Christopher Lee’s Evil Laugh Competition Unearthed

London, United Kingdom: Whilst conducting the digital remastering process on his collected musical works, Mel Croucher unearthed a never-heard-before gem: An ‘evil laugh’ competition between Christopher Lee and fellow actor Joaquim de Almeida.

In the days when computer games came on cassette, Automata were well known for including music tracks on the reverse side as a ‘bonus’ for the players. The Games Collector, a UK-based company is now selling those music tracks as a collection on crowdfunding site Indiegogo. When it came to re-mastering the audio for Deus Ex Machina 2, the sequel to Automata’s most famous game, an outtake was found in the archives in which Christopher Lee - at that point in his nineties and recording one of his final voice acting roles – competed with Joaquim de Almeida to see who could laugh in the most evil way possible, with Croucher himself the judge!

Lee is of course remembered for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the classic Hammer films, along with other horror-based parts – including a memorable performance as Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man. No doubt it was from such unforgettable roles as these from which he drew inspiration.
Who won? Well, that would be telling…!

With the remastering complete, the evil laugh competition is included as a bonus extra on one of the five albums that make up Insπred: The Collective Works of Mel Croucher. Croucher himself is considered the father of the British gaming industry; at a time when most computers were being used to calculate the compound interest on the revenue from a year’s worth of potato sales, he was selling his eclectic range of games for the ZX Spectrum through eye-catching adverts on the back pages of the popular computing magazines of the day.

Interested parties can reserve their collection through the campaigns crowdfunding page at https://igg.me/at/pimania

A preview of Mel’s music is available on Soundcloud at http://bit.ly/2oHZlae

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