Forbidden Planet: Original MGM Soundtrack

Forbidden Planet: Original MGM Soundtrack Artist: Louis Barron , and Bebe Barron
Label: Gnp Crescendo
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 052824000124
EAN: 0052824000124
ASIN: B0000059UG


Release Date: 1995-01-05

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Tracks:

  1. Main Titles-Overture
  2. Deceleration
  3. Once Around Altair
  4. The Landing
  5. Flurry Of Dust-A Robot Approaches
  6. A Shangri-La In The Desert Garden With Cuddly Tiger
  7. Graveyard-A Night With Two Moons
  8. 'Robby, Make Me A Gown'
  9. An Invisible Monster Approaches
  10. Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey
  11. Love At The Swimming Hole
  12. Morbius' Study
  13. Ancient Krell Music
  14. The Mind Booster-Creation Of Matter
  15. Krell Shuttle Ride And Power Station
  16. Giant Footprints In The Sand
  17. 'Nothing Like This Claw Found In Nature'
  18. Robby, The Cook, And 60 Gallons Of Booze
  19. Battle With Invisible Monster
  20. 'Come Back To Earth With Me'
  21. The Monster Pursues-Morbius Is Overcome
  22. The Homecoming
  23. Overture Reprise

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars No theremin used here folks........2005-07-30

Louis & Bebe Baron, pioneers in electronic film music.
It is clearly stated in the album's liner notes that no theremin was used in the creation of this landmark score and with good reason, the artists actually created by hand specialty circuits (in keeping with the basis of cybernetics) to create either individual sounds or sometimes even a huge long circuit board for a complete musical piece, it took them almost a year to do the entire score.

Worth owning just for the historical significance but IMO it definitely has a musical flow to it that has artistic merit.

5 out of 5 stars Musical score or sound effects?.......2005-02-07

I was never quite sure whether the score for this movie was music or sound effects. The two seem to blend together. If you loved the movie sounds, you'll love this CD.
This music is unique, a product of genius. I played it at work one day and one of my co-workers got the heebee-jeebees because it brought back memories of being terrified by the movie when he saw it as a child in 1956.

4 out of 5 stars A prototype.......2002-12-24

This was a clever film, a sci fi rendition of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." A trekkie whom I dated in my single days referred to the film as a prototype of Star Trek.

So the film, shot when I was just a boy, was a prototype, in many ways ahead of its time. So, thusly, is the music.

While electronics have become a way of life in the "developed" world now--How long has it been since you've heard a phone "ring?"--in the mid 1950s, they were still fantasy. The film works simulataneously at three levels, the interstellar voyage of the characters, the far more advanced technology/prehistory of the Krell, and the subliminal, and very animal, instinctive id. The composers did a clever job of mixing electronic sound effects with a "musical" tone, some later mimicked by a number of minimalist composers, to develop the ambiance of these levels.

If you haven't seen the film, maybe that description will entice you to see it. And the soundtrack will remind you of they mystery and intrigue of the story.

5 out of 5 stars One of a kind !.......2002-01-31

Whenever I saw this movie on TV I was always captivated by the non-melodic, electronic soundtrack. I was very happy to find that I could buy this soundtrack on cd and I recommend that you do the same. It is definately a unique listening experience.

5 out of 5 stars VERY creepy!.......2002-01-02

In 1956 MGM released an odd sci-fi movie called FORBIDDEN PLANET,and the score was created by the Barrons manipulating circuits.The score is a classic in it's own right.Very dark,moody,and scarey!If you love dark ambient music or experimental electronics you need this..

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