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Theremin
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The theremin (a.k.a. termenvox) is an electronic instrument developed in the 1920s, notable for being the only musical instrument played without touching it. The player waves their hands near its antennas, using the electrical conductance of the body to alter the sound. It creates a very pure tone, and sounds like a lower-pitched version of someone tuning in an old-fashioned radio to a test signal. It's essentially a primitive analog synthesizer with an Unusual User Interface, or a Real Life Bizarre Instrument. The retrofuturistic and haunting sound of the Theremin is closely associated with Speculative Fiction and horror from the black-and-white era, but it shows up in some very odd places. As such, including this instrument in the soundtrack has become common shorthand for the presence of the paranormal, such as aliens or ghosts, generally with the implication that the subject matter is not going to be treated very seriously. |
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| Theremin / int_113f1f60 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_113f1f60 | comment |
The latter half of Melt-Banana's "Bambi's Dilemma" uses drums, an analog synthesizer, and a theremin along with Yasuko's vocals (as does Lite Live Ver.0). | |
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| Theremin / int_11fd7982 | type |
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Heard in Metroid Prime Trilogy's opening and main menu theme, as well as the individual title themes for the Gamecube games. | |
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| Theremin / int_1253f289 | type |
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Dream Theater uses one in one verse in "A Nightmare to Remember". | |
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| Theremin / int_13d88835 | type |
Theremin | |
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In the Cowboy Bebop series, Ana is not impressed when Gren suggests they use a theremin in her nightclub. "We might as well hire a magician in a bow tie and coattails." | |
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| Theremin / int_19e40545 | type |
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| Theremin / int_19e40545 | comment |
There's a quasi-Beach Boys pastiche in the middle of Grace of My Heart that lampshades the theremin, where the band "The Riptides" features a real theremin player onscreen during a recording session (reminiscent of the one in "Good Vibrations"), with "Brian" commenting that he "liked the theremin at the end." | |
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| Theremin / int_1cc11947 | type |
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Descent 3 uses a theremin-style synth for its main theme, as well as for the pentatonic Asian riff heard in Level 4. | |
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| Theremin / int_1d9ee84 | type |
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John Otway uses a theremin in part of his cover of Crazy Horses. He doesn't so much play it, as use it to replace the screams in the refrain. | |
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| Theremin / int_23553960 | type |
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has Zadornov playing one on one of MSF old pictures. | |
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| Theremin / int_2365cd7a | type |
Theremin | |
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Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space. Gneelix tells his wife to stop playing the theremin while he's delivering dramatic exposition. | |
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| Theremin / int_261c8d3f | type |
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The Simpsons: In "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", the family hear what they think is a ghost haunting their attic. On their way up to investigate, the obligatory spooky theremin music starts playing. Homer hears the music and is not happy about the ghost getting a hold of his theremin. Used in episode "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" when Homer delves into his own mind. Despite being often featured on the soundtrack in spooky scenes, it wasn't until the 2011 Treehouse of Horror that an actual theremin was used. (Before that, it was emulated by a synthesizer.) |
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| Theremin / int_28ad96c | type |
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He first used it on the soundtrack of The Lost Weekend (1945), for the nightmare sequences. | |
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| Theremin / int_2ac6c990 | type |
Theremin | |
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An odd non-science fiction example is I Live In Fear, where the theme song has a theremin in it. | |
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| Theremin / int_300dda22 | type |
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The Polyphonic Spree had a theremin player around 2004-2005, who appeared on their Together We're Heavy album. | |
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| Theremin / int_332cb317 | type |
Theremin | |
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Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) uses the instrument sound in "White Acropolis (The Base)", starting at around 0:55. | |
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In episode 3 of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Homsar plays the theremin in Strong Bad's band D-Ö-I. A giant theremin, that he plays by levitating and moving his whole body up and down. | |
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The title character in Hannibal teaches his apprentice-turned-lover Alana Bloom to play theremin as part of his general bon vivant persona. | |
