Moog (film)


Moog is a 2004 documentary film by Hans Fjellestad about electronic instrument pioneer Dr. Robert Moog. The film features scenes of Dr. Moog interacting with various musical artists who view Moog as an influential figure in the history of electronic music.
Moog is not a comprehensive history of electronic music nor does it serve as a chronological history of the development of the Moog synthesizer. There is no narration, rather the scenes feature candid conversation and interviews that serve more as a tribute to Moog than a documentary.
The film was shot on location in Hollywood, New York, Tokyo, and Asheville, North Carolina where Moog's company is based. Additional concert performances were filmed in London and San Francisco.
The film's 2004 release was designed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Moog Music, Robert Moog's company that was founded as R. A. Moog Co. in 1954.

Artists who appeared in the film

The soundtrack features 17 original songs by different artists produced on Moog instruments:
  1. "Abominatron"
  2. "Variation One"
  3. "Bob's Funk"
  4. "You Moog Me"
  5. "The Sentinel"
  6. "Unavailable Memory"
  7. "When Bernie Speaks"
  8. "Endless Horizon "
  9. "Micro Melodies"
  10. "I Am a Spaceman"
  11. "Sqeeble"
  12. "Realistic Source"
  13. "You Have Been Selected"
  14. "Nanobot Highway"
  15. "Mixed Waste 4.2"
  16. "Beautiful Love"
  17. "Another Year Away"
The double CD soundtrack album also features seven songs that prominently feature Moog instruments that were not recorded for or used in the film:
  1. "Lucky Man"
  2. "Cars"
  3. "E.V.A."
  4. "Mongoloid"
  5. "Blue Monday"
  6. "Baroque Hoedown"
  7. "Close to the Edge"

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