COMPILATIONS WITH delia derbyshire

Space Oddities ‘69-’83

Monday, August 10th, 2009

space is the place! science fiction always played an important part in many music styles, from techno to p-funk, jazz, cosmic, electro etc. this styleguides edition is all about the high class synthesizer trash of early electronic space themes.

bonus music video is the famous doctor who theme composed by ron grainer and realised by delia derbyshire at the bbc radiophonic workshop in 1963, creating one of the first electronic music signature tunes for science fiction tv:

Cinematic 60s

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

welcome to styleguides’ third cinema excursion focussing on the timeless 60s soundtracks of jerry goldsmith, john barry, nino rota, ennio morricone, lalo schifrin etc.

bonus video is the famous chess scene scored by michel legrand for ‘thomas crown affair’ 1968:

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