Released: 1972
Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange
by Wendy Carlos
The 3432nd greatest album of all time
Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange is Wendy Carlos's electronic reinterpretation of music associated with Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange, issued under the name Walter Carlos. The album blends Moog synthesizer sonorities and studio processing with arrangements of classical repertoire and original thematic material, creating a cold, mechanical yet often lyrical sound world that reframes familiar melodies in an electronic context. It is frequently cited as an early and influential example of synthesizer-based film music and of adapting classical pieces through electronic instrumentation.
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