Has anyone heard the MOOG soundtrack?

moog movie is terrible.

I don't think the person who made the movie really knew or understood the subject.

there's is no sensible structure, no linear narrative, no sense of context, no explanation of what a Theremin is or what a synthesizer is. There's an idiotic conversation where Moog talks about the concept of "synthesizing" sounds and DJ Spooky goes on for 5 minutes making a nonsense analogy about his methods of sampling and recontextualizing found sound, which a)has nothing to do with what Moog was just talking about, and b)has nothing to do with Moog synthesizers.

Another obvious point of silliness, showing Bernie Worrell playing a hammond patch on a korg for a minute then just as he goes to do a solo on the moog, cutting to another segment.

Only using a few seconds of the Moog Quartet performance footage from the 70s, but spending more time showing a DJ scratching a record?

Maybe 50 seconds of stereolab live footage.

etc etc.

i noticed that! i refuse to believe the director's so stupid he can't identify a minimoog -- i just chalk it up to bad editing.

some of the interviews were painful -- the aforementioned spooky segment, and bernie worrell going on and on about the spiritual realm, the great unknown, etc, as a pithy rick wakeman summed it up with "ah yes, the x factor."

I remember quite liking the Theremin movie, though. Haven't seen it in ages. I think I'm going to borrow a digital camcorder and start making documentaries.

Just saw this on Netflix streaming. Despite everything Dan said being true, I really enjoyed it. Wakeman interview is amazing for sure -- not sure if he's drunk or not but I agree with everything he said about why the Moog is a uniquely special instrument. Plus, Bob died like a year later, so I think there's an added poignancy to it.