The origins of electronic music in cinema go back to the first half of the 20th century. This mix is a homage to some of those moments.It begins with a 1930s Pathé archive example of an early version of what would become a synthesizer, before moving into Dmitri Shostakovich’s first use of theremin on screen in the 1931’s Alone, directed by Grigori Kozintsev. Originally a silent film, Alone gained a soundtrack by Shostakovich just before release once film sound was made available in Russia. Bernard Herrmann’s iconic use of the theremin in The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) has a wonderful moment in this mix wherein we hear the studio sketches of this score’s creation. Taken from the 2018 reissue of the score, this recording presents studio outtakes and rehearsal moments during the production. Herrmann can be heard in the background prompting different actions from his orchestra.
- 3/28/2022
- MUBI
By Darren Allison
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes
Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic and London Music Works, this comprehensive 6 CD collection features music from the latest Sci-Fi blockbusters; from Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Blade Runner 2049, all the way back to 1950s classics The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.
This release brings together the best selection of science fiction music spanning almost a century, through a thorough overview of musical styles, themes and techniques. It spotlights music from Hollywood heavyweights and classically trained legends, electronic experimenters (Bebe & Louis Barron, Vangelis) and jazz-influenced composers to the new generation, who combine orchestral sounds with electronics
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes is released in both physical and digital format on 31st August 2018.
The Invasion
Don Harper’s soundtrack to the 8-part Doctor Who story The Invasion was made and transmitted in 1968 starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes
Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic and London Music Works, this comprehensive 6 CD collection features music from the latest Sci-Fi blockbusters; from Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Blade Runner 2049, all the way back to 1950s classics The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.
This release brings together the best selection of science fiction music spanning almost a century, through a thorough overview of musical styles, themes and techniques. It spotlights music from Hollywood heavyweights and classically trained legends, electronic experimenters (Bebe & Louis Barron, Vangelis) and jazz-influenced composers to the new generation, who combine orchestral sounds with electronics
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes is released in both physical and digital format on 31st August 2018.
The Invasion
Don Harper’s soundtrack to the 8-part Doctor Who story The Invasion was made and transmitted in 1968 starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.
- 8/22/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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The Yeti attack at Covent Garden in recently recovered Doctor Who episode, The Web Of Fear, is a masterwork. Here's why...
The Web Of Fear was commissioned after a positive response to The Abominable Snowmen by then Story Editor (soon-to-be Producer) Peter Bryant, with the intention that it would close out Doctor Who’s fifth season. Rewrites for Fury From The Deep resulted in it becoming the penultimate story (one of many variables that resulted in Nicholas Courtney playing the role of Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart). Previously available as an audio soundtrack narrated by Fraser Hines, the film of The Web Of Fear was returned to the BBC archives in 2013.
I first experienced The Web Of Fear as a Target Novelisation at some point in the Nineties (I can’t remember if it was in Uddingston Library – so many Targets, so many Asterix books – or my primary school’s...
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The Yeti attack at Covent Garden in recently recovered Doctor Who episode, The Web Of Fear, is a masterwork. Here's why...
The Web Of Fear was commissioned after a positive response to The Abominable Snowmen by then Story Editor (soon-to-be Producer) Peter Bryant, with the intention that it would close out Doctor Who’s fifth season. Rewrites for Fury From The Deep resulted in it becoming the penultimate story (one of many variables that resulted in Nicholas Courtney playing the role of Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart). Previously available as an audio soundtrack narrated by Fraser Hines, the film of The Web Of Fear was returned to the BBC archives in 2013.
I first experienced The Web Of Fear as a Target Novelisation at some point in the Nineties (I can’t remember if it was in Uddingston Library – so many Targets, so many Asterix books – or my primary school’s...
- 1/19/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Special Mention: Spirits Of The Dead (Histoires extraordinaires)
Written and directed by Federico Fellini (segment “Toby Dammit”), Louis Malle (segment “William Wilson”), Roger Vadim (segment “Metzengerstein”)
France, 1968
The first thing you should notice is the three directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, and Roger Vadim. Secondly, take notice of the cast, which includes Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp, Salvo Randone, James Robertson Justice, Françoise Prévost and Marlène Alexandre. Spirits Of The Dead is an adaptation of three Edgar Allan Poe stories, one of which demands to be seen.
