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The Andromeda Strain (Original Electronic Soundtrack)

Gil Mellé's 1971 score for The Andromeda Strain, the first all-synthesizer score for a feature film.

Cover of The Andromeda Strain (Original Electronic Soundtrack) by Gil Mellé
1971 Kapp Records LP artwork.Source
Type
Release
Creator
Gil Mellé
Year
1971
Subjects
Sound Technology
Discogs

Gil Mellé’s 1971 score for Robert Wise’s The Andromeda Strain, built entirely on modular synthesizer to score a microbiology-lab thriller — the first all-synthesizer score for a feature film, following his all-electronic main title for television’s Night Gallery the year before.