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= ''Thriller'' memorialized =
IN 2015, Marinelli sat for an interview with the [[BBC]], reflecting on his memories and contributions to Michael Jackson's ''Thriller''. Tom Baylor had introduced Marinelli to music producer [[Quincy Jones]]. Marinelli and partner, Brian Banks were hired to be stationed as session musicians working at "Studio B", at [[Westlake Recording Studios|Westlake Studios]] in West Hollywood for the creation of ''Thriller''.<ref name="BBC 2015 k223"/> In addition to bringing in three truckloads of synthesizer gear, preliminary duties consisted of briefing Michael Jackson on the capabilities of the emerging technologies and sound creation / programming. Most instrumental parts of ''Thriller'' were played by session musicians as sequencing and digital synthesizers had yet to be introduced to the industry (???)<ref name="Carr 2022 b760"/>
<ref name="BBC 2015 k223">{{cite web | title=Witness History, Michael Jackson's Thriller | website=BBC | date=2015-12-23 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p039z0n4 | access-date=2024-02-02 | archive-date=2024-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202204125/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p039z0n4 | quote = In 1982 the world's best selling album was released. Thriller included hits such as Beat It, Billie Jean and Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' as well as the title track. Witness speaks to Anthony Marinelli who worked on the seminal album.
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<ref name="Carr 2022 b760">{{cite web | last=Carr | first=Dan | title=The synth sounds of Michael Jackson's Thriller (and how to recreate them in your DAW) | website=MusicRadar | date=2022-11-30 | url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/thriller-synth-sounds | access-date=2024-02-02 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240117053822/https://www.musicradar.com/news/thriller-synth-sounds | archive-date=2024-01-17 | quote = Looking for a more ‘cinematic’ sound, Quincy Jones enlisted synthesizer programmers Anthony Marinelli and Brian Banks, who bought every synth available at the time and turned up to Westlake Studios with three trucks full of instruments.
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