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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:36 am
by philball1974
I first heard this instument on Portisheads Mysterons, more recently I've been listening to a lot of the Night Terrors were it features heavily.
Does anyone know any good film scores where the theremin is used? I feel like I need more!
Edit* Spelling corrected
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:50 am
by phantomnoir
If you mean theremin, it's used in Mars Attacks... or any sci-fi score from the 50's btw.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:51 am
by philball1974
Can any be recommended?
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:55 am
by phantomnoir
The Day The Earth Stood Still is a classic:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cPEchNTSE0[/video]
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:00 pm
by phantomnoir
Jon Spencer shows his theremin technique:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyF_UN8g9f0[/video]
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:11 pm
by maxvelvet
Love the work on THE NIGHT TERRORS album Pavor Nocturnus!!
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http://youtu.be/Ijvq2xVbjIk[/video]
and here you can see Claudio Simonetti in action:
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http://youtu.be/erBgihW3xDs[/video]
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:18 pm
by Dollarhyde
Nathan Van Cleave - 'A World Of Difference' Twilight Zone season one. Features Theramin and novachord.
released on Twilight Zone Volume three on sarabande.
and numerous other TZ episodes if I'm not wrong.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqXpCHJMnBg[/video]
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:22 pm
by Spun out of control
Theremin was used on Goldfrapp's first LP to great effect - particularly the track 'Utopia'...
Also, wasn't Forbidden Planet soundtrack from the 1950's one of the first instances of its deployment?
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:26 pm
by philball1974
Good information guys. Will start digging.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:28 pm
by Spun out of control
Some kerr-azy Goldfrapp theremin action...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7e23rvDAPU[/video]
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:44 pm
by siforster
As an aside, pretty much every theremin performance in film & TV from 1945 to 1967 (when he died, but not until doing a couple of tracks for Captain Beefheart) was from the hands of one Samuel Hoffmann. Presumably because nobody else in or around Hollywood had a theremin.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:27 pm
by freshoj
Pretty sure they are a common DIY electronics project, so you should build one and start a band.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:13 pm
by siforster
Forbidden Planet's soundtrack uses no Theremin - it's all ring modulators and other fun sciencey stuff. First Theremin in films is in Hitchcock's Spellbound in 1945.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:24 pm
by Whip Wilson
[quote=39254]Pretty sure they are a common DIY electronics project [/quote]
They are indeed. I built a solar theremin and a far more mechanically inclined (and ambitious!) friend built an analog version.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:54 pm
by philball1974
Some great posts. thanks
I'll probably pass on the DIY project though, I'm about as mechanically minded as a monkey. I was messing around with a Kontakt plugin though and thought it might be cool to get a real one!
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:58 pm
by soundtracks of fear
Felt mountain - Goldfrapp 2nded