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Early Electronic Music
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| NooKLeaR |
Has anyone heard this stuff? Back before they made "electronica". Back in the day of all the analog synths and the Theremin and what not. The recordings where they would play old classical pieces w/ these new electronic instruments. These things are awesome.
I am taking a class in my high school called "Electronic Music" and we have a 20-station midi lab consisting of Sonar and other software. We have learned all about digital audio recording and we are now moving onto MIDI sequencing. Anyways....before we start MIDI sequencing...we are learning all about electronic music history. I just wondered if any of you have researched this stuff. It's really fascinating to find out how all of this music that I listen to came about. Also...I was wondering if anyone had some early recordings of insturments like the Theremin and such...
-n00ka |
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| Shudder |
| i wish there was a class like that in my school |
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| surfrgal |
| In terms of film soundtracks, there were three early electronic ones that stood out for me in the seventies. The first was a song called 'The Chase' from the film 'Midnight Express'. Another one was the the theme from 'The Excorist', by Mike Oldfield and the last one was Vangelis soundtrack for 'Chariots of Fire' (I think this might have been the 80's). These composers, along with Brian Eno and Jean Michel Jarre were quite early in the electronic scene. I can't think of anything that was really electronic and classical, apart from 'Hooked on Classics' - which was pretty cheezy. I think some Eric Satie had electronic interpretations of his music recorded too. Hope this helps. I'm sure other people on this board will be able to offer some good suggestions as well. |
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| NooKLeaR |
| Yea i know Clare Rockmore did a lot of stuff...she ws one the the top Theremin-players. I really wish i could find some more recordings of all the old analog synths...they sound so awesome. |
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| Konijn Island |
| quote: | Originally posted by surfrgal
In terms of film soundtracks, there were three early electronic ones that stood out for me in the seventies. The first was a song called 'The Chase' from the film 'Midnight Express'. Another one was the the theme from 'The Excorist', by Mike Oldfield and the last one was Vangelis soundtrack for 'Chariots of Fire' (I think this might have been the 80's). These composers, along with Brian Eno and Jean Michel Jarre were quite early in the electronic scene. I can't think of anything that was really electronic and classical, apart from 'Hooked on Classics' - which was pretty cheezy. I think some Eric Satie had electronic interpretations of his music recorded too. Hope this helps. I'm sure other people on this board will be able to offer some good suggestions as well. |
The Chase (and the entire Midnight Express soundtrack) was scored by electronica pioneer Giorgio Moroder (he also scored Scarface and Flashdance, among others, and was an influence on Harold Faltemeyer, the guy who did the "axel f" theme from Beverly Hills cop). Moroder, along with the other early electronica artists you correctly mentioned, then essentially created the sort of '80s synth-pop popularized by groups like New Order and Bronski Beat. |
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| Mebot |
Moroder also helped score the soundtrack to The NeverEnding Story along with Klaus Doldinger.
Some early electronic experimentation was performed by the Silver Apples, a garage group from the mid to late 60's. They mostly used a lot of oscillators and analog stuff ( i forget off the top of my head of what exactly they used..)
They performed at a concert in San Fransico and they had all of their "instruments hooked up to this pad. They had a lot of analog synthesizers and stuff too, close to like 30 or 40:eyes: so i can see how difficult it must have been |
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