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Louis Barron

Born: 1920-04-23 • 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.

Filmography
Sisters with Transistors poster
Sisters with Transistors
2021 • Self (archive footage)