2257 Louis and Bebe Barron - Main Titles (Overture) from Forbidden Planet
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| From: Forbidden Planet (Soundtrack); Year: 1956; Genre: Electronic |
This is a film that not only many remember, but was would also have a profound impact on most sci-fi to come out after. One of the more interesting parts of this film was that it is credited as being the first film with a totally electronic score. Inventors and composers Louis and Bebe Barron actually created the electronic devices, or instruments that made the sound. To get an idea of how big this was you have to remember, this was almost a decade before synthesizers were even invented.
Hear Forbidden Planet Main Titles (Overture) on YouTube.
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Forbidden Planet was another one of those movies I first saw on that low-grade premium cable service I used to talk about a lot.
ReplyDeleteI watched it again a few years ago. Just to remind myself that Leslie Nielsen was in fact young at one point and didn't always do goofball comedies.
Yeah, it was rare to see him in a serious role after "Airplane." He played the straight-laced goofball very well, God rest that funny man's soul.
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