http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron/ Comments on MetaFilter post THe Forbidden Planet Soundtrack by Luis and Bebe Barron Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:15:22 -0800 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:15:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbFAXhPlZMw" title="Also include scans from the soundtrack album and from the booklets of the ''Forbidden Planets''">Forbidden Planet - Whole Soundtrack Album</a><br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biqz1r2d_xY" title="In the Summer of 2000, Bebe was invited to be composer-in-residence at the University of California, Santa Barbara for 2 weeks, collecting sounds at their CREATE studio with the help of assistants. Luckily, by that time, technology had advanced to allow computers to mimic the analog sounds she had always loved. The following October, she brought these sounds on CD as AIFF files to my studio in Santa Monica, and I imported them into Digital Performer on the Mac. Over the next six weeks, she created her last work. As recording engineer and studio assistant, I felt privileged to have facilitated the composition of her final piece, ''Mixed Emotions.'' Almost 50 years after Forbidden Planet, though created by very different means, ''Mixed Emotions'' bears Bebe's personal stamp -- Jane Brockman, friend.">Bebe Barron - Mixed emotions</a><br> <a href="http://www.5chicago.com/features/may2012/forbidden-planet/index.html" title="The Barrons obtained MGM's blessing to work on Forbidden Planet (something of a nightmare project, with scores of contributors moving in and out of the production) after crashing a party attended by MGM producer Dore Schary in Greenwich Village. They were originally to compose some 20 minutes of the film's soundtrack or sound effects - avant garde composer Harry Partch was one of those attached to the project at one point - but eventually were given the entire show. Their creation was quite unlike anything heard before 1956 - a ''soundtrack'' without songs, blurring the line entirely between what we know as a ''film score'' and ''sound effects''. Hollywood's first tentative steps with electronic instruments of any sort had been limited to the use of the Theremin, but Barron estimated that 95% of the sound in Forbidden Planet was created using the Barrons' homemade circuits, built in a space that must have resembled a factory more than a recording studio. ">Elementary Electronics: Louis and Bebe Barron, Forbidden Planet and the Dawn of Electronic Music</a><br> Luis and Bebe Barron were pioneer composers of electronic music who collaborated with the likes of Henry Miller and Anais Nin before scoring the soundtrack of the classic science fiction film <em>Forbidden Planet</em>. <br /><br />For The Barrons, see also <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId" title="Married in 1947, the Barrons received a tape recorder as a wedding gift. They used it to record friends and parties, and later opened one of the first private sound studios in America. The 1948 book 'Cybernetics: Or, Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine,' by MIT mathematician Norbert Wiener, inspired Louis Barron to build electronic circuits, which he manipulated to generate sounds. Bebe's job was to sort through hours and hours of tape. Together they manipulated the sounds to create an otherworldly auditory experience. The Barrons' music caught the ear of the avant-garde scene: In the early 1950s, they worked on a year-long project with composer John Cage. They also scored several short experimental films. But avant-garde didn't pay, and the Barrons decided to cash in by turning to Hollywood. Their score for 'Forbidden Planet' drew critical praise, but a dispute with the American Federation of Musicians prevented them from receiving proper credit for the soundtrack. Their names were also left off the film's Oscar nomination. Union rules continued to be an obstacle, and technology eventually passed the Barrons by. Though they never scored another film, Louis and Bebe Barron, who divorced in 1970, continued to collaborate until his death in 1989. Bebe Barron didn't compose for a decade, but in 1999 she was invited to create a new work at the University of California-Santa Barbara, using the latest in sound-generating technology. The work, completed in 2000, is called Mixed Emotions.">The Barrons: Forgotten Pioneers of Electronic Music</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BarronSoundPortraits" title="">BarronSoundPortraits's channel</a> <a href="http://barronsoundportraits.com/about-the-barrons/the-barron-audiobooks/" title="Rediscovering the 1940's audiobooks of Louis and Bebe Barron">BarronSoundPortraits.com</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Rtt9_oXNE" title="Adam Barron talks about Anais Nin for Anais Nin @ 105 at the Hammer Museum. Organized by Steven Reigns. Adam is the son of Bebe Barron. Bebe Barron is, with the late Louis Barron, an American pioneer in the field of electronic music. They are credited with writing the first electronic music for magnetic tape and the first entirely electronic film score for Forbidden Planet. In 1949, the Barrons recorded a full version of Nin's House of Incest and four stories from Under a Glass Bell. These recordings were pressed on red vinyl and released on the Barrons' Contemporary Classics record label under the Sound Portraits series. They also scored three of Ian Hugo's short experimental films based on the writings of his wife, Anais Nin. The most notable of these three films were Bells of Atlantis (1952) and Jazz of Lights (1954). Bebe was friends with Nin in New York and continued their friendship when