TRISTRAM CARY FILM SCORES:
The Ladykillers, Ealing Studios (1955)
Time Without Pity, Harlequin (1956)
The Little Island Animated, Richard Williams (1958) (best experimental film, Venice 1958; best experimental film, British Film Academy 1959)
Sammy Going South, Michael Balcon (1963) (Royal Command Film Performance 1963)
EXPO 67 Montréal - All film soundtracks for Industrial Section, British Pavilion (1967)
A la Mesure de l'Homme, Canadian Government (1967)
Quatermass and The Pit, Hammer Films (1967)
A Christmas Carol, ABC Films (1972) Academy Award
The Fourth Wish, SA Film Corporation (1976)
Katya and the Nutcracker: special arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet for a 30' children's animated film (John Cary Films / Minotaur International)
Tristram's hand-built electronic music studio, Fressingfield late 60's.
IAN HELLIWELL - made super8 animated sequences for the film. He also let us use some of his pre-existing experimental films. Hand painted, bleached, scratched, found images dance to the ultimate stripped back drones emitted by hand built tone generators. Inventor of 'Hellivision'. English film bodies give this man some CASH now. www.ianhelliwell.co.uk.
Television
TRISTRAM CARY - TELEVISION SCORES:
Jane Eyre (Bronte) (1963)
'The Daleks' (7-part Dr Who serial) (1963)
Madame Bovary (Flaubert) (1964)
Marco Polo (Dr Who serial) (1964)
Mill on the Floss (Eliot) (1964)
The Head Waiter (Mortimer) (1966)
The Dalek's Master Plan (12 part Dr Who serial) (1966)
The Paradise Makers (Winch) (1967)
The Million Pound Banknote (Twain) (1968)
Sinister Street (Mackenzie) (1969)
The Mutants (Dr Who serial) (1972)
Books
TRISTRAM CARY - AUTHOR
Dictionary of Musical Technology (1992) (also known as the Illustrated Compendium of Musical Technology)
ANALOG DAYS
The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer
Trevor Pinch (who features in the documentary) &
Frank Trocco
This book has a fantastic chapter called 'From Daleks To The Dark Side of the Moon' - which deals with the history of EMS. Check out www.analogdays.com
Heroes
The stars of our show: Clockwise from top left: Peter Zinovieff, David Cockerell, Tristram Cary, Robin Wood, Gordon Reid, Trevor Pinch, Mark Ayres and Dave Brock.
EMS USERS:
WHAT THE FUTURE SOUNDED LIKE's Details
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Single
Zodiac Sign:
Cancer
WHAT THE FUTURE SOUNDED LIKE cerebrally pessimistic, nervously optimistic Posted at 6:54 AM Jun 16, 2008 view more
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS WE ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF TRISTRAM CARY. TRISTRAM DIED ON THURSDAY 24th IN HOSPITAL IN ADELAIDE. FAREWELL TRISTRAM!
LATEST NEWS! WTFSL has been invited to screen at SONAR 2008 in Barcelona. www.sonar.es
(read that with a Spanish lisp please)...
LENGTH - 27 MINUTES
16:9 ANAMORPHIC
DOLBY 5.1
www.whatthefuturesoundedlike.com
(DIRECTOR - MATTHEW BATE @ PLEXUSFILMS.COM.AU)
(PRODUCER - CLAIRE HARRIS)
(DOP - TONY WILSON ACS)
(EDITOR - KARRYN DE CINQUE)
(MOTION GRAPHICS - RAYNOR PETTGE)
(SUPER 8 ANIMATION/HAND PAINTED SEQUENCES - IAN HELLIWELL)
(SOUND - PETE BEST @ BEST FX / BOOM SOUND)
(PROD MANAGER - DARRYL WATSON)
(ABC COMMISSIONING EDITOR - AMANDA DUTHIE)
WHAT THE FUTURE SOUNDED LIKE - Premiered at the ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL on the 3rd March 2007. www.adelaidefilmfestival.org
SYNOPSIS:
Post-war Britain rebuilt itself on a wave of scientific and industrial
breakthroughs that culminated in the cultural revolution of the 1960’s. It
was a period of sweeping change and experimentation where art and culture participated in and reflected the wider social changes. In this atmosphere
was born the Electronic Music Studios (EMS), a radical group of avant-garde
electronic musicians who utilized technology and experimentation to
compose a futuristic electronic sound-scape for the New Britain. Comprising
of pioneering electronic musicians Peter Zinovieff and Tristram Cary
(famed for his work on the Dr Who series) and genius engineer David Cockerell,
EMS’s studio was one of the most advanced computer-music facilities in the world.
EMS’s great legacy is the VCS3, Britain’s first synthesizer and rival of the
American Moog. The VCS3 changed the sounds of some of the most popular artists
of this period including Brian Eno, Hawkwind and Pink Floyd. Almost thirty years
on the VCS3 is still used by modern electronic artists like The Emperor Machine. What The Future Sounded Like colours in a lost chapter in music history, uncovering a group of composers and innovators who harnessed technology and new ideas to re-imagine the boundaries of music and sound. Features music from Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Roxy Music and The Emperor Machine.