The first segment of the film, Vadim’s “Metzgengerstein”, is unfortunately the least impressive, but is still great in its own right, and features a marvelous performance by Jane Fonda. Malle’s segment, which is the second of the three, turns Edgar Allan Poe’s 1839 story into an engrossing study in cruelty and sadism. This episode is an engaging enough entry,...
Written and directed by Federico Fellini (segment “Toby Dammit”), Louis Malle (segment “William Wilson”), Roger Vadim (segment “Metzengerstein”)
France, 1968
The first thing you should notice is the three directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, and Roger Vadim. Secondly, take notice of the cast, which includes Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp, Salvo Randone, James Robertson Justice, Françoise Prévost and Marlène Alexandre. Spirits Of The Dead is an adaptation of three Edgar Allan Poe stories, one of which demands to be seen.
The first segment of the film, Vadim’s “Metzgengerstein”, is unfortunately the least impressive, but is still great in its own right, and features a marvelous performance by Jane Fonda. Malle’s segment, which is the second of the three, turns Edgar Allan Poe’s 1839 story into an engrossing study in cruelty and sadism. This episode is an engaging enough entry,...
- 10/27/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
Digital Spy presents Doctor Who Week - seven days of special features celebrating the return of the world's favourite sci-fi series, and the arrival of a brand new Doctor - on August 23.
You don't need a classic theme for a great TV show, but as programmes from M*A*S*H and The X-Files to The Wire and Buffy The Vampire Slayer have shown, it certainly doesn't hurt.
Below, we take a look at the history of the revolutionary Doctor Who theme and also explore how the show has intertwined with the wider world of pop.
'Doctor Who Theme' [Original Version] - The Radiophonic Workshop (1963)
"Did I write that?" Ron Grainer apparently asked on hearing the completed version of the original theme crafted by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop. "Most of it," Delia Derbyshire kindly replied.
Grainer attempted to get Derbyshire a co-writing credit but the policy of the time was to keep Workshop members anonymous,...
You don't need a classic theme for a great TV show, but as programmes from M*A*S*H and The X-Files to The Wire and Buffy The Vampire Slayer have shown, it certainly doesn't hurt.
Below, we take a look at the history of the revolutionary Doctor Who theme and also explore how the show has intertwined with the wider world of pop.
'Doctor Who Theme' [Original Version] - The Radiophonic Workshop (1963)
"Did I write that?" Ron Grainer apparently asked on hearing the completed version of the original theme crafted by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop. "Most of it," Delia Derbyshire kindly replied.
Grainer attempted to get Derbyshire a co-writing credit but the policy of the time was to keep Workshop members anonymous,...
- 8/19/2014
- Digital Spy
On this Check This is the short documentary 'The Delian Mode' about the genius behind the Doctor Who theme song Delia Derbyshire.
The Delian Mode is a a short experimental documentary revolving around the life and work of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, best known for her groundbreaking sound treatment of the Doctor Who theme music. A collage of sound and image created in the spirit of Derbyshire’s unique approach to audio creation and manipulation, this film illuminates such soundscapes onscreen while paying tribute to a woman whose work has influenced electronic musicians for decades.
The film features interviews with Brian Hodgson and Dick Mills of the now defunct BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the founder of Electronic Music Studios Peter Zinovieff, musicians Peter Kember (Sonic Boom), Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Ann Shenton (Add N to X) as well as other friends and colleagues of Delia.
For info on Delia Derbyshire Day 2014 head here.
The Delian Mode is a a short experimental documentary revolving around the life and work of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, best known for her groundbreaking sound treatment of the Doctor Who theme music. A collage of sound and image created in the spirit of Derbyshire’s unique approach to audio creation and manipulation, this film illuminates such soundscapes onscreen while paying tribute to a woman whose work has influenced electronic musicians for decades.
The film features interviews with Brian Hodgson and Dick Mills of the now defunct BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the founder of Electronic Music Studios Peter Zinovieff, musicians Peter Kember (Sonic Boom), Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Ann Shenton (Add N to X) as well as other friends and colleagues of Delia.
For info on Delia Derbyshire Day 2014 head here.