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GhostControl Inc. has a theremin as part of its in-game music. | |
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| Theremin / int_427d7b06 | type |
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Harry Lubin, the composer for One Step Beyond and the second season of The Outer Limits, used the theremin extensively in his scores for both series. | |
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It's used to represent altered reality in eXistenZ and The Machinist. | |
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| Theremin / int_49ed6f5e | type |
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Used in "Cry of the Unheard" by REPULSIVE. (Or at least a similar-sounding synthesizer is used.) | |
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Theremin | |
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Monty Mole: Impossamole has this at the beginning of its title theme. | |
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Razzberry Jazzberry Jam features a living one in the form of Tesla, a stage musician whose character is obviously inspired by the theremin's "magical" tone. | |
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Myrtle Snow plays a theremin to calm herself in American Horror Story: Coven. It fits nicely with her odd, eccentric demeanor. | |
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Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory plays the theremin. Badly. | |
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Ultimate Chicken Horse has a theremin as part of the Mansion level's music. It sounds spooky, even though the mansion isn't actually haunted. | |
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Theremin | |
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In the various musical tracks that accompany Homestuck, Jack Noir is often leitmotifed by what sounds like a theremin. | |
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Theremin | |
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Doofus Drake plays the theremin in one episode of DuckTales (2017) to highlight his bizarre personality. | |
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In Nodame Cantabile, there is an extremely creepy girl who resembles, and is mistaken by some to be, a Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl. Her favorite instrument to play is the theremin. | |
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Fallout: New Vegas has it during Wild Wasteland encounters. | |
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The fourth episode of Frankelda's Book of Spooks centers around Tere, a girl that is bullied at school for her theremin talents, culminating in being publicly humiliated at a school recital, leading her to take an offer from a monster to remove her passion for the instrument from her. The monster removes the part of her soul representing her passion for life in general which becomes the new star player in his ghostly orchestra of stolen childhood joy, tearfully asking her now helpless and emotionally drained self why she abandoned her. | |
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In Mario Party 4, a theremin can be heard in the theme for Boo's Haunted Bash. | |
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"Duelling for Prizes", the theme that plays in space-themed duel mini-games in Mario Party 6, uses the instrument. | |
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Used in an episode of American Dad!. While flashing back to the day he met Roger at Area 51, the theremin plays in the background. Stan stops and says he's going to check the room it's coming from. | |
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Used in the Grojband episode "No Strings Attached" for Trina's Diary Mode sequence for fear. | |
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The Movies uses a theremin sound as the stock sound effect for handling a Sci-Fi script. | |
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2's final zone has a very long, theremin-heavy theme tune, the last vestige of a Dummied Out level. Mystic Cave Zone has one as well. | |
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As befitting a sitcom about aliens, ABC's The Neighbors used a theremin sting as its opening for the show's first season. | |
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"Whole Lotta Love" from Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin. Although it sounds less like space and more like THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF HELL!!!! | |
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Used in one of the songs in Gitaroo Man, "'Nuff Respect". | |
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Theremin | |
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He also utilized the unusual instrument for Hitchcock's Spellbound. That score was supposed to be the first one with the theremin, which producer David O. Selznick was really excited about. When he found out that Rózsa was also using the instrument in his score for The Lost Weekend, Selznick was furious. He knew that The Lost Weekend would be released before Spellbound (Weekend was released in November, Spellbound in December), thus spoiling Selznick's "first-score-with-theremin" thunder. | |
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A theremin can sometimes be heard in Avatar: The Last Airbender to put emphasis on spooky, strange, or silly moments on the show. More often than not, it's Played for Laughs. | |
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Theremin | |
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Though for that matter, The Ten Commandments has a theremin in its score. The instrument really was quite widely used in 1950s Hollywood, even beyond SF. | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_7579423f | comment |
Liberally used in the soundtrack for Banjo-Kazooie and its sequels. The levels where it shows up are meant to evoke the feeling of a classic horror B-Movie, Atlantis and an alien terrarium. | |
