Tuesday 20 May 2014

Maurice Jarre

Dr Zhivago...

Jean-Michel Jarre's father Maurice was the first to use a (prototype) Moog in his soundtrack for Dr Zhivago, along with samisen, koto, Novachord (the first true polyphonic synth), a sonovox (early vocoder), tack piano, harpsichord, zither and 24 balalaikas of course ...oh, and the full MGM studio orchestra and 40-piece choir.   The Moog was used to add bass to the orchestral sound... This was late 1965 and the Moog modular synth was just invented, and delivered to the studio by truck...

Lara's Theme (original) ...



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