Soundtrack of the future

Speculation in electronic music and its relationship with science fiction

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https://doi.org/10.34019/2236-8191.2021.v8.36208

Abstract

Since theremin, one of the first fully electronic musical instruments, the relationship between electronic music (EM) and science fiction (SF) has always been close. In the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, composer Bernard Herrmann included, in his score for the soundtrack, the instrument patented in 1928 by Leon Theremin. Forbidden Planet (1956) was the first film whose soundtrack, by Bebe and Louis Barron, was composed entirely of electronic sounds. From then on, the relationship became increasingly intimate, and today there are countless examples of SF cinematographic works that use EM in their soundtracks. This article seeks to understand if there was a reverse path, that is, if the development of EM was linked to the imagery related to SF themes.

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Author Biographies

Leonardo Porto Passos, PPGM / IA / Unicamp

Leonardo Porto Passos. Composer, sound designer, audio programmer, music producer and guitarist. Master's student at the Post-Graduate Program in Music (PPGM) at the Institute of Arts (IA) at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in the research line Music, Language and Sonology. Postgraduate in Specialization in Didactic-Pedagogical Processes for Distance Learning Courses at the Virtual University of the State of São Paulo (Univesp). Lato sensu post-graduation (specialization) in Creative Writing at Vera Cruz Institute (2013). Arts and Literature Undergraduate Course from Universidade Paulista (2008). Research in the areas of sonology, game design, game development, music composition, computer music, sound design, soundtracks, audio programming, narratology, accessibility, sound spatialization, ethnomusicology, literary theory and comic books. In the area of ​​Literature and Writing, he works as a copywriter and ghostwriter. In the areas of Music and Sonology, he is a composer, sound designer, music producer and guitarist. In Game Development, he works as a programmer, screenwriter, audio programmer, composer and sound designer.

José Eduardo Fornari Novo Júnior, CPG / DM / IA / Unicamp

Full-time Researcher at Nics / Unicamp. (since 2008). PosDoc (2008) Music Cognition Group, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. PosDoc (2007) Nics / Fapesp: 04/00499-6. Ph.D. EE (2003) FEEC / Unicamp. Visiting Scholar Researcher (1996) sponsored by CNPq at CCRMA,/ Stanford University. Master degree EE (1994), FEEC / Unicamp. Bachelor degree (1994) in Popular Music - Piano. IA / Unicamp. Bachelor degrees (1990) Electrical Engineering, at FEEC / Unicamp. Fields of research: Art and Technology, Computer Art Installations, Sound Synthesis, Psychoacoustic, Audio processing, Evolutionary Computation, Interactive Music, Music Information Retrieval, Music Cognition and Emotion.

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Published

2022-03-21

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021): Caminhos que se bifurcam: os ismos e punks na ficção especulativa brasileira

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