- 4/11/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Alex Skerratt is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
This is music to our ears – Silva Screen have been nominated for an award from the International Film Music Critics Association! The recognition comes after its hugely successful release of Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Celebration, which features 129 tracks cherry-picked from the series’ rich history, including contributions from Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson and
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This is music to our ears – Silva Screen have been nominated for an award from the International Film Music Critics Association! The recognition comes after its hugely successful release of Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Celebration, which features 129 tracks cherry-picked from the series’ rich history, including contributions from Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson and
The post Silva Screen in 50th Anniversary Soundtrack Award Nomination! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 2/10/2014
- by Alex Skerratt
- Kasterborous.com
Music Composed by: Various Artists
Formats: Digital Download
Number of Discs: 2 (45 tracks, approx. 2 hour 37 minutes)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Overview:
Fifty years, 11 Doctors and 45 tracks, this is the release that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for.
Assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries it’s a compilation of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith.
From Ron Grainer’s iconic theme realized by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold’s orchestral tapestries, this is a sci-fi musical saga.
The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and more.
The set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of...
Formats: Digital Download
Number of Discs: 2 (45 tracks, approx. 2 hour 37 minutes)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Overview:
Fifty years, 11 Doctors and 45 tracks, this is the release that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for.
Assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries it’s a compilation of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith.
From Ron Grainer’s iconic theme realized by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold’s orchestral tapestries, this is a sci-fi musical saga.
The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and more.
The set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of...
- 12/23/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Danny_Weasel is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
We all know the noise, I have it as the message tone on my phone and seeing others recognise it in public is priceless. Yes, I’m talking about the Tardis sound effect. Regularly described in the target novels as a wheezing, groaning sound it is one of the most iconic pieces of audio in not
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We all know the noise, I have it as the message tone on my phone and seeing others recognise it in public is priceless. Yes, I’m talking about the Tardis sound effect. Regularly described in the target novels as a wheezing, groaning sound it is one of the most iconic pieces of audio in not
The post BBC Norfolk Profiles Radiophonic Workshop’s Brian Hodgson appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 12/3/2013
- by Danny_Weasel
- Kasterborous.com
Being both a Whovian and musician (of sorts), and certainly a music nerd, I’ve noticed a whacking great big rip in time & space. Yes, we’ve had ‘ best episode’ countdowns by the dozen honouring classic series Doctors, but where’s the acclaim for the mysterious musique concrete- influenced inhabitants of Room 13 of the BBC’s Television Centre, plus one very special mystery guest?
Sounds like an episode plot in itself, you’d be forgiven for thinking. But no. I refer of course to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a collective of composers/sound designers so far ahead of the game they could conceivably be called the Time Lords of electronic music.
Come with me into the studio, and careful with that synthesiser as I guide you through a selection of their greatest work!
11. The Tardis Soundscape
In this case it must be said I really am spoiling you. It was...
Sounds like an episode plot in itself, you’d be forgiven for thinking. But no. I refer of course to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a collective of composers/sound designers so far ahead of the game they could conceivably be called the Time Lords of electronic music.
Come with me into the studio, and careful with that synthesiser as I guide you through a selection of their greatest work!
11. The Tardis Soundscape
In this case it must be said I really am spoiling you. It was...
- 11/16/2013
- by Chris Morley
- Obsessed with Film
Review Andrew Blair 17 Jul 2013 - 07:08
Andrew checks out the creepy lullabies and ominous chords of Mark Ayres' score for Seventh Doctor story, Ghost Light...
The music of Doctor Who is worthy of a documentary in itself. While Matthew Sweet's interval interviews during the recent Doctor Who at the Prom broadcast on Radio 3 hit the spot, you get the feeling that there's several hours of indulgent geekery in there for a show to chew over. Inevitably contributing would be Ghost Light's composer, Mark Ayres.
You may have seen him in the Prom Clips, conspiring with Peter Howell from behind banks of synths to perform the score from The Sea Devils to a disbelieving yet delighted audience. Ayres and Howell are of the Eighties, the decade where the composer was largely left to their own devices with only some synthesisers and a long-sleeved-shirt for company. No Library Music or four-piece woodwind scores for them.
Andrew checks out the creepy lullabies and ominous chords of Mark Ayres' score for Seventh Doctor story, Ghost Light...
