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Parks Canada - 1983-1984 Interlude Theme (Restored, Without SFX)
About this film
Television Spots or "Interludes" is a series of commercials, commissioned by Parks Canada and produced by the National Film Board, and aired on Canadian Television in the early 1980s (starting with the first batch in 1983), showcasing a national park or reserve, while capturing the beauty and essence of them. The most known ones are the commercials from 1983 and 1984 featuring a tune, composed by Québecois musician Alain Clavier. By the 1990s, the commercials vanished, and remained in Canada's subconsciousness. Fast forward to 2010, where Lo-Fi dubs began to appear on YouTube with VHS Footage by fans of the musician himself, and fast forward again to 2021, where only four of the 16mm film negatives were found and preserved on Parks Canada's YouTube channel in both English and French. What's missing from the collection are both the Yukon and Northwest Territories interludes, as well as the 30-second counterparts. So, I'm here to bring in this instrumental restoration project, which means, removing the sounds and ambience, and combining it with the other variation from one of the interludes, depending on the same volume level and quality as the other one. Most of the ones I used are…
Directors & creators
Parks Canada, National Film Board of Canada
Subjects
Parks Canada, National Film Board of Canada, NFB, English, French, Canada, Interlude, Restoration, Commercials
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