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| Theremin / int_76dcdf52 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_76dcdf52 | comment |
The Packrat: Packrat meets the Beach Boys and their theremin in 1967◊ during his Time Travel Story Arc. He needs (and uses up) its sole oscillator to jump forward to 1968. | |
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Theremin | |
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Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do in an RPG, entries 238/239: "My bard/rockerboy cannot play or has ever heard of the theremin, didgeridoo or glass harmonica." | |
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Theremin | |
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Destroy All Humans! uses it to evoke the 1950s alien invasion films which it pastiches. | |
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Theremin | |
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Double Dragon II (arcade version only) has a theremin in its Final Boss theme. | |
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Theremin | |
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It's used in Tim Burton's bio-pic Ed Wood, to recreate the theme music from Plan 9 from Outer Space. | |
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Theremin / int_80d4b7e6 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_8258e260 | comment |
Super Mario Bros.: Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel feature the theremin occasionally to match the space themes of the games, for example in the Buoy Base Galaxy theme (starting around 0:46). Super Princess Peach has this in the Shriek Mansion level, complementing the Big Boo's Haunt theme. Another Big Boo's Haunt stage with theremin music is Twisted Mansion from Mario Kart 8. In Mario Party 4, a theremin can be heard in the theme for Boo's Haunted Bash. "Duelling for Prizes", the theme that plays in space-themed duel mini-games in Mario Party 6, uses the instrument. |
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Theremin / int_8258e260 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_8287572b | comment |
In the French movie Ducoboo (L'élève Ducobu), the music teacher Miss Rateau is seen playing the theremin in her spare time. | |
| Theremin / int_8287572b | featureApplicability |
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| Ducoboo | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_8287572b | |
| Theremin / int_87a4e420 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_87a4e420 | comment |
Super Princess Peach has this in the Shriek Mansion level, complementing the Big Boo's Haunt theme. | |
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Theremin / int_87a4e420 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_87ac7d5a | comment |
In the Wayside episode "Music Lessons", Stephen, a student who loves Halloween and cosplay (typically as an elf), plays the theremin. | |
| Theremin / int_87ac7d5a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Theremin / int_87ac7d5a | featureConfidence |
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| Wayside | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_87ac7d5a | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_8bd2ee90 | comment |
I.R. Baboon plays a Theremin in one episode of I Am Weasel, and the instrument somehow keeps causing earthquakes. | |
| Theremin / int_8bd2ee90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| I Am Weasel | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_8bd2ee90 | |
| Theremin / int_8f32d08e | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_8f32d08e | comment |
RayStorm uses it along with "Psycho" Strings in the infamously nightmarish "Molecular Clock" boss music. Also used in the Special Mode theme from the PSX version of RayCrisis. | |
| Theremin / int_8f32d08e | featureApplicability |
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Theremin / int_8f32d08e | |
| Theremin / int_919cd120 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_919cd120 | comment |
Used in The Crumpets episode "Prehistoric Crumpets" in the scenes with the meteorite crystals and the arrival of the space ship. | |
| Theremin / int_919cd120 | featureApplicability |
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| The Crumpets | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_919cd120 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_976efc02 | comment |
In the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode "Cry Wilderness", Jonah puts a theremin in a Thanksgiving turkey for his invention exchange, the point of the invention being that it adds a new musical tradition to the holiday. When he cuts into it, the turkey plays theremin music. The bots find it unsettling. | |
| Theremin / int_976efc02 | featureApplicability |
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Theremin / int_976efc02 | |
| Theremin / int_986e857e | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_986e857e | comment |
Ben 10 uses this in the soundtrack of the first series to fit the excitement of being an alien hero. | |
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Theremin / int_986e857e | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_9b1c2acd | comment |
Fahrenheit 451: A theremin is mentioned at one point when describing how background music tricks people into feeling an emotional response. | |
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| Fahrenheit 451 | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_9b1c2acd | |
| Theremin / int_9d48ae2e | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_9d48ae2e | comment |
The Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja episode "30 Seconds to Math" reveals that Julian plays this instrument. Unfortunately, when he demonstrates his talents, he gets pelted with an orange. | |
| Theremin / int_9d48ae2e | featureApplicability |
