[Frameworks] Electronic Soundtracks for Avant-Garde Films

Thu Dec 21 12:49:59 UTC 2017

Don’t forget the early (tape) work by Steve Reich as can be heard in “Oh dem watermelons” by Robert Nelson 1965 [though the by-far best of these early pieces “Come out to show them” unfortunately never made it into a film soundtrack]

Also, “Corridor” by Standish Lawder 1971 uses a slightly prolonged version of “Rainbow in Curved Air” by Riley.

“Binary Bit Patterns” 1969 by Michael Whitney uses what sounds like computer-generated music.

Ingo 

Von: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com] Im Auftrag von Elena Duque
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Hello!

The films by Lillian Schwartz have very nice electronic music soundtracks:

http://lillian.com/films/

Bruce Conner's Crossroads, with music by Terry Riley and Patrick Gleeson

Not sure if sound experiments like Lis Rhodes or Robert Russett count...

2017-12-21 12:38 GMT+01:00 Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com <mailto:albertalcoz at gmail.com> >:

Hello all,

After asking about jazz

 and

 music an experimental film

, 

and feeling grateful for all the answers, I was wondering about the connections between early electronic music and avant-garde film.

Recently I watched OFFON (1967-72) by Scott Bartlett with a “sound composition” by Manny Meyer.

Again, there should be plenty of avant-garde films where the soundtrack is instrumental electronic music or experimental 

abstract 

sound created with magnetic tape recorders, synthesizers, electronic tools, etc. 

Maybe one question would be to define what is considered to be early electronic music but anyway, lets try it.

Does anyone remember some other avant-garde films with 

early 

electronic music

 from the 50's, 60's, 70's even 80's

? 

Right now here’s the first list:

Cybernetik 5.3 (1968) by John Stehura. Music: Tod Dockstader.

Crystals (1968) by Herbert Loebel. Music: Michael Lloyd.

Rohfilm (1968) by Birgit & Wilhelm Hein. Music: Christian Michaelis.

Two Images for a Computer Piece (1969) by Lloyd Williams. Music: Vladimir Ussachevsky.

Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper (1970) by David Rimmer. Music: Don Druick.

Berlin Horse (1970) de Malcolm Le Grice. Music: Brian Eno.

Mutations (1973) by Lilian F. Schwartz. Music: Jean Claude Risset.

Several films by Dore O. and Werner Nekes with sountracks by Anthony Moore like Diwan (1973) or Kaskara (1974).

Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen. Music: Mike Ratledge.

Thanks in advance,

Albert Alcoz

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