Louis Barron

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Louis 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 composer
electronic music pioneer
person
sound designer
awardReceived recognition as a pioneer of electronic film scoring
coComposed Forbidden Planet NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Bebe Barron NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
fieldOfWork electronic sound experimentation
film music
genre electronic music
film score
influenced later electronic film composers
influencedBy contemporary developments in electronic music and sound engineering
knownFor creating one of the first fully electronic film scores
pioneering tape-based electronic music techniques
movement early electronic music
notableWork Forbidden Planet NERFINISHED
occupation composer
electronic musician
sound engineer
placeOfActivity United States of America
surface form: United States
significantEvent creation of the electronic score for Forbidden Planet in 1956
spouse Bebe Barron NERFINISHED
usedTechnique manipulation of electronic circuits to generate sounds
tape looping
tape splicing
usedTechnology custom-built electronic circuits
tape recorders
workedOn Forbidden Planet NERFINISHED

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Barron hasNotableBearer Louis Barron
Forbidden Planet musicBy Louis Barron