The music of Doctor Who is worthy of a documentary in itself. While Matthew Sweet's interval interviews during the recent Doctor Who at the Prom broadcast on Radio 3 hit the spot, you get the feeling that there's several hours of indulgent geekery in there for a show to chew over. Inevitably contributing would be Ghost Light's composer, Mark Ayres.
You may have seen him in the Prom Clips, conspiring with Peter Howell from behind banks of synths to perform the score from The Sea Devils to a disbelieving yet delighted audience. Ayres and Howell are of the Eighties, the decade where the composer was largely left to their own devices with only some synthesisers and a long-sleeved-shirt for company. No Library Music or four-piece woodwind scores for them.
- 7/17/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Music Composed and Produced by: Brian Hodgson & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Release Date: July 16th, 2013
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1 disc, 26 tracks, approx. 26 minutes
Label: Silva America
Overview:
Doctor Who – The Krotons is the second archive release of a Doctor Who soundtrack since the Doctor Who 2005 British TV comeback, featuring a collection of ‘special sounds’ by British electronic composer Brian Hodgson and leads into the 50th anniversary of the Doctor Who franchise. Doctor Who – The Krotons is a 4-episode Doctor Who serial, first broadcast in weekly parts from 28 December 1968 to 18 January 1969.
The soundtrack for Doctor Who – The Krotons is quite a trip down memory lane for any one who is a classic Doctor Who fan or for anyone who watched a science fiction show in the late ’60s. The four episodes that make up The Krotons played in the latter half of the Second Doctor’s (Patrick Troughton) incarnation which...
Release Date: July 16th, 2013
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1 disc, 26 tracks, approx. 26 minutes
Label: Silva America
Overview:
Doctor Who – The Krotons is the second archive release of a Doctor Who soundtrack since the Doctor Who 2005 British TV comeback, featuring a collection of ‘special sounds’ by British electronic composer Brian Hodgson and leads into the 50th anniversary of the Doctor Who franchise. Doctor Who – The Krotons is a 4-episode Doctor Who serial, first broadcast in weekly parts from 28 December 1968 to 18 January 1969.
The soundtrack for Doctor Who – The Krotons is quite a trip down memory lane for any one who is a classic Doctor Who fan or for anyone who watched a science fiction show in the late ’60s. The four episodes that make up The Krotons played in the latter half of the Second Doctor’s (Patrick Troughton) incarnation which...
- 7/16/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Review Andrew Blair 12 Apr 2013 - 06:16
Some fine Doctor Who work from Brian Hodgson gets a CD release in May. Here's Andrew's review of the soundtrack to The Krotons...
Brian Hodgson: inventor of the Tardis dematerialisation noise (included on this disc), techbod for the original Dalek voices, and ambient soundscape purveyor to the stars. His legacy lives on in the current iteration of the Radiophonic Workshop, and restoration work by Mark Ayres. YouTube footage of a 'reunion gig' from 2009 can and should be searched for.
For those who aren't curious about the legacy of an old BBC department, old Doctor Who soundtracks are more useful than you might think. Trust me, you haven't Laserquested until you've laserquested to the soundtrack of Caves Of Androzani, and also acknowledged that 'Laserquested' is definitely a word.
What you could do to the soundtrack of The Krotons (the debut Doctor Who story for pipe-smoking extraordinaire,...
Some fine Doctor Who work from Brian Hodgson gets a CD release in May. Here's Andrew's review of the soundtrack to The Krotons...
Brian Hodgson: inventor of the Tardis dematerialisation noise (included on this disc), techbod for the original Dalek voices, and ambient soundscape purveyor to the stars. His legacy lives on in the current iteration of the Radiophonic Workshop, and restoration work by Mark Ayres. YouTube footage of a 'reunion gig' from 2009 can and should be searched for.
For those who aren't curious about the legacy of an old BBC department, old Doctor Who soundtracks are more useful than you might think. Trust me, you haven't Laserquested until you've laserquested to the soundtrack of Caves Of Androzani, and also acknowledged that 'Laserquested' is definitely a word.
What you could do to the soundtrack of The Krotons (the debut Doctor Who story for pipe-smoking extraordinaire,...
- 4/11/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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