RIP - Bebe Barron
From the
New York Times:
Bebe Barron, 82, Pioneer of Electronic Scores, Is Dead
Bebe Barron, who with her husband Louis composed the first electronic score for a feature film � the eerie gulps and burbles, echoes and weeeoooos that accentuated invisible monsters and robotic creatures in the 1956 science-fiction classic �Forbidden Planet� � died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 82.
Her son, Adam, said she died of natural causes. Louis Barron died in 1989.
The score for �Forbidden Planet� � the tale of a starship crew that travels 17 light years from Earth to investigate why settlers on the planet Altair-4 have gone silent � �is truly a landmark in electro-acoustic music,� Barry Schrader, a professor of electro-acoustic music at the California Institute of the Arts, said Thursday.
While the Barrons created electronically produced themes for the film�s characters and events, Professor Schrader said, their score crossed the traditional line between music and sound effects.
She will be missed -- a music pioneer.
Posted by DaveH at May 8, 2008 4:30 PM