Louis Barron

SoundComposer Apr 23 (died age 69) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 1952–1973 (21 year career)

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Biography

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.