So Forbidden Planet is the first major film to have an all-electronic score. It was made by Bebe and Louis Barron who were not referred to as musicians so as not to offend the musicians' union and instead their score was described as "Electronic Tonalities". The sounds were created via circuits made by Louis. This was before commercial synthesizers existed. Early electronic music was mostly made with things like scientific test equipment, tone generators, home made circuits, or manipulated tape. #Monsterdon

There's a short documentary on their work available on Youtube

Forbidden Pioneers: The Film Music of Bebe and Louis Barron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM2lijr3OTA

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Forbidden Pioneers: The Film Music of Bebe and Louis Barron

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In synthesizers, a "patch" is kind of like a recipe for a sound or set of sounds. Synthesist Todd Barton coined a synth patch that many modular synthesists make at least once, named after the Krell in the film Forbidden Planet and trying to achieve the same vibe as those "electronic tonalities" by Louis and Bebe. There are many versions of the Krell Patch around. The patch consists of sources of random voltage and feedback loops

Todd Barton - Krell Music - The Patch
https://vimeo.com/48382205

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Krell Muzak the patch

This is merely a video of "the patch" so those of you interested can see the settings and blinking lights ;-) The audio on this video really sucks due…

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there is also a module called the Forbidden Planet. I have one :)

anyway i thought this might be interesting but didn't want to clog the feed with synth nerdery during the movie
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Eye, for one, welcome synth nerdery any time and any place Eye can get some, forestine!

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When I was studying electronic music in university we had a Buchla in the lab. It was amazing.

@RobotDiver cooooool

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An original too. It was so neat

@RobotDiver a lot of schools have forgotten amazing synths hanging around in closets
@forestine That’s awesome! I teach the Krell Patch every year in my synthesis/sound design course but had somehow never seen that doc!
@forestine Are we going to get the electronic music nerd special commentary tomorrow night? Sounds awesome.
@forestine pun not intended, but I saw it just as I hit reply so it's staying in there
@SRLevine hm that was about all i have but maybe i could make a krell patch for the occasion
@forestine fabulous soundtrack it is too
@forestine Because of that classification, the Barrons were cheated out of an Oscar nomination for their work. IMO they should have won by a mile (instead, Alfred Newman's "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" won the academy award that year).
Forbidden Planet (1956) – Ian K Tindale’s film connections

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@forestine i love all the early electronic music history doing the #monsterdon music countdown each week has exposed me to