(watch in high quality) Sam remembers his friend, Don LaFontaine, who passed away suddenly on September 1, 2008. Don is survived by Nita Whitaker LaFontaine, a very dear friend of Sam’s whose voice can be heard on so many of Sam’s songs, including, “Change Is On The Way,” “War on War” and, sadly and appropriately – “Only Angels Know.” The world of television and film is silent. ————————— ONLY ANGELS KNOW: Lyrics: www.samharris.com ————————— Don LaFontaine was born in Duluth, Minnesota. After graduating from High School, he joined the army and eventually was stationed at Fort Meyer, Virginia, outside of Washington DC. He was assigned to the United States Army Band and Chorus as a recording engineer. After his discharge from the service, he moved to New York City where he found work at National Recording Studios as a sound engineer/editor. Late in 1962, he was assigned to a young radio producer named Floyd L. Peterson, who was creating radio commercials for “Dr. Strangelove”. They worked so well together that, in January of 1963, LaFontaine joined Floyd Peterson, making it a two man operation, working out of Floyd’s apartment. Over the next couple of years, the company rapidly grew to employ thirty people and expanded into its own building; a carriage house on west 57th street. Floyd L. Peterson, Inc. was one of the first companies to work exclusively in motion picture advertising. Prior to that time, most film promotion was done in-house …
-
Recent Trailers
- “Taking Chance” trailer
- The Haunting in Connecticut Trailer
- Merlin with Sam Neil and Miranda Richardson 1998
- Cast Away trailer
- Hounddog trailer!!!
- The Messenger Trailer
- Original Nightmare on elm street trailer
- THE CAR (1977, trailer) James Brolin
- Jeepers Creepers 2 trailer
- THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE – Final Theatrical Trailer
- FANTASTIC MR. FOX – Official Trailer #2
- Boys Don’t Cry Trailer
- Becoming Jane Trailer
- TRAILER – Adaptation. (2002)
- Steve Nash Baron Davis Step Brothers Spoof for ibeatyou
R.I.P don
@lebbing64 I SECOND THAT TO THE 1000th power! He does! We should start a movement to get that done! A Facebook mission or something!
@inFamousHero123 It was lol
He’s a legend we all at least once tryed to do an immpression of his voice
This brought tears to my eyes. Trailers will never be the same. RIP Don
maybe a little late like over 1 year after his death , but anyway RIP Don LaFontaine , alot of people grew up with his voiceovers etc… RIP
WOW, this man is amazing. I have seen other people do the voice he does, but they don’t even come close to what he can do. Movies will never be the same without his voice. I was inspired by his voice the first time i heard him, and after watching this video and others on youtube I’m even more amazed about his life story and how he became the voice for movies. My last words are going to be sympathies for his friends and family, and REST IN PEACE DON LAFONTAINE
What a wonderful tribute. I so miss his voice on the big screen. He is truly a legend. I never knew until now what a beautiful voice his wife has as well. The world won’t be the same without “the voice” of the movies. Rest in peace Don.
Don LaFontaine has presumably worlds most famous voice through times.
this man is a legend, truly legendary. he will be missed and movies will never be the same
They should do what they did with tupac…
Get all his recordings word by word and recut new trailers in honour of his spectacular voice..
we’ll miss you man, movies will never be the same without you!! Rest in Piece
Yeah, totally more important than M.J.
theyve already replaced him. watch ‘alvin and the chipmunks: the squeakquel’ trailer. at the begining they have a man with a deep voice who is NOT don lafontaine.
There is no way you can’t love this guy….a staple of all of our lives…R.I.P my friend
r.i.p
from Norway
true true the man is the only voiceover to touch our hearts R .I.P don
is it just me, or does Don LaFontaine kinda look like Sean Connery a little?
anyway, RIP Don…the world will never forget you or your magic voice
The man ( Lafontaine ), is worth a star on hollywood boulevard.
I never knew he was dead they really need to put important things like this on the news.
R.I.P. I Wonder What The Next Movie Trailer He’d Be Doing Right Now As We Speak If He Was Still Here, He Still Here With Us, In Pictures, Online,In Movie Trailers Ect. He’d Probably Up There In Heaven Looking Out Over Us All Doing Voice Overs For Us For Fun Lol. He Was An Awesome Guy.
R.I.P Dude.
R.I.P
awsome video. don was an incredible man.
haha, very humourous title. Only found out about don fonataine recently, and yet every film i like it seems has had a trailer voiced by him. Amazin….
R.I.P.