Name: Forbidden Planet: Original MGM Soundtrack
Brand: Gnp Crescendo
SKU: 252956
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Forbidden Planet

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Album: Forbidden Planet: Original MGM Soundtrack
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Main Titles	More Info...
2)	Deceleration	More Info...	0:01
3)	Once Around Altair	More Info...	0:01
4)	The Landing	More Info...	0:01
5)	Flurry of Dust	More Info...	0:01
6)	A Shangri-La in the Desert/Garden With Cuddly Tiger	More Info...
7)	Graveyard	More Info...	0:02
8)	'Robby, Make Me a Gown'	More Info...
9)	An Invisible Monster Approaches	More Info...	0:01
10)	Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey	More Info...
11)	Love at the Swimming Hole	More Info...	0:04
12)	Morbius' Study	More Info...
13)	Ancient Krell Music	More Info...	0:02
14)	The Mind Booster	More Info...	0:01
15)	Krell Shuttle Ride and Power Station	More Info...	0:03
16)	Giant Footprints in the Sand	More Info...
17)	'Nothing Like This Claw Found in Nature!'	More Info...
18)	Robby, the Cook, and 60 Gallons of Booze	More Info...	0:01
19)	Battle With Invisible Monster	More Info...
20)	'Come Back to Earth With Me'	More Info...
21)	The Monster Pursues	More Info...	0:07
22)	The Homecoming	More Info...	0:02
23)	Overture Reprise	More Info...

Album: Forbidden Planet: Original MGM Soundtrack
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Main Titles	More Info...
2)	Deceleration	More Info...	0:01
3)	Once Around Altair	More Info...	0:01
4)	The Landing	More Info...	0:01
5)	Flurry of Dust	More Info...	0:01
6)	A Shangri-La in the Desert/Garden With Cuddly Tiger	More Info...
7)	Graveyard	More Info...	0:02
8)	'Robby, Make Me a Gown'	More Info...
9)	An Invisible Monster Approaches	More Info...	0:01
10)	Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey	More Info...
11)	Love at the Swimming Hole	More Info...	0:04
12)	Morbius' Study	More Info...
13)	Ancient Krell Music	More Info...	0:02
14)	The Mind Booster	More Info...	0:01
15)	Krell Shuttle Ride and Power Station	More Info...	0:03
16)	Giant Footprints in the Sand	More Info...
17)	'Nothing Like This Claw Found in Nature!'	More Info...
18)	Robby, the Cook, and 60 Gallons of Booze	More Info...	0:01
19)	Battle With Invisible Monster	More Info...
20)	'Come Back to Earth With Me'	More Info...
21)	The Monster Pursues	More Info...	0:07
22)	The Homecoming	More Info...	0:02
23)	Overture Reprise	More Info...

Performer Notes

Composers: Louis and Bebe Barron; Bebe Barron.
Liner Note Authors: Bill C. Malone; Louis and Bebe Barron; Bebe Barron.
The late Louis Barron and his then-wife Bebe created a unique score for the 1956 MGM film Forbidden Planet. Made up entirely of electronic tonalities generated by cybernetic circuits feeding back (many in their "death throes"), the music for the movie was as unearthly as anything ever heard in a Hollywood soundtrack up to that time (and for many years after as well), and captured perfectly the film's futuristic extraterrestrial setting and action. Despite their "unnatural" textures, the oscillations, pulses, beeps, wails, and electronic shrieks that make up this soundtrack are, indeed, very musical: they have distinctive patterns that evolve, shift, and change as the circuits creating them go through their "life cycles"; they interweave with each other; and they also occasionally match the action in the scenes to which they are attached. The latter element may tempt one to accuse the Barrons of having "Mickey Moused" the soundtrack, to use a derisive term indicating music that slavishly mimicks action, but in this case they can be forgiven, allowing for the unearthly setting of the movie and the need to envelop the viewer. Additionally, the Barrons were not members of the proper union to allow them to officially "score" a major studio film, and were credited with "tonalities" rather than music, which gave them considerably more freedom. Officially, they were creating a special film environment, not a film score, and succeeded so well that their work stands favorably on its own as a soundtrack. ~ Bruce Eder

Professional Reviews

Record Collector (magazine) (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] throbbing, soaring and diverse electronic score like no other."