Yeah. But there isn't an ounce of theremin on it. It's
Bebe and Louis Barron using homemade circuits and
music conrete techniques with tape. There's plenty of
info (some of it from Bebe herself) on the internet
about it.
They had to call it 'electronic realizations" because
the union wouldn't have "music" played on machines
credited. The Barrons got blackballed in Hollywood
anyway.
mark
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jeffc@... wrote:
> On Tue, 9 May 2006, tony wrote:
>
> > Klaatu is a man like being played by Michael
> Rennie is the 1951 sci fi
> > classic film "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Gort
> is his robot guardian
> > who scared the wits out of me as a kid. Rent it
> and watch the b/w
> > version, as colorizing isn't as satisfying. Get's
> back to the
> > imagination requirement. The Theramin is used
> extensively on the sound
> > track and Bernard Herrmann scored it. The movie
> inspired a band that
> > took the character's name (Klaatu) and made some
> music in the 70's.
>
>
> colorized? yech.
> [thank goodness ted turner shut down his colorizing
> factory years ago...]
>
> it's one of the best film scores amongst herrmann's
> great scores.
> i have the soundtrack cd at home someplace, probably
> next to the
> soundtrack to "forbidden planet" [early synthesizer
> experimentalism].
> the theremin adds just the right "otherworldly-ness"
> to the score.
> ...sort of the way a mellotron adds something when
> used just right.
>
> it's brilliant!
>
> ...jeff
>
>
>
> > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/
> >
> > Tony
> > #510
> > I don't know the "why" part as the film is far
> superior entertainment than their music, in my
> opinion.
>
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