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| Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_9d48ae2e | |
| Theremin / int_9ef055f4 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_9ef055f4 | comment |
Ratchet & Clank uses this as the recurring Leitmotif for Dr. Nefarious. It also shows up prominently in the iconic Metropolis theme from the first game, which helps sell the city's retro Art Deco aesthetic (only in the first game, though; for the third game, the theremin section was replaced with a James Bond-esque guitar riff). | |
| Theremin / int_9ef055f4 | featureApplicability |
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| Ratchet & Clank (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_9ef055f4 | |
| Theremin / int_a183d57f | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_a183d57f | comment |
In a post-revival episode of Futurama, Bender dies and takes on a ghostly existence. When the characters call a séance to exorcise the ghost, cue the creepy theremin track, but when the Establishing Shot ends, it is Zoidberg playing it to his colleagues. | |
| Theremin / int_a183d57f | featureApplicability |
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| Futurama | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_a183d57f | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_a301927f | comment |
Rocketship X-M was the first Science Fiction movie to use it, with The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) becoming the Trope Codifier and one of its most famous uses. It also showed up in countless other horror and science fiction B-movies between 1945 and 1960. In those times, if it wailed, it was usually a theremin. | |
| Theremin / int_a301927f | featureApplicability |
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| Rocketship X-M | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_a301927f | |
| Theremin / int_a856bd53 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_a856bd53 | comment |
In Chapter 2 of Saint Young Men, the music-related sidenote about Jesus says that "he's curious about theremins". | |
| Theremin / int_a856bd53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Theremin / int_a856bd53 | |
| Theremin / int_ab515a31 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_ab515a31 | comment |
The last part of the Chapter 3 music in House of the Dead uses one. Appropriate for the horror setting. | |
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Theremin / int_ab515a31 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_ac4b6a62 | comment |
Questionable Content: For some reason, when Claire is celebrating her exams success, three of her friends all show up with the same congratulatory gift — a theremin construction kit. What If anything this implies is unclear, beyond the fact that they all maybe see her as a little bit geeky. Claire understandably gets a bit sarcastic after the third. | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_b4967d43 | comment |
Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog 2's final zone has a very long, theremin-heavy theme tune, the last vestige of a Dummied Out level. Mystic Cave Zone has one as well. The Egg Carrier theme in Sonic Adventure also uses it, starting at 0:45. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) uses the instrument sound in "White Acropolis (The Base)", starting at around 0:55. |
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Theremin / int_b4967d43 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_b565ccc5 | comment |
The score of Loki prominently features a theremin, for example in the tracks "TVA", "Stop" and "Loki Green Theme". Both composer Natalie Holt and director Kate Herron independently from each other decided to use the instrument in the score because of its inherent sci-fi sound. Additionally, in episodes 2 and 4, a theremin cover by Clara Rockmore is playing in Judge Renslayer's office ("18 Morceaux, Op. 72: No. 2 'Berceuse'" and "The Swan", respectively). | |
| Theremin / int_b565ccc5 | featureApplicability |
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Theremin / int_b565ccc5 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_b80c3b | comment |
A theremin makes a last-minute appearance in the ending sequence of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, re-doing the opening theme. | |
| Theremin / int_b80c3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_b80c3b | |
| Theremin / int_bca72091 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_bca72091 | comment |
Animal Crossing: New Leaf adds a theremin to the vast number of musical instruments players can collect. | |
| Theremin / int_bca72091 | featureApplicability |
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| AnimalCrossing | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_bca72091 | |
| Theremin / int_bf6690ba | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_bf6690ba | comment |
In My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks, it's among the instruments Pinkie suggests Twilight should play; she brings out a theremin and plays a haunting tune. | |
| Theremin / int_bf6690ba | featureApplicability |
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| My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_bf6690ba | |
| Theremin / int_c3e7ab30 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_c3e7ab30 | comment |
Perfect Dark Zero uses a theremin in several soundtrack pieces, such as the main menu, Game Over and River Extraction themes. | |
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Theremin / int_c3e7ab30 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_c43df4d8 | comment |
The opening to Doctor Who doesn't use one, but evokes the sound. The musicians in this case actually cobbled some parts from the technical department and built a synthesizer to simulate it. | |
| Theremin / int_c43df4d8 | featureApplicability |
