[atlantaprog] Re: Raymond Scott -The Original Musical Mad Scientist

The Electroharmonium rocks! Talk about a vintage synth!

On Jan 31, 2007, at 3:35 PM, Stan Woodard wrote:

<x-tad-bigger>Hormuz Minina turned me on to Raymond Scott’s work as an experimental electronic composer when he used Scott’s music for an installation last year.  I didn’t then that Scott was also the composer of some of the best loved (by me) cartoon music!</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Thanks for this post, Stan</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Subject:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> [atlantaprog] Raymond Scott -The Original Musical Mad Scientist</x-tad-bigger>
 
 
www.raymondscott.com
 
Chances are you have heard this man's music and not even known who it was. Raymond Scott wrote a ton of music that wound up in MANY cartoons we grew up with. And not only that, but he wrote some real cutting edge jingles (50's/60's) and even created/invented a number of electronic devices for producing music and various sounds on (often working in collaboration with one Bob Moog).
 
I just downloaded some stuff from emusic.com recently from the "Microphone Music" and "Manhattan Research" compilations. Let's just say this dude was DECADES ahead of his time. Check out his website and be amazed


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