Louis And Bebe Barron’s Forbidden Planet: A Film Score Guide

Among the innovations of MGM's science fiction film Forbidden Planet (1956) was that it was scored entirely by electronic means a first for a major Hollywood movie. In this study, Wierzbicki (musicology, U. of Michigan) analyzes the music of Louis and Bebe Barron as it was used in the film as well as on the 1977 original soundtrack album. He also places the composers and the film within their larger historical context. Annotation 穢2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)