The father of the THX Deep Note was James A. Moorer, an employee of Lucasfilm’s Computer Division, a pioneering skunkworks that eventually sprouted not just THX but Pixar as well. THX was Lucasfilm’s ...

So famous that it has been sampled by Dre and parodied on The Simpsons, the THX Deep Note is one of the most recognizable pieces of computer-generated music in the world. Although it contains only one ...

You know, I've never really wondered where that THX sound effect came from. It's called the "Deep Note" and it's become something that's ingrained in most of our minds from years of going to the ...