Bebe Barron from Greenwich Village to the Forbidden Planet
Written by Joe D on April 27th, 2008
Bebe Barron, groundbreaking composer of “electronic tonalities” for the seminal scifi flick Forbidden Planet is listening to the music of the spheres, looking down on planet Earth as she surfs with the Silver Surfer, skimming on comet dust throughout the Galaxy. What a shame that she only scored this one feature. I guess when synthesizers were invented people could create weird sounds at the touch of a button or a keyboard, not by hours of intense work with vacuum tube circuits, tape heads, razor blades and primitive mixers.
Bebe and Louis in The Village Studio
Soundtrack LP
But no one ever created those exact sounds that Bebe did, even with modern sophisticated equipment. Another lost art form.
Come Fly With Me!
Here’s a sample of Bebe and Louis’ music.