The Making of Minutes to Midnight

The Making of Minutes to Midnight
Video by Linkin Park
Released	May 14, 2007 As a limited edition bonus DVD
Recorded	The Mansion and NRG Recording Studios
Genre	Nu metal, rap metal, alternative metal
Length	39:42
Label	Warner Bros. Records, Machine Shop Records
Director	Mark Fiore
Producer	Films Di Bovino Rob McDermott (exec.) Micheal Perlmutter (Band Interview Footage)
Linkin Park chronology
Collision Course (DVD) (2004) The Making of Minutes to Midnight (2007) Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes (2008)

The Making of Minutes to Midnight is the sixth DVD by Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007 through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Records.^[1][2]

The release documented the band while recording their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. It was included in the limited edition of the album. It also features the band recording some demos like "QWERTY", "No Roads Left" and "Across the Line", which were later released in the LP Underground extended plays and in the EP, Songs from the Underground.

Chapter listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	1:18
2.	"Introduction of Rick Rubin as the producer"	1:05
3.	"Writing of the new Linkin Park music" (Recording of Grecian (QWERTY Demo), Japan (Across the Line Demo), Fear (Leave Out All the Rest demo))	8:15
4.	"Introduction to The Mansion"	1:33
5.	"Comparison between The Mansion and NRG Recording Studios"	4:05
6.	"Recording at The Mansion" (Recording of Ebow (No More Sorrow Demo))	3:27
7.	"Drum recording at The Mansion and the studio" (Recording of the drumming for No More Sorrow)	2:30
8.	"Drums, Guitar and Bass Recording"	5:17
9.	"Elimination of few songs recorded by Mike and Chester" (Elimination by the other band members and Rick, Mike and Chester having fun upstairs)	4:09
10.	"Rewriting the songs" (Recording of No Roads Left)	2:58
11.	"Vocals by Chester and return to NRG Studios" (The making of Given Up, In Pieces)	6:40
12.	"Production by Mike and Rick" (Recording of Drum Song (The Little Things Give You Away demo))	3:35
13.	"Naming the Record" (Admitting that they are bad in naming titles by the name of Frat Party at the Pankake Festival)	3:33
14.	"Minutes to Midnight description by the band members"	3:09

Personnel

Linkin Park

• Chester Bennington – lead vocals
• Rob Bourdon – drums, backing vocals
• Brad Delson – guitars, backing vocals
• Joe Hahn – DJ, sampling, backing vocals
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass, backing vocals
• Mike Shinoda – MC, vocals, beats, sampling, guitar

Production

• Produced by: Films Di Bovino
• Executive producers: Rob McDermott (for Mad Mac Entertainment), Devin Sarno (for Warner Bros.)
• Associate Producers: Ryan Demarti and Trish Evangelista (for Mad Mac Entertainment)
• Edited by: Mark Fiore, Dennis Warren
• Additional Editing: Bill Berg-Hillenger
• Crane operator: Kendall Whelpton
• Directed and Filmed by: Mark Fiore
• DVD-video producers: David May, Raena Winscott (associate producer)
• Post Audio Mix: The Outpost Sound Mixing Company
• Audio Mix Engineer: Tony Friedman
• Menu Design: Sean Donelly
• Additional Graphics: Frand Maddocks
• Final Color: Filmlock, Inc.
• Colorist: Sam Dlugach
• Technical director: Linkin Park
• Motion Graphics: Dennis Warren
• Photography for package: Mark Fiore
• Art direction and design: Mike Shinoda

Band Interview Footage

• Interviews by: Corey Moss
• Producer: Micheal Perlmutter (for Almost Midnight Productions)
• Director of Photography: Mark Ritchie
• Sound: Todd Lotoszinki
• Assistant Camera: Jeremy Look
• Make Up: Karma Ritchie

References

1. "Minutes to Midnight (MVI DVD + Bonus CD)". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
2. Linkin Park - The Making of Minutes to Midnight HD on YouTube