Bebe Barron

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Bebe Barron was an American electronic music pioneer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking, fully electronic score for the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet."

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instanceOf electronic music composer
film composer
human
pioneer of electronic music
activeIn New York City electronic music scene
birthName Charlotte May Wind NERFINISHED
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
coComposedWith Louis Barron NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith John Cage NERFINISHED
Maya Deren NERFINISHED
composedFor experimental film
science fiction film
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1925-06-16
dateOfDeath 2008-04-20
dateOfMarriage 1947
education University of Minnesota NERFINISHED
era 20th-century music
familyName Barron NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy music
gender female
genre electronic music
film score
givenName Charlotte NERFINISHED
influenced later electronic film composers
influencedBy Pierre Schaeffer NERFINISHED
musique concrète
instrument electronic circuits
knownFor co-creating the fully electronic score for the 1956 film Forbidden Planet
memberOf Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States NERFINISHED
movedTo New York City NERFINISHED
name Bebe Barron NERFINISHED
nickname Bebe NERFINISHED
notableAchievement helping create one of the first entirely electronic film scores
notableWork Forbidden Planet NERFINISHED
occupation composer
electronic musician
sound designer
pioneered use of self-destructing electronic circuits as sound sources
placeOfBirth Duluth, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld first president of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States
spouse Louis Barron NERFINISHED
usedTechnology custom-built electronic circuits
tape manipulation
workOn Forbidden Planet electronic score
yearOfWork 1956

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Forbidden Planet musicBy Bebe Barron