altered music ended up lasting longer than the actual film.

Other Sources:

For this edit, I used plenty of CDs for the soundtrack. The albums in question are: Deodato - Prelude Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... Lakeside - Greatest Hits The Bar-Kays - The Best of The Bar-Kays Lipps, Inc. - Mouth to Mouth Kool & The Gang - The Very Best of Kool & The Gang War - The Very Best of War Earth, Wind & Fire - Greatest Hits Edwin Starr - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection James Brown - Black Caesar Soundtrack

Special Thanks:

VarsityEditor GarStazi The Scribbling Man Malthus ...Everyone at originaltrilogy.com!