I think Reich's soundtrack for Watermelons is just piano and voices, though I could be misremembering. A Reich tape collage piece forms the central section of Robert Nelson's Plastic Haircut.
Also, Mick Jagger's Moog soundtrack for Kenneth Anger's Invocation of My Demon Brother. The original version of Gordon Matta-Clark's Office Baroque I believe had an electronic soundtrack. This was later replaced by Richard Landry's saxophone-based soundtrack, but if memory serves this had electronic effects and looping as well. I suppose the ascending sine wave tone in Wavelength would count! Andy Ditzler Founder and curator, Film Love: www.filmlove.org Co-founder, John Q collective: www.johnq.org Fall 2017: Film Love presents The American Music Show retrospective <http://www.frequentsmallmeals.com/AmericanMusicShow_Retrospective.htm> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 7:49 AM, Ingo Petzke <[email protected]> wrote: > Don’t forget the early (tape) work by Steve Reich as can be heard in “Oh > dem watermelons” by Robert Nelson 1965 [though the by-far best of these > early pieces “Come out to show them” unfortunately never made it into a > film soundtrack] > > Also, “Corridor” by Standish Lawder 1971 uses a slightly prolonged version > of “Rainbow in Curved Air” by Riley. > > “Binary Bit Patterns” 1969 by Michael Whitney uses what sounds like > computer-generated music. > > > > Ingo > > > > *Von:* FrameWorks [mailto:[email protected]] *Im > Auftrag von *Elena Duque > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2017 13:03 > *An:* Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > *Betreff:* Re: [Frameworks] Electronic Soundtracks for Avant-Garde Films > > > > Hello! > > > > The films by Lillian Schwartz have very nice electronic music soundtracks: > > http://lillian.com/films/ > > > > Bruce Conner's Crossroads, with music by Terry Riley and Patrick Gleeson > > > > Not sure if sound experiments like Lis Rhodes or Robert Russett count... > > > > 2017-12-21 12:38 GMT+01:00 Albert Alcoz <[email protected]>: > > Hello all, > > > > After asking about jazz > > and > > music an experimental film > > , > > and feeling grateful for all the answers, I was wondering about the > connections between early electronic music and avant-garde film. > > > > Recently I watched *OFFON* (1967-72) by Scott Bartlett with a “sound > composition” by Manny Meyer. > > > > Again, there should be plenty of avant-garde films where the soundtrack > is instrumental electronic music or experimental > > abstract > > sound created with magnetic tape recorders, synthesizers, electronic > tools, etc. > > > > Maybe one question would be to define what is considered to be early > electronic music but anyway, lets try it. > > > > Does anyone remember some other avant-garde films with > > early > > electronic music > > from the 50's, 60's, 70's even 80's > > ? > > > > Right now here’s the first list: > > > > *Cybernetik 5.3* (1968) by John Stehura. Music: Tod Dockstader. > > > > *Crystals* (1968) by Herbert Loebel. Music: Michael Lloyd. > > > > *Rohfilm *(1968) by Birgit & Wilhelm Hein. Music: Christian Michaelis. > > > > *Two Images for a Computer Piece *(1969) by Lloyd Williams. Music: > Vladimir Ussachevsky. > > > > *Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper* (1970) by David Rimmer. Music: Don > Druick. > > > > *Berlin Horse* (1970) de Malcolm Le Grice. Music: Brian Eno. > > > > *Mutations* (1973) by Lilian F. Schwartz. Music: Jean Claude Risset. > > > > Several films by Dore O. and Werner Nekes with sountracks by Anthony Moore > like *Diwan *(1973) or* Kaskara* (1974). > > > > *Riddles of the Sphinx* (1977) by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen. Music: > Mike Ratledge. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Albert Alcoz > > > > -- > > http://visionaryfilm.net/ <http://www.visionaryfilm.net/> > http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/> > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > > > -- > > Elena Duque Viña > Telf: (+34) 605431072 <+34%20605%2043%2010%2072> > http://cargocollective.com/elenaduque <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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