both of them lived in Los Angeles. Bebe frequently visited Anais in her Silverlake home and chose Nin to be godmother to Bebe's son Adam. Filmed by Ian Mackinnon">Adam Barron on Anais Nin's relationship with his mother</a> For </em>Forbidden Planet</em>, see also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diRx8nRk6e0" title="United Planets Cruiser C57-D lands on the planet Altair IV">Forbidden Planet - The Landing</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXfMjp2zqI" title="''Published on May 25, 2012 by Rinoa Leonhart - this is my favorite scene from Forbidden Planet, i believe it is the best special affects scene to come out of the 1950's =) the great machine filled roughly 1.2 billion square feet and had the power to transmit solid matter to any location on the planet. it was also what caused the extinction of the Krell civilization.">Forbidden Planet: The Great Machine <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYFr3UyVpRA" title="Uploaded by crosscheckmate on Dec 29, 2009 ''This is my favorite scene from Forbidden Planet (1956). The invisible monster from the Id is illuminated as a result of its contact with a defensive ''force field'' energy barrier and ''ray gun'' weapons fire from the good guys... Please! No f-bombs, people!''">Forbidden Planet - The Monster From The Id</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyRDxpqs-g8" title="Uploaded by Bargaintuan on Feb 17, 2007 - What the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet would be like if it were about five minutes long.">Forbidden Planet - TL;DW version</a> <a href="http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/536330/Astronaut-Suni-Williams-For-TCM-Movie-Promo-NASA-Forbidden-Planet.html" title="U.S. Navy captain and International Space Station Commander Suni Williams introduces Forbidden Planet, 1956, for TCM, from the ongoing Expedition 33.">Astronaut Suni Williams For Forbidden Planet on TCM</a> <a href="http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1114/Forbidden-Planet/videos.html" title="">TCM: Videos For Forbidden Planet</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoc69OgfMXY" title="Presented June 16, 1999 at the historic Los Angeles Theatre in downtown Los Angeles for a sold out crowd of over 2,000. This show preceded the screening of the 1956 classic ''Forbidden Planet'' and was hosted by Star Trek's George Takei. Special Guests: Anne Francis, Warren Stevens, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, electronic tonalities composer Bebe Barron and Robby the Robot!">Forbidden Planet Cast Reunion June 16, 1999 </a> And previously on MetaFilter: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/71501/Bebe-Barron-RIP" title="Bebe Barron, RIP - Bebe Barron, 82, Pioneer of Electronic Scores, Is Dead. Best known for the soundtrack to the 1956 sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet -- the first full-length feature to use only electronic music -- she and her husband Louis Barron recorded the film's pre-synthesizer ''electronic tonalities'' with electronic circuits of their own invention. She never scored another feature film, but remained active in the avant-garde music scene. posted by Chinese Jet Pilot May 8, 2008 4:10 PM">Bebe Barron, RIP</a></a> post:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.121310 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:33:24 -0800 y2karl music electronic electronicmusic film sciencefiction scifi ForbiddenPlanet Barron LuisBarron BebeBarron HenryMiller AnaisNin LeslieNielsen NorbertWeiner Tempest http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron#4646872 Autonomous self-destructing music machines are wonderful. comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.121310-4646872 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:15:22 -0800 sonascope http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron#4646881 <em>Autonomous self-destructing music machines are wonderful.</em> You mean like Keith Moon and Lowell George? Thanks for the various links, y2, nice post! comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.121310-4646881 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:43:07 -0800 flapjax at midnite http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron#4646964 One of my favorite movie soundtracks. :) comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.121310-4646964 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 07:44:06 -0800 kyrademon http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron#4647111 One of my favorite movies AND soundtracks. Thanks for this. comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.121310-4647111 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:26:16 -0800 charred husk http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron#4647194 <a href="http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=lyrics&lyricid=48">MC Frontalot's</a> tune <a href="http://www.myspace.com/music/player?sid=83591636&ac=now">Forbidden Planet</a>. comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.121310-4647194 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:56:50 -0800 klausman http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron#4652270 Brilliant use of the title attribute! comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.121310-4652270 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:34:29 -0800 Monkey0nCrack http://www.metafilter.com/121310/THe-Forbidden-Planet-Soundtrack-by-Luis-and-Bebe-Barron#4655126 Their stuff totally sounds like THE FUTURE. comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.121310-4655126 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:14:11 -0800 rmd1023