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d i s s i d e n t
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a r t i s t : Louis & Bebe Baron
t i t l e : Forbidden Planet OST
d a t e : 1956
l a b e l : GNP/Crescendo
g e n r e : Soundtrack
r l s. d a t e : July 2003
t r a c k s : 23
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 55,2MB
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The late Louis Barron and his then-wife Bebe created a unique score
for the 1956 MGM film Forbidden Planet. Made up entirely of
electronic tonalities generated by cybernetic circuits feeding back
(many in their "death throes"), the music for the movie was as
unearthly as anything ever heard in a Hollywood soundtrack up to
that time (and for many years after as well), and captured perfectly
the film's futuristic extraterrestrial setting and action. Despite
their "unnatural" textures, the oscillations, pulses, beeps, wails,
and electronic shrieks that make up this soundtrack are, indeed,
very musical: they have distinctive patterns that evolve, shift,
and change as the circuits creating them go through their "life
cycles"; they interweave with each other; and they also occasionally
match the action in the scenes to which they are attached. The
latter element may tempt one to accuse the Barrons of having "Mickey
Moused" the soundtrack, to use a derisive term indicating music that
slavishly mimicks action, but in this case they can be forgiven,
allowing for the unearthly setting of the movie and the need to
envelop the viewer. Additionally, the Barrons were not members of
the proper union to allow them to officially "score" a major studio
film, and were credited with "tonalities" rather than music, which
gave them considerably more freedom. Officially, they were creating
a special film environment, not a film score, and succeeded so well
that their work stands favorably on its own as a soundtrack. The GNP
Crescendo CD release allows one to avoid the problems of noisy vinyl
pressings that afflicted the original Planet Records (later changed
to Small Planet Records) LP issue from the late '70s. ù Bruce Eder
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01-Main Titles (Overture) [02:23]
02-Deceleration [00:57]
03-Once Around Altair [01:12]
04-The Landing [00:52]
05-Flurry of Dust-A Robot Approaches [01:12]
06-A Shangri-La in the Desert/Garden With a... [01:35]
07-Graveyard-A Night With Two Moons [01:18]
08-"Robby, Make Me a Gown." [01:20]
09-An Invisible Monster Approaches [00:50]
10-Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey [01:20]
11-Love at the Swimming Hole [03:13]
12-Morbius' Study [00:40]
13-Ancient Krell Music [01:50]
14-The Mind Booster-Creation of Matter [01:00]
15-Krell Shuttle Ride and Power Station [02:35]
16-Giant Footprints in the Sand [00:47]
17-"Nothing Like This Claw Found in Nature!" [01:27]
18-Robby, the Cook, and 60 Gallons of Booze [01:09]
19-Battle With the Invisible Monster [02:57]
20-"Come Back to Earth With Me" [01:21]
21-The Monster Pursues-Morbius Is Overcome [05:50]
22-The Homecoming [02:00]
23-Overture (Reprise) [02:15]
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40:03 min
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