RIP Bebe Barron

http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000286.html

Hunted the Ellitt sample in the above link - well worth tracking down. Thanks, as always, Milton. If you slipped some bits of the above in some random Warp comp it would pass you by.

I know what you mean - don't care for the ego, always liked quiet ppl more. otoh you need to kept shouting to get ppl to hand over money for more grandiose projects - unfortunately history will record it has not been wise to keep giving Stockhausen money after '69.

Nowadays people woud certainly recognise a great soundtrack. Then again there is the 'soundtrack to my life' dimension to music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biqz1r2d_xY&feature=youtu.be

the place to be in nyc tomorrow: http://www.lightindustry.org/barrons

& this new page is eye-opening: http://barronsoundportraits.com/

Looks good. Where is that, Freeman Street?

OK, I see, Greenpoint.

good taste, DJ Premier

http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/72374/The%20Notorious%20B.I.G.-Kick%20in%20the%20Door_Louis%20and%20Bebe%20Barron-Robby,%20the%20Cook,%20and%2060%20Gallons%20of%20Booze/

that sample always sounded familiar. don't remember this being included in the sample credits, though that does not necessarily mean that they did not license it (though that is often what it does mean)

http://www.effectrode.com/the-self-destructing-modules-behind-revolutionary-1956-sountrack-of-forbidden-planet/

http://www.effectrode.com/magnetic-delay/the-first-electronic-filmscore-forbidden-planet-a-conversation-with-bebe-barron/

not Bebe, but I hear these two were close

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLD0PICgTnk&feature=youtu.be

Driver's Education: "What's The Big Hurry?" circa 1974 Sid Davis; Music by Louis Barron

in many interviews bebe was taken to be the primary 'composer' or organizer of the recordings they'd make of their circuits, so it is pretty interesting to hear and compare a solo score from louis

A couple of months ago I saw Geeta Dayal and Ben Burtt give a great talk at the Exploratorium about the Barrons as well as Forbidden Planet -- really enjoyable evening, and as I'd just never known about them before, very informative.

that was a good night / very special to see 'Jazz of Lights' which is very rarely screened and the remastered 'Bells of Atlantis' drew audible gasps during the first few seconds, either because the images were so inherently beautiful or in my case because I couldn't believe how clear & sharp the images were after years of only seeing the terrible online version that looks like it's a 4th generation VHS transfer, and they feature a few extra credit stills, including a credit noting David Tudor as an assistant. the music in those films are so timeless and first it is almost hard to believe what you're hearing, or that they are not referenced more often

after coming across 'What's The Big Hurry' last night I briefly scouted for any of the other films / scores listed on wiki but nothing immediate turned up, if anyone else ever comes across anything please post to thread.

Shirley Clarke's Bridges-Go-Round had two separate scores, and she often screened them back-to-back. The second half of this video has the Barrons' version (Teo Macero's jazz score is pretty great, too): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gxX74iGRTc

There are some sections in the score lifted from Forbidden Planet which brought up copyright issues so Clarke had to get someone else to score it.