Sound Of Plaid Archive: The Retro-Future Of Music
Thursday, 07 June 2012 11:42
Sound Of Plaid episode 2012.06.07: The Retro-Future Of Music
In this episode we explore the Retro-Future Of Music! From Clockwork Orange to Criswell, it's music from the future... of the past: Sci-fi movie soundtracks, early electronic music, theremins, synthesizers, all interjected with predictions of the future from professional prognosticators like Criswell and Maurice Woodruff.
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| Band: | Song: | Album: | ||
| Harry Revel | Moon Moods | Music Out Of The Moon | ||
| Various Artists | BIM | Apple, The (LP version) | ||
| Criswell | Criswell Predicts (excerpt) | The Legendary Criswell Predicts Your Incredible Future | ||
| Various Artists | Speed | Apple, The (LP version) | ||
| Raymond Scott | Manhattan Research, Inc. Copyright | Manhattan Research Inc. | ||
| Raymond Scott | Bendix: “The Tomorrow People” | Manhattan Research Inc. | ||
| Raymond Scott | Don't Beat Your Wife Every Night | Manhattan Research Inc. | ||
| Raymond Scott | Ohio Plus | Manhattan Research Inc. | ||
| Raymond Scott | General Motors: Futurama | Manhattan Research Inc. | ||
| Raymond Scott | Bendix 2: “The Tomorrow People” | Manhattan Research Inc. | ||
| Graham de Wilde | Reg Nullify In Conert | The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Part Two: The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe | ||
| Vangelis | Tales of the future | Blade runner | ||
| The Evolution Control Committee | The Future (collage for live show at Recycled Rainbow 6) | Unreleased | ||
| The Evolution Control Committee | Launching Into The Future (raw sample track) | Space: The Vinyl Frontier | ||
| The Evolution Control Committee | I Feel Love (melodyne glitch experiment) | Unreleased | ||
| Criswell | Criswell Predicts (excerpt) | The Legendary Criswell Predicts Your Incredible Future | ||
| Hot Butter | Popcorn | Best Of Moog | ||
| Wendy Carlos | Title Music from A Clockwork Orange | Clockwork Orange | ||
| Criswell | Criswell Predicts (excerpt) | The Legendary Criswell Predicts Your Incredible Future | ||
| Walter Carlos | Sinfonia To Cantata No. 29 | Switched-On Bach | ||
| John Cage and Lejaren Hiller | HPSCHD | Cage & Hiller: HPSCHD / Johnston: String Quartet No. 2 | ||
| Bruno Louchouarn | Club Song | Total Recall Soundtrack | ||
| Bob Crewe And Charles Fox | Hello Pretty Pretty | Barbarella Soundtrack | ||
| Bob Crewe And Charles Fox | Love Love Love Drags Me Down | Barbarella Soundtrack | ||
| The Space Angels | It's Love, love, Love | Battlestar Galactica soundtrack | ||
| Anthony King | Electrostalactites | Nuggets – Luke Vibert's Selection | ||
| Fred Weinberg | Electra-Loo | Nuggets – Luke Vibert's Selection | ||
| Criswell | Criswell Predicts (excerpt) | The Legendary Criswell Predicts Your Incredible Future | ||
| John Matthews | Electro Twist | Luke Vibert's Further Nuggets | ||
| James Asher | Robottom | Luke Vibert's Further Nuggets | ||
| Voyager Golden Record | Greetings from the Secretary General of the UN | Murmurs of Earth | ||
| Voyager Golden Record | Greetings in 55 Languages | Murmurs of Earth | ||
| Lous & Bebe Barron | Ancient Krell Music | Forbidden Planet | ||
| Lydia Kavina | Percy Grainger: Free Music 1 (1936) | Music From The Ether: Original Works For Theremin | ||
| Voyager Golden Record | Wedding Song | Murmurs of Earth | ||
| Voyager Golden Record | El Cascabel | Murmurs of Earth | ||
| Voyager Golden Record | Tchenhoukoumen | Murmurs of Earth | ||
| Criswell | Criswell Predicts (excerpt) | The Legendary Criswell Predicts Your Incredible Future | ||
| Voyager Golden Record | Men's House Song | Murmurs of Earth | ||
| Lydia Kavina | Isidor Achron: Improvisation (1945) | Music From The Ether: Original Works For Theremin | ||
| Voyager Golden Record | Dark Was the Night | Murmurs of Earth | ||
| Lous & Bebe Barron | Robby, The Cook, And 60 Gallons Of Booze | Forbidden Planet | ||
| Desmond Leslie | Destruction of the Flies | Music of the Future | ||
| Tristram Cary | Opus (Green, drum track with reverb) | It's Time For Tristram Cary | ||
| BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Delia Derbyshire, assisted by Dick Mills) | Doctor Who (Original Theme) | Doctor Who At The BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Volume 1: The Early Years 1963-1969 | ||
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