Moog
导演：Hans Fjellestad|
主演：查理·克劳泽|Herbert Deutsch|Keith Emerson|Edd Kalehoff|Gershon Kingsley|
年份：(2004)
The advent of the synthesizer is one of those rarest of moments in our musical culture, when something genuinely new comes into being. An invention that touches nearly every aspect of musical expression, production and sound design. Bob Moog (b. 1934) is the best known of the early synthesizer pioneers. He is responsible for some of the most inspiring electronic musical instruments ever created. Along with such influential figures as Leon Theremin, Raymond Scott, Don Buchla, Thaddeus Cahill, Harald Bode and Hugh LeCaine, Moog has not only made prodigious contributions to modern music and culture, but he has become a character within an unfolding "American maverick inventor" mythology. This is the central narrative of our documentary. Moog certainly walks and talks the "mad scientist" part, complete with the fly-away silver hair, intense eyes and a head full of stories. In fact, musicians and collectors have developed such deep emotional connections with Moog's inventions that he has become a cult hero in some circles. This film project does not set out to document the extensive and muddy history of electronic music technology any more than is necessary to provide the context for Bob Moog as a character within a mythology that we wish to explore, and even enhance, but ultimately keep intact. Tracking this history in Moog's own words, we will interact with him in upstate New York where it all began, and in his present workshop and home in rural North Carolina, on his regular travels across the U.S., and beyond. Dr. Moog has graciously agreed to give the filmmakers unprecedented access to his world. In addition, a supporting cast that includes Don Buchla, Jim Scott, Tom Rhea and Andrew Rudin will enter the picture briefly, in conversation with Moog, bringing out different stories and different sides of our man. Original music produced on Moog instruments, old films and photographs borrowed from dusty private collections, and additional discoveries will round out this stylized, wonderfully strange story of a true American maverick. e5d Written by Hans Fjellestad Bob Moog has been inventing and building electronic musical instruments for nearly half a century. Still active in his workshop in rural North Carolina, Moog continues to shape musical culture with some of the most inspiring instruments ever created. Moog explains that he "can feel what's going on in a piece of electronic equipment... it's something between discovering and witnessing." And he is convinced that many musicians come to "feel" a circuit in a similar way. "They make contact." In fact, musicians make such strong emotional connections with the electronics inside a Moog synthesizer that Moog himself has reached cult hero status. Moog has not only made prodigious contributions to modern music and culture, but he has become a character within an unfolding "American maverick inventor" mythology. Moog certainly walks and talks the "mad scientist" part, complete with the fly-away white hair, intense eyes, eccentric mannerisms and a head full of stories. Written by ZU33
