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Barry Gray's JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN, UFO, and I believe he used it on SPACE 1999.
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The Bride by Maurice Jarre and Journey to the Far Side of the Sun by Barry Gray.
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I think it's use during the astronaut sleep sequence in JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN has a nice warm quality...but being a synth player myself, my idea of "warm" may differ from yours.
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May 1, 2011 - 9:15 PM
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orion_mk3
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Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's because Elmer Bernstein went through a long phase when EVERYTHING he wrote featured that damn instrument, but I really dislike the instrument and hope to never hear it again as long as I live. There's something very cold and uninvolving about it to me. I would much rather hear a Novachord, Theremin, electric violin, or Mellotron than the Martenot. I don't think I've listened to any of Bernstein's scores in ten years that featured it. I feel the same way, if less strongly. In a sci-fi/fantasy/horror context, as in Heavy Metal, Ghostbusters, Slipstream, or Mars Attacks, it can be pretty good. But in a dramatic score, it's the kiss of death.
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May 2, 2011 - 1:06 AM
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Loren
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Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's because Elmer Bernstein went through a long phase when EVERYTHING he wrote featured that damn instrument, but I really dislike the instrument and hope to never hear it again as long as I live. There's something very cold and uninvolving about it to me. I would much rather hear a Novachord, Theremin, electric violin, or Mellotron than the Martenot. I don't think I've listened to any of Bernstein's scores in ten years that featured it. I feel the same way, if less strongly. In a sci-fi/fantasy/horror context, as in Heavy Metal, Ghostbusters, Slipstream, or Mars Attacks, it can be pretty good. But in a dramatic score, it's the kiss of death. Same here. My left foot's h.m. is unbearable. Slipstream's or Mars Attacks' h.m. sounds just perfect. So thumbs half way.
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"Billion Dollar Brain" (Richard Rodney Bennett)
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