My Fair Droogs: Introducing 'A Clockwork Orange,' the Musical
June 29, 2012 The original soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick' 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's classic dystopian novel, was a landmark in electronic music history. Wendy (then Walter) Carlos' score not only made extensive use of the Moog synthesizer but also pioneered the role in music of the vocoder, as Dave Tompkins' chronicles in his essential vocoder history How to Wreck a Nice Beach. …
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