Bebe Barron
Charlotte May Wind
Birth Date
6/16/1926 (Age 81)Birth Place
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USADeath Date
4/20/2008Departments
Biography
Bebe Barron (June 16, 1926 – April 20, 2008) was an American pioneer in the field of electronic music. She is credited, along with her husband and creative partner Louis Barron, with writing the first electronic music for magnetic tape, and the first entirely electronic film score for the MGM movie Forbidden Planet.
Best Known For
Original Music Composer
Self (archive footage)
Sound
Frequent Collaborators
Walter Pidgeon
1 film together
Fred M. Wilcox
1 film together
Cyril Hume
1 film together
Lisa Rovner
2 films together
George J. Folsey
1 film together
Louis Barron
1 film together
