Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official 4K Video)
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Thriller features Jackson with former Playboy centerfold Ola Ray. The video was choreographed by Michael Peters and Michael Jackson. It contains incidental music by film music composer Elmer Bernstein and a spoken word performance by horror film veteran Vincent Price. Rick Baker assisted in prosthetics and makeup for the production. The red jacket that Jackson wore was designed by John Landis' wife, Deborah Nadoolman Landis. At the beginning of the video, there is a disclaimer by Jackson stating, "Due to my strong personal convictions, I wish to stress that this film in no way endorses a belief in the occult." At the end of the closing credits, a disclaimer appears, saying that "{a}ny similarity to actual events or characters living, dead, (or undead) is purely coincidental." The video is considered one of the most influential music videos of all time as well as having been the most expensive video at the time, costing $500,000. US. Guinness World Records listed it in 2006 as the "most successful music video", selling over 9 million units. In 2009, the video was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The video has been parodied in other music videos, including "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Eat It", Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal", Bob Sinclar's "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)", The Boys "Crazy". and Beatfreakz " "Super Freak" and "Somebody's Watching Me", |