Future Music Magazine June 2017 Back Issue

RETRO SYNTH SOUNDTRACKS
For many listeners in the seventies and ’eighties, the first taste of ‘synthesizer music’ didn’t come from an LP or the radio but via the soundtrack to some gritty horror film or sci-fi screen spectacle. It would be hard to overstate the role soundtrack composers have had in the development of electronic music; from the early innovations of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Vangelis’ work on Blade Runner and Chariots Of Fire, through Wendy Carlos’ classical-inspired work for Stanley Kubrick, to John Carpenter’s droning horror soundscapes, the influence of Hollywood’s synth pioneers can still be heard throughout the electronic music landscape today. 2017 seems like a perfect time to celebrate these soundtrack innovators, with (this issue’s featured artists) Survive paying homage through their Stranger Things soundtrack and a new Blade Runner film just over the horizon. So, in this month’s cover tutorials, we’re diving into the sound design and production approaches behind these iconic sounds.