Louis & Bebe Barron

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Louis & Bebe Barron · Louis and Bebe Barron were a married couple with their own electronic studio in New York. There they experimented with tape recorders and home-built circuits. They also worked on tape pieces by John Cage. Louis built electronic circuits that made sounds until they burned out. Bebe and he recorded these and processed them with reverb, echo, filters and tape manipulation. With this technique they made the soundtrack for Forbidden Planet (1956) for MGM. It was the first fully electronic film score, years before the synthesizers of Moog and Buchla. Because they were not members of the musicians' union, their work was credited as 'electronic tonalities' and could not compete for an Oscar.

Listening

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  Main Titles (Overture) · Louis and Bebe Barron, 1956
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  Ancient Krell Music · Louis and Bebe Barron, 1956
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  Battle with Invisible Monster · Louis and Bebe Barron, 1956

Discography

Studio albums

• 1976Forbidden Planet (soundtrack)

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 5^NL Reader

See also

• Theremin, tape and electronic pioneers