Comments on: The greatest electronic music of the fifties and sixties https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-greatest-electronic-music-of-the-fifties-and-sixties/ Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris Kirkendall https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-greatest-electronic-music-of-the-fifties-and-sixties/#comment-289136 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:22:19 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=30744#comment-289136 Yep – Forbidden Planet, truly one of the best Sci-Fi movies of all time ! ! That film influenced a lot of films in the genre that followed.

Thanks for posting this, Bob – got a big kick out of the Forbidden Planet soundtrack & also the one that someone posted on YouTube with the title “Acid House from 1958” – enormously entertaining ! !

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-greatest-electronic-music-of-the-fifties-and-sixties/#comment-288610 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:28:47 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=30744#comment-288610 “. . . Forbidden Planet (1956), one of the best science fiction films ever made.”

Concur. I own a copy and watch it every couple of years.

The film featured the first entirely electronic score. Star Trek (TOS) liberally sampled from the plot for several episodes, and is referenced in ‘Firefly’ (‘Trash’) and ‘Serenity’ (the registration number of the crashed ship).

For several years, my car sported a ALTAIR4 plate. I’ve also had a TALOS4 plate (the other forbidden planet).

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