Louis Barron
An image from Forbidden Planet, one of the productions that also features Louis Barron.

Louis Barron

April 23, 1920 — Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Louis Barron (April 23, 1920 – November 1, 1989) was an American pioneer in the field of electronic music. He is credited, along with his wife and creative partner Bebe Barron, with writing the first electronic music for magnetic tape, and the first entirely electronic film score for the MGM movie Forbidden Planet.

Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

1956

Bridges-Go-Round 1

Bridges-Go-Round 1

1958

Bells of Atlantis

Bells of Atlantis

1952

A Moment in Love

A Moment in Love

1956

Space Boy

1973

Bullfight

Bullfight

1955