Bernard Herrmann - The Day the Earth Stood Still (2) (1951)

Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer known for his work in composing for motion pictures. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers.

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Soundtrack from the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)
Directed by Robert Wise
Based on "Farewell to the Master" 1940 story in Astounding Science-Fiction Magazine by Harry Bates

Part II {Final Part}

1. The Flashlight (0:00) 2. The Robot (0:54)
3. Space Control (3:02) 4. The Elevator (4:15)
5. Magnetic Pull (4:45) 6. The Study (6:23)
7. The Conference (7:09) 8. The Jeweler (7:41)
9. 12:30 (8:28) 10. Panic (8:59)
11. The Glowing (9:45) 12. Alone (10:46)
13. Gort's Rage (11:50) 14. Nikto (12:33)
15. Captive (13:09) 16. Terror (13:43)
17. The Prison (15:31) 18. Rebirth (17:14)
19. Departure (19:18) 20. Farewell (20:14)
21. End Titles (20:50)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Joel McNeely
rec. Sarabande 2000

The music score was composed by Bernard Herrmann in August 1951, and is the first film score he composed after moving from New York to Hollywood. Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film: violin, cello, and bass (all three electric), two theremin electronic instruments (played by Dr. Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure), two Hammond organs, Fox studio's Wurlitzer organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, marimba, tam-tam, two bass drums, three sets of timpani, two pianos, celesta, two harps, one horn, three trumpets, three trombones, and four tubas. Herrmann's advances in film scoring included Unison organs, tubas, piano, and bass drum, staggered tritone movement, and glissando in theremins, as well as exploitation of the dissonance between D and E-flat and experimentation with unusual overdubbing and tape-reversal techniques. In using the theremin, Herrmann made an early foray into electronic music, one year before Karlheinz Stockhausen and three years before Edgard Varèse.

20th Century Fox later reused the Bernard Herrmann title theme in the original pilot episode of Irwin Allen's 1965 TV series Lost in Space; the music was also used extensively in Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea TV series in various episodes. Danny Elfman noted The Day the Earth Stood Still's score inspired his interest in film composing and made him a fan of Herrmann.