The Barrons: Forgotten Pioneers of Electronic Music
by Susan Stone
The 1956 sci-fi thriller Forbidden Planet was the first major motion picture to feature an all-electronic film score—a soundtrack that predated synthesizers and samplers. It was like nothing the audience had seen—or heard. The composers were two little-known and little-appreciated pioneers in the field of electronic music, Louis and Bebe Barron.
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