CHECK OUT THE FILM TEASER:
Who I'd like to meet:
EMS WERE....
Peter Zinovieff (Chairman: 1969 - 1979)
Founder, driving force, ideas-man, composer, geologist, agent-provocateur, marketer, merrymaker, ringleader, talker, Russian, aristocrat, artist, collaborator, and person synomynous with EMS. Sold his rich wife's Tiara to buy his first computer. Pioneer of using mini-computers for musical applications during the 1960s. Now (sort of) retired.
Tristram Cary (Director: 1969 - 1973)
Pioneer of classical electronic music during 1960s and composer for film and broadcast with musical credits on the first Dr.Who & the Daleks series, later scored the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers as well as a few Hammer films. Pipe smoker, tune writer, gun-for-hire, classical composer, navy man. Role at EMS was as resident composer and artist and as the most musically experienced. Co-designed VCS3. Built wooden cabinet, wrote hand-book. Left to become Professor of Electronic Music at the Royal College of Music. Since became Professor of Music at the University of Adelade. Retirement is not an option.
David Cockerell (Analogue/Digital design: 1969 - 1972)
Engineering genuis. Self-effacing Gaulois chain smoker. Zinovieff's can-do man and realiseur for Peter's electronic dreams and nightmares. Has used 15 million tonnes or 678 KM of solder wire during career. Loves the Beatles and plays a battered Fender.
EMS NOW is...
Robin Wood (Sales/Demonstrator: 1970 - present)
Started at EMS as a summer job and never left. Former VCS3 demonstrator to the stars. Once witnessed Peter Zinovieff threaten a shopkeep with an axe (just for fun!). Now main man of EMS. The perfect inheritor of the company. Still runs EMS from his amazing place in Cornwall. Nice bloke. www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk THANKS Robin for many of the images dug and scanned from the EMS vaults. Synth nerds rejoice!
WHAT THE FUTURE SOUNDED LIKE's Friend Space (Top 20)
Recorded:
live on March 16, 2003 at the Beta Lounge in San Francisco
In
1967, San Francisco’s Fifty
Foot Hose were certainly one of the innovators of a sound that
took Psychedelia to new heights and was captured on the band’s one
record, Cauldron. They are a totally unique hybrid—on one
hand pulsating bay area acid rock, on the other, fractured electronic
freakery, becoming one whole cohesive being. The sci-fi-ish video
game-like artwork hinted at the sounds within, as did the Limelight
label’s pedigree for truly progressive sounds. Band leader, Cork
Marcheschi, used homemade electronic devices to create crude and
experimental soundscapes and instrumental compositions that were
sprinkled throughout the album.
Often starting shows with a
swelling rumble that exploded into the first song, they soon
developed a rabid following on the SF scene, though there was the
occasional totally wrong gig, like when a very-pregnant Nancy had to
perform at a Catholic Girls’ school! Still, the group wowed the
crowds, performing with greats like Chuck
Berry and Fairport
Convention.
PARTY ON from North to South . . . (Thessaloniki 27/10 --> Athens 07/11 --> Crete t.b.a. soon. . . .).
Παραμένοντας επί 8 χρόνια κορυφαίος διοργανωτής χορευτικών και συναυλιακών event στη χώρα μας, η F.S.I. Dance + Concert πραγματοποιεί μία σειρά από Anniversary Happenings στις τρεις σημαντικότερες πόλεις-περιοχές της Ελλάδας (Θεσ/κη 27/10, Αθήνα 7/11, Κρήτη t.b.a. soon . . .)!
όλοι ευπρόσδεκτοι . . . !
The music voyage goes on . . . . . stronger than ever . . . you 'r all welcome!
The launch of
the first in history man-made sputnik was held on 4th October 1957.
This day is considered to be the beginning of the mankind space era. The first
man-made sputnik was placed into orbit by a rocket vehicle from Baikonur
spaceport. A radio beacon was installed on a board of sputnik for monitoring
the flight and carrying out an investigation.
Remaining for 8 years a top dance and concert events organizer, F.S.I. Dance + Concert realizes a line of Anniversary Happenings at the three main cities of Greece (Thessaloniki 27/10, Athens 31/10, Heraklion of Creta 7/11) !
more t.b.a. Soon!
. . . .Just two of the top music moments that took place this season in Greece . . . .
- The most serious music art festival (23.05 - F.S.O.L, ZEN Garden, A.Kowalski . . .) @ Softball Olympic Stadium of Athens ...
+ + + +
- The biggest dance event . . .(02.08 - Armin V.B, G.Morrison, DJ Magros . . .@ Star Beach Waterpark in the island of CRETE) . . .
The musical trip goes on . . . . . stronger than ever . . . .
