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From the "weird old romantic mystery movies" file comes a fun theremin fact to know and tell.

Several years before writing the famous film score with theremin for The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Bernard Herrmann used the space controlled instrument in a main theme for the movie Portrait of Jennie (1948).

Using recycled materials Ciat Lonbarde has built a motion controlled device called the Tri-Min, based on Lev's theremin principles, which can project ghostly green shapes that will follow and interact with the player.

It's gotten a mention and video post at MatrixSynth.

Pretty neat and earth

Naxos has released the first complete recording of Dmitry Shostakovich’s score for the early film Odna (Alone). Apparently released more than once (dates mentioned range from 1929 to 1931) it seems to be a silent film with a music soundtrack added later.

In his review for Music From the Movies, Randall Larson mentions:
""Shostakovich accompanies ‘Snowstorm’ with a theremin (he was one of the first composers to write for this instrument, invented in 1919, and Odna featured the first use of a theremin in a film score), and its soprano wailing resonates ghostlike across the film’s snowscape.

Once again David Vesel produced a diverse, spooky, and entertaining edition ofSpellbound for Halloween, the most archetypal holiday for the Theremin.

Several of our TW members were included! If you haven't heard it yet it's available for download at the Spellbound site.



His show remains the most inclusive sampler of aether music around and a great resource and inspiration for thereminists new and established.

Once again David Vesel produced a diverse, spooky, and entertaining edition ofSpellbound for Halloween, the most archetypal holiday for the Theremin.

Several of our TW members were included! If you haven't heard it yet it's available for download at the Spellbound site.



His show remains the most inclusive sampler of aether music around and a great resource and inspiration for thereminists new and established.

Media Art Friesland
September 2007 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands

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The Media Art Friesland Festival 2007 is the 11th edition of the festival. The festival is an international platform for audiovisual arts, as video, film, new media, sound, installations and Internet in the province of Friesland and Groningen. The main locations are Leeuwarden, Drachten, Beetsterzwaag and Groningen.
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