CBS's children's television news spot "In The News" had an iconic spinning globe animation, to mesmerizing electronic music in the style of Raymond Scott. (I don't know if he personally made that music, but it sure sounds uncannily like Soothing Sounds for Babies, etc.)
CBS' "In the News" - from 1977!! (In which President Jimmy Carter sets up strict code of ethics and rules of conduct for public officials. Turns over peanut business to prevent appearance of conflict of interest.)
>nineteen999 10 months ago | parent | favorite | on: Repair of Iconic ’60s Era Synthesizer Turns into L...
>This reminded me a little of the story of Raymond Scott's "Electronium" machine, which was not a digital synthesizer, but a very early analog "algorithmic composition/generative music machine", back in the 60's and 70's:
HN discussion of "Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while coding?"
>scyclow on May 21, 2018 | parent | favorite | on: Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while ...
>I'm a big fan of Raymond Scott's electronic stuff because it's interesting, non distracting, and usually doesn't have lyrics. https://youtu.be/rYVIDJtKU-A
HN discussion of "Daphne Oram: Portrait of an electronic music pioneer (2008) (theguardian.com)":
>firstworldman on Jan 29, 2016 | parent | favorite | on: Daphne Oram: Portrait of an electronic music pione...
>Raymond Scott is probably more well known, particularly because of having been sampled by Dilla. Oram and certainly also Delia Derbyshire deserve all their due... I can't imagine how exciting it must have been to be creating these sounds that no one had heard before.
>The BBC Radiophonic Workshop is more influential than they're ever given credit for, even now that the story is somewhat well known. And they were at the time too... If you're looking for 'pop' musicians who were influenced by those experiments in early electronics, check An Electric Storm by White Noise (band that featured Delia and Brian from BBC RWS), as well as United States of America's self-titled 1968 record. Both radical and timeless.
