Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Getting To Know Science Fiction Music

By Young Lindsay


People growing up in the 60's, 70's and 80's will always remember the television shows coming on during that time. They also enjoyed the great science fiction music that these programs provided. Many of the movies also had great tunes that had a really wonderful beat. Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Maurice Jarre, Vangelis and Barry Gray did their best to provide excellent music for many movies and television shows that appeared over the air. They are known for "Lost In Space, " "Logan's Run, " "Barbarella" and a host of other programs.

Some years ago a man called Jerry Goldsmith took it upon himself to write the tunes for certain space shows that were coming onto television. He was interested in helping out with a program called "Star Trek" since it was something totally different. This was one show which featured a handsome young actor named William Shatner who could make many women faint. The producers also knew that young people were interested in space exploration and they had the characters travel to various locations each week.

After his work with "Star Trek" was finished Mr. Goldsmith decided to help out with many of the adventure movies that were being created. "Logan's Run" seemed like an interesting venture to take on and it needed unique sounds for each scene. Goldsmith made sure that enough dramatic tunes were placed into this movie for the character of Logan.

"Logan's Run" was a dark and gloomy film which required solemn tunes within it. One artist who believed in making sad and joyful music was the great John Williams. In the year 1967 he totally changed the tune of the television program "Lost In Space."

People were very skeptical about the tune of "Lost In Space" when it first came over the air in 1965. The sounds within this show were very childlike and could easily put someone to sleep. The program definitely needed a brand new opening in order to gain the attention of every viewer that was watching. Williams decided to start each show off with a dazzling opening that was loud and proud.

John Williams had been a very successful composer and people would always come to him whenever they needed expert advice about musical tunes. George Lucas asked for his help when he was trying to place certain sounds on a little movie called "Star Wars." Hans Solo and Luke Skywalker each had their own melody whenever their characters were upon the screen.

"Barbarella" was a 60's vixen who knew how to seduce men and women. She was on a desperate mission to locate a government agent who disappeared some years earlier. When she finally locates this strange male he tries his very best to torture her in every possible way.

This scientist was also an agent for the government and he wanted to destroy Barbarella in any way possible. The most interesting sounds happen when the strange male places this woman within a sex machine which sounds like a person moaning. The title song to this motion picture is also very interesting and easy to learn.




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