Theremin? no not at all Chris. Louis and Bebbe Barron used very early electronic circuits, mainly what we'd call these days as ring Modulators (in synth terms), these little circuits they would apply votages to and record the results onto tape and then splice the results together, and/or filter them, reverse the tape or run the output through another effect like echo etc. The circuits themselves gave almost random results due to the very high voltages being run through them, which had the effect that they would start to glow and eventually burn out....therefore the sound could only ever be produced 'once' (later they tried to repeat the sounds on Forbidden Planet, but the score really stands on it's own as a one off, live 'taped' performance).Chris Monk wrote:Great Film. Looks a little bit naff by todays standards but given when it was made it's really amazing. Wasn't the score pretty much just the sound of a Theramin?24db wrote:Forbidden Planet, cue Loius and Bebe Barrons ultimate electronic score
Cool. Well it's certainly very distinctive.24db wrote:Theremin? no not at all Chris. Louis and Bebbe Barron used very early electronic circuits, mainly what we'd call these days as ring Modulators (in synth terms), these little circuits they would apply votages to and record the results onto tape and then slice the results together, and/or filter them, reverse the tape or run the output through another effect like echo etc. The circuits themselves gave almost random results due to the very high voltages being run through them, which had the effect that they would start to glow and eventually burn out....therefore the sound could only ever be produced 'once' (later they tried to repeat the sounds on Forbidden Planet, but the score really stands on it's own as a one off, live 'taped' performance).Chris Monk wrote:Great Film. Looks a little bit naff by todays standards but given when it was made it's really amazing. Wasn't the score pretty much just the sound of a Theramin?24db wrote:Forbidden Planet, cue Loius and Bebe Barrons ultimate electronic score
and all Valve technologyChris Monk wrote:Cool. Well it's certainly very distinctive.24db wrote:Theremin? no not at all Chris. Louis and Bebbe Barron used very early electronic circuits, mainly what we'd call these days as ring Modulators (in synth terms), these little circuits they would apply votages to and record the results onto tape and then slice the results together, and/or filter them, reverse the tape or run the output through another effect like echo etc. The circuits themselves gave almost random results due to the very high voltages being run through them, which had the effect that they would start to glow and eventually burn out....therefore the sound could only ever be produced 'once' (later they tried to repeat the sounds on Forbidden Planet, but the score really stands on it's own as a one off, live 'taped' performance).Chris Monk wrote: Great Film. Looks a little bit naff by todays standards but given when it was made it's really amazing. Wasn't the score pretty much just the sound of a Theramin?
Mr BM sir,bigmoog wrote:sorry to be a bore but forbidden planet is the number 1 sci fi filum,
For the battle of Thermopyle exists another new film '300' directed Zack Snyder, Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.Hobo wrote:Mmmmm....300 against 5,000,000. Those odds ain't good!redziller wrote:I'm looking forward to 300 having been a fan of this camp little number
Yep Theo - I'm looking forward to that onebatman wrote:For the battle of Thermopyle exists another new film '300' directed Zack Snyder, Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.Hobo wrote:Mmmmm....300 against 5,000,000. Those odds ain't good!redziller wrote:I'm looking forward to 300 having been a fan of this camp little number
pic
