Raymond Scott
Raymond Scott - US composer, band leader, pianist & producer
Person from United States
Genres: electronica, exotica, jazz, experimental, electronic, Avant-Garde, Cartoon Music
Similar artists via Last.fm
Bruce Haack
About Raymond Scott
Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 10 September 1908 – 8 February 1994), was an American composer, orchestra leader, pianist, engineer, electronic instrument inventor and electronic music pioneer. He was born in Brooklyn to a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants. Though Scott never scored cartoon soundtracks, his music is familiar to millions because of its adaptation by Warner Bros. In 1936, Scott formed the "Raymond Scott Quintette", hoping to revitalise swing music through tight, busy arrangements and reduced reliance on improvisation. He called this musical style "descriptive jazz," and gave his works titles like "New Year's Eve in a Haunted House," and "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" (recorded by the Kronos Quartet in 1993). It was these compositions that were sold to Warner Bros. in 1943. Scott was an early experimenter with electronic music. In 1946 he established Manhattan Research, Inc. The lab developed some of the first devices capable of producing electronic tones automatically in sequence. Using such instruments, Scott recorded three ground-breaking albums designed to lull infants to sleep, Soothing Sounds for Baby, in 1964. The music, anticipating the ambient work of Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno, did not find much favour with the record-buying public of the day. Scott's electronic music for radio and television commercials was released posthumously as "Manhattan Research, Inc." in 2000.
Taken from Last.fm
276,903 listeners · 2,862,286 plays via Last.fm
On RadioStar
Radio Stations sorted by tracks on rotation
Radio Caprice - Musique Concrete / Acousmatic / Electroacoustic [1]
Radio Caprice - Musique Concrete / Acousmatic / Electroacoustic [2]
Radio Caprice - Musique Concrete / Acousmatic / Electroacoustic [3]
Raymond Scott — Top 30 songs of 77
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Scott | IBM MT/ST: The Paperwork Explosion | ||
| Raymond Scott | The Bass-Line Generator | ||
| Raymond Scott | Auto-Lite: `Wheels` | ||
| Raymond Scott | Backwards Overload | ||
| Raymond Scott | Sleepy Time | ||
| Raymond Scott | The Playful Drummer | ||
| Raymond Scott | The Rhythm Modulator | ||
| Raymond Scott | The Toy Trumpet | ||
| Raymond Scott | Toy Typewriter | ||
| Raymond Scott | All This and Heaven Too (Vocals Nan Wynn) | ||
| Raymond Scott | Tired Little Teddy Bear | ||
| Raymond Scott | Little Miss Echo (Sweet Morning Weekend #4) | ||
| Raymond Scott | The Peanut Vendor [1939] | ||
| Raymond Scott | Amor | ||
| Raymond Scott | And so Do I (Vocals – Nan Wynn) | ||
| Raymond Scott | Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night | ||
| Raymond Scott | Every Day Of My Life | ||
| Raymond Scott | Get Happy | ||
| Raymond Scott | Mocassin Glide | ||
| Raymond Scott | Paper Doll | ||
| Raymond Scott | The Peanut Vendor | ||
| Raymond Scott | Lullaby | ||
| Raymond Scott | Tempo Block | ||
| Raymond Scott | The Music Box | ||
| Raymond Scott | The Bass-Line Generator | ||
| Raymond Scott | Pop Goes The Weasel | ||
| Raymond Scott | Powerhouse | ||
| Raymond Scott | Cindy Electronium | ||
| Raymond Scott | Dorothea | ||
| Raymond Scott | Temptation |