Theramin sounds
I played a theramin once. Its a cool instrument. Many of us have heard it in old sci-fi and B movies. Its an early electronic instrument. Anyways, here are 3 Youtube videos that describe this better. The first is an interesting re-make of the Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” song, made with a theramin. The next two videos are from the classic Sci-Fi movie, the Day the Earth Stood Still. I was lucky to see that movie for the first time about 15 years ago in a classics section of the Vancouver film festival. I am sure it is on video and it plays on TV now and then. I think its the perfect movie for a movie theatre though. Theramins create an eery sound.
An TV appearance
You can hear the “aaaaawwwwoooaaaaaaaaaa” spooky sounds almost immediately in this short video about the Day the Earth Stood Still.
The day the Earth Stood Still Movie Trailer - Theramin is heard when the alien arrives in a subtle way.
dont worry be happy with theramin
The theremin (originally pronounced [ˈteremin] but often anglicized as [ˈθɛɹəmɪn][1]), theramin,[2] or thereminvox, also known as an aetherphone is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. It was invented by Russian inventor Léon Theremin in 1919, and it is unique in that it was the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched. The controlling section generally consists of two metal antennas to sense the relative position of the player’s hands. These sensors control audio oscillator(s) for frequency from one hand, and volume from the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.
To play the theremin, the player moves his hands around the two metal antennas, which control the instrument’s frequency (pitch) and amplitude (volume). The theremin is widely associated with “alien”, surreal, and eerie-sounding portamento, glissando, tremolo, and vibrato sounds, due to its use in film soundtracks such as Spellbound, The Lost Weekend, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks! (together with Ondes-Martenot and pre-recorded Theremin samples)[3] and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Theremins are also used in art music (especially avant-garde and 20th century “new music”) and in popular music genres such as rock and pop.
Similar electronic instruments, such as the Ondes-Martenot also use the principle of two heterodyning oscillators, but the Ondes-Martenot is touched while it is played.
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