The theremin has been in films for several decades and have supplied an eerie musical beauty like no other instrument.
Opening sequence of "Dementia" a.k.a "Daughter of Horror"(1955)
Other theremin findings:
Winner of the 2010 Moog Halloween Theremin video contest.
Basement, Attic, Theremin & Piano
Nocturne in C# minor by Clara Rockmore off of
Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album
And Léon Theremin the inventor
Here is a list of some of the films the theremin can be heard in listed here
Happy Halloween!
Friday, October 28, 2011
A Theremin Halloween
Labels:
film soundtrack,
haunting,
instruments,
Theremin
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Labels:
German Expressionism,
gothic,
mad scientist,
Somnambulism
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Labels:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
John Barrymore,
Laboratory,
mad scientist,
poison ring,
Robert Louis Stevenson,
Silent film
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