[sdiy] Essential listening? - Forbidden Planet soundtrack

[jbv]

Scott,

>
> I do agree that it isn't my thing either (music concrete).  I've got a VHS
> copy I snagged from TV years ago (they don't play these old classics much).
> An album of just that wouldn't do much for me either.  Ever since I learned
> how it was made, I wondered if anyone had ever done such things again,
> especially with modern day components.  Judging from the responses, I would
> guess not.  I would also guess that using this technique was a matter of
> accidental discovery and not by deliberate engineering design.

What are you refering to by "accidental discovery and not by deliberate
engineering
design" , musique concrete or early electronic works such as the Forbidden
Planet
sndtk ?
If you're refering to musique concrete, IMHO you couldn't be more wrong :
there's a huge amount of musical theory behind the works.
Early musique concrete represents an amazing collection of gems. After the early

70's, it became academic and pompous (and often boring).

Here's a couple of works that I consider like some of the richest electronic
works
ever composed :
- Luciano Berio "Visage" - 1961
- Bernard Parmegiani "Capture Ephémère" - 1967 (and all his works between
1962 and 1975)
- early P. Henry & P. Schaeffer compositions
- electronic compositions by Xenakis, Ferrari, Canton... from the early 60's

BTW, AFAIK there isn't any music theory behind Jarre, ELP, Yes...
And I won't mention contemporary techno...

JB