Echoes to 2001: A Space Odyssey - The Ape To Man Sync

Often musicians will sync multiple times to a film or find inspiration in different films. This is part of the reason that some syncs don't resonate with a viewer. The viewer is expecting that one sync to be the be all and end all while the artists may just be picking ideas up over multiple syncs.

Another Echoes sync to 2001 comes much earlier in the film with the monolith appearing before the apes. Key lyrics include:

And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land And help me understand the best I can

The apes touch the monolith with their hands. Some have theorized that the monolith is not just a beacon sending back information but works as a boaster shot of intelligence, making those that are fortunate to come in contact with the monolith smarter.

And no one tries and no one flies around the sun

The camera pans up to show the sun directly over the monolith.


And through the window in the wall Comes streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning

Dr. Floyd calls home, the earth bright and beautiful out of the window next to him.


And no one sings me lullabies And no one makes me close my eyes

Nothing much but one wonders how often the young daughter is on her own, with her father traveling and her mother out, left with a housesitter.


So I throw the windows wide And call to you across the skies

The call from across the sky is Dr. Floyd using the video phone to call home. This syncs to a shot of the phone charge with the old styled logo of Bell Telephone.


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