awepittance Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I am trying to make a timeline of some of the more important milestones in electronic film scores and i was hoping WATMM could help me. I cut it off at 1983 because i feel this is a distinct year in which electronic music was starting to be heavily appropriated by the mainstream and distilled into more crappy forms than before here are some of my favorites the Day the Earth Stood Still Assault on Precinct 13 Andromeda Strain Tron Logan's Run Bladerunner the score can have orchestral and other instruments besides synth, but id like to see some more synth or electronic heavy stuff in the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David R James Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 'Forbidden Planet' was a pretty good attempt, i get the feeling you may of missed it out for some reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Solyaris (1972) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 'Forbidden Planet' was a pretty good attempt, i get the feeling you may of missed it out for some reason? is that a pretty theremin centric score? thats one old sci fi film i haven't gotten around to watching, but i am tempted to so i can see LEslie Neilsin with non grey hair Solyaris (1972) i have not seen this either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IRARI Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 klaus doldinger's score for the neverending story (not the one with giorgio moroder) edit: that's from 1984, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David R James Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 'Forbidden Planet' was a pretty good attempt, i get the feeling you may of missed it out for some reason? is that a pretty theremin centric score? thats one old sci fi film i haven't gotten around to watching, but i am tempted to so i can see LEslie Neilsin with non grey hair Solyaris (1972) i have not seen this either Louis and Bebe Barron scored it. it really is an excellent piece of work. A must see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uptowndevil Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 score by wendy carlos (1971) and: (1969) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrx Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 loads of horror soundtracks like goblin - tenabre/Contamination etc... fabio frizzi's fulci scores Nico Fidenco - emanuelle an the last cannibals stelvio ciprani's nightmare city theme carpenter's halloween/escape from ny/assault on precinct 13 Moroder - Cat People/midnight express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 and this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 thanks ! some great stuff in here. does anyone know what movie or Tv show was one of the first to use synthesizers (not theremins) predominately in the score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 most tangerine dream scores are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 i forgot to ask in my original post, was a score / sound effects LP ever released for 'The Birds' ? not really a musical score but i still wanted to find a copy of Oskar Sala's synth stuff from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 thanks ! some great stuff in here. does anyone know what movie or Tv show was one of the first to use synthesizers (not theremins) predominately in the score? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2x5IKxmAQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 i was going to mention Dr. Who but wasn't there also something before or around the same time? i might be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 i was going to mention Dr. Who but wasn't there also something before or around the same time? i might be wrong there were a few Raymond Scott TV ad's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 oh just rememberd this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbdjx1MYPtc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 thats very nice, so if Delia Derbyshire was the first person to put a synthesizer score to a tv show , what were some that immediately followed? or just other stuff that came out before 1970 featuring synth heavy scores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David R James Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 The tv series 'Quatermass and the Pit' was scored by the radiophonic workshop before doctor who, well not scored but the sound was done by them. Also you had 'The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy', that was later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Bladerunner, definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pleasure Boater Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a real gem (well, the soundtrack) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Jerold Immel - Megaforce (1982) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpH1yMGxh5E Mike Oldfield - The Killing Fields (1985) - 1,000,000 IDM points for this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3KJXd6tAPw Tangerine Dream + Cheezy Overdubs + Tricked Out Motorbike = 80s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCItnKrXvMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gjHmEUiaxo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Alan Hawkshaw - Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World (1980) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUmeVJYzvwA The whole score is great, but the main theme is at 2:20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 tobe hoopers score to eaten alive is incredibly abstract and great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6LN0VF0RDM and lets not forget mick jaggers primitive moog score to invocation of my demon brother http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaA2i6-SaSs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 'Forbidden Planet' was a pretty good attempt, i get the feeling you may of missed it out for some reason? is that a pretty theremin centric score? thats one old sci fi film i haven't gotten around to watching, but i am tempted to so i can see LEslie Neilsin with non grey hair Solyaris (1972) i have not seen this either Solaris is a good 2001-Space-Odyssey-esque sci-fi film, bit excessive in long shots though, as are a lot of Russian films I've viewed. The music is pretty minimal, lot of drone, and it was recorded on an ancient Soviet synth (ANS_synthesizer) which alone is interesting. I haven't seen the 2002 remake with clooney (nor heard it's electronic OST) Forbidden planet is pretty impressive and notable because it does NOT use a theremin. And it's a very impressive, non-cheesy 50's sci-fi movie. Instead a very early ring modulator was used, one that preceeded Dr. Who, Buchla, and Stockhausen by years. RDJ himself mentioned the film in that BBC Radio 3 show he was interviewed on, which flew over the heads of the interviewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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