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Film: The Dark Crystal
Album: Lateralus
Format: NTSC/Blu-ray PAL
Discovered By: SynchronictyMovies
Set Up: Start the album when the film begins before the Universal Logo appears. Repeat the album until the film ends.

Length of sync: 1 hour 33 minutes (Put album on repeat to cover movie length) 

Connections

  • This image from the album could represent the scenes of the Skeksis and the mystics getting energy from The Dark Crystal.
  • The word Lateralus is said to have no meaning as a world, one site suggest the meaning of it is. The Deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal and temporal lobes in both hemispheres. This could maybe refer to the two great beings the Skeksis and the Mystics when referring to the film.

Lyrical/musical connections

The Grudge

  • "Clutch it like a corner stone" - The Skeksis gathered around the Dark Crystal.
     

  • "Choose One or Ten" - showing above the Crystal on a viewing area are about ten or more creatures watching from above.
     

  •  "Saturn Ascends" - showing a planet ascending from clouds.
     

  • "The One or Ten" - the Skeksis getting the power from the Crystal.
     

  • "Desperate to Control, All and Everything" - The narration in the film mentions The Skeksis seek to be the higher power. Showing one of them as the lyrics are sung.
     

  • "Seeking Deeper" - As the planet disappears.
     

  • "Saturn comes back around" - showing a staff move across a star like chart made in the sand. 

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The Patient

  • The song starts as it fades to the next scene.
     

  • The songs lyrics kick in as the Skeksis are seeing their emperor on his death bed, for lack of a better term has become a Patient. 
     

  • "Startling the fearful" - The Skeksis surrounding the emperor. 
     

  • "This paranoid, paralyzed vampire, acts a little old" - The emperor refusing to die.
     

  • "But I'm still here" - this is sung after the emperor says "I am still emperor!".
     

  • The rest of of instruments kick in as the the emperor dies, literally falling apart. 
     

  • "Wait it out" - as the Skeksis look at each other after the emperor's death. 
     

  • "This tedious path I've chosen here, I certainty would have walked away by now" - showing Jen starting his journey and showing the valley ahead of him.

Mantra
Schism

  • "I watched them fall away" - as the Skeksis step back from a now shamed Chamberlain.
     

  • "to reach" - Chamberlain reaches down to pick up his clothes. 

Parabol

  • "So familiar and overwhelmingly warm" - Jan looking at the machine in amazement. 
     

  • "embracing you" - Jen listening to Aughra.

Parabola

  • "We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment" - the scene fades to Jens memory of his master. 
     

  • "Choosing..." - Jen choosing the right shard. 
     

  • I am not alone" - as the beetle like creatures attack Augrha's home.
     

  • "Twirling round" - A mystic turns around.
     

Ticks & Leeches

  • "Hope this is what you wanted, Hope this is what you had in mind." - as Jen is lifted out of the water by a creature. 
     

  • The music suiting the dinner scene of the Skeksis. 
     

  • The song picks up is speed again once Augrha pops out of the bag

Lateralus

  • The begining of the song suits the shots of the river Jen and Kira travel on. 
     

  • The rest of the instruments kick in as Kira sees something in the sky. 
     

  • "Let's me see" - after the lyrics are song it cuts to the bird like creature Kira shot from the sky, it shows what looks like something inside it moving. 
     

  • "push' - Jen and Kira push through some vines. 
     

  • "Feed" - showing some Podlings eating and drinking at a table.
     

  • "red and yellow..." - showing a Podling with Blond hair and a red piece of clothing. 
     

  • As a Podling is shown playing on a drum, the drums in the song are quite audible.
     

  • ​"I feel it move across my skin" - Kira puts some grass on Jens arm to heal his cut. 

Disposition

  • "Mention this to me" - Jen calls Kira over to look at something.
     

  • "Mention this to me" - A Skeksis telling a possible lie to Jen and Kira.

Reflection

  • "In my darkest moment" - As Jen and Kira are cornered by the beetle like monster
     

  • "and as I pull my head out, I am one without doubt. You wanna peer down here" - A Skeksis looking at the two from above. 
     

  • "So crucify the ego, before it's far too late" - Once getting cut Chamberlin pushing apart of the mine onto Jen. 

Traid

  • Although being an instrumental, a-lot of the moments in this part of the movie go so well in timing with the music. 

Faaip de Oiad

Second Play-through

The Grudge

  • "Clutch it like a corner stone" - Kira holding the shard. 
     

  • "Clutch it like a corner stone" - Jen now holding the stone.
     

  • "Saturn ascends" - As the planets along the send energy into the Dark Crystal. 
     

  • "The Damage done" - Jen sees Kira dead.
     

  • "We're sinking deeper" - as the palace falls apart.
     

  • ​"A stone" - showing The Dark Crystal.

Eon Blue Apocalypse

The Patient

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