Stewart Copeland Rumbefish OST equipment

The Rumblefish soundtrack by Stewart Copeland was released in March 1984, accompanying the Francis Ford Coppola-directed film of the same name. It marks Stewart Copeland's first venture into composing film scores and soundtracks, which he did whilst still a member of The Police.

Initial work on the Rumblefish soundtrack took place during June/July 1982 at Tulsa Long Branch Studios (Tulsa, Oklahoma, US). Stewart had been involved in the film project since rehearsal stage, when he prepared ideas. Further recording work was done at Tres Virgos studios (San Rafael, California, USA) during March 1983, following The Police's Synchronicity sessions. At some point afterward, mixing was completed at Stewart's 'Worried Rabbit' studio.

Drums

 * TAMA white kit (Tres Virgos sessions)
 * Unknown studio kit (Long Branch sessions) - possibly Camco drums?
 * Pearl 5” x 14” snare /w Chrome overbrass
 * 2 x TAMA Octobans
 * TAMA 22” Gong drum

Cymbals (Paiste, except where noted - Tres Virgos setup): (Other cymbals yet to be identified)
 * Paiste 602 13” hi-hat
 * 3 x 8” 2002 ice bell
 * 16” 602 thin crash
 * 16” 2002 medium crash
 * 18” 2002 medium crash
 * 22” 602 Chinese
 * 24” Rude Ride/Crash

Drum heads:
 * Remo Ambassador
 * Remo CS Black Dot (toms, kick)

Electronic percussion:
 * Oberheim DMX drum machine

Basses

 * Henk Van Zalinge Z-bass
 * Fender Precision bass - possibly confused with Fender Telecaster bass?

Guitars

 * Fender Telecaster
 * 1978 Fender Stratocaster natural(?)

Synthesizers

 * Oberheim OB-8
 * Roland RS-505 Paraphonic
 * Roland TB-303 bassline(?)
 * Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

Other instruments

 * Banjo
 * Typewriter

Outboard gear
The following units were available at Stewart's 'Worried Rabbit' studio, used in final mixing:
 * AMS DMX 15-80 digital delay
 * ITAM Stereo 10-band Graphic Equalizer
 * Marantz 1040 Stereo Amplifier
 * Roland SPA-240 power amplifier
 * Roland SDE-2000 digital delay
 * Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo
 * Valley People Kepex II noise gates

Mixing consoles

 * Allen & Heath Syncon A - Stewart's 'Worried Rabbit' studio, final mixing