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Theremin / int_c43df4d8 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_c6e31a96 | comment |
The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures has an 8-bit theremin-type sound in the "Boo! Haunted House" BGM. | |
| Theremin / int_c6e31a96 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Theremin / int_c6e31a96 | featureConfidence |
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| The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_c6e31a96 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_c6e9c6cc | comment |
Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel feature the theremin occasionally to match the space themes of the games, for example in the Buoy Base Galaxy theme (starting around 0:46). | |
| Theremin / int_c6e9c6cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_c6e9c6cc | |
| Theremin / int_c708dd91 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_c708dd91 | comment |
The last level of de Blob 2, set in space, features a theremin-heavy melody. | |
| Theremin / int_c708dd91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Theremin / int_c708dd91 | featureConfidence |
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Theremin / int_c708dd91 | |
| Theremin / int_c7a2f584 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_c7a2f584 | comment |
Axiom Verge's soundtrack features theremin in "Trace Rising", "Amnesia", and "Primordial Shores" | |
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Theremin / int_c7a2f584 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_c8a0f17 | comment |
Eric Hersemann of Gigan uses one as part of his extensive effects setup. | |
| Theremin / int_c8a0f17 | featureApplicability |
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Theremin / int_c8a0f17 | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_ce158c5f | comment |
In the This American Life episode "Classifieds" where they comb the want ads to put a band together and record a song all in 24 hours, one of the band members is a man who plays a Theremin. To take advantage of this they decide the song they'll record is "Rocket Man." | |
| Theremin / int_ce158c5f | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
| This American Life (Radio) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_ce158c5f | |
| Theremin / int_d5208281 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_d5208281 | comment |
In the Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye DLC, the unnamed avian aliens who flew their miniature ringworld into your solar system had a stringed instrument that sounds very similar to a theremin, which gives their music an eerie, haunting quality. Upon completing the DLC and then the main game, the Prisoner within that ringworld adds the instrument to the final song played during the Golden Ending. | |
| Theremin / int_d5208281 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Outer Wilds (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_d5208281 | |
| Theremin / int_d758ed0c | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_d758ed0c | comment |
TimeSplitters 2 has a theremin as part of the music for the "Ufopia" multiplayer map, which seems to be an alien base filled with Flying Saucers. | |
| Theremin / int_d758ed0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| TimeSplitters (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_d758ed0c | |
| Theremin / int_e10a30fa | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_e10a30fa | comment |
Converge used this extensively on their Jane Doe album, to genuinely heart-stopping effect. | |
| Theremin / int_e10a30fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Theremin / int_e10a30fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Converge (Music) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_e10a30fa | |
| Theremin / int_e309de97 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_e309de97 | comment |
Ska/punk/funk band Fishbone makes use of a theremin. | |
| Theremin / int_e309de97 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Theremin / int_e309de97 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Fishbone (Music) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_e309de97 | |
| Theremin / int_e5dac2f4 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_e5dac2f4 | comment |
P.N.03 uses one in its first final boss theme. | |
| Theremin / int_e5dac2f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Theremin / int_e5dac2f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| P.N.03 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_e5dac2f4 | |
| Theremin / int_e6318baf | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_e6318baf | comment |
The Midsomer Murders theme and underscore uses it, to great, creepy effect. | |
| Theremin / int_e6318baf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Theremin / int_e6318baf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Midsomer Murders | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_e6318baf | |
| Theremin / int_e7795776 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_e7795776 | comment |
Celeste uses a theremin for the leitmotif of Mr. Oshiro, the ghostly hotel caretaker, and later in Chapter 8, The Core. | |
| Theremin / int_e7795776 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Celeste (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_e7795776 | |
| Theremin / int_e93a5ed7 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_e93a5ed7 | comment |
Dimension X: The theremin is one of a number of instruments that Albert Buhrman tended to choose for the music. Its distinctive sound made radio listeners easily identify that they were listening to a futuristic Science Fiction story. When the Title Sequence was revised to include references to Astounding Science Fiction, a piano and theremin play to indicate a transition to the episode's story. | |
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1.0 | |
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Theremin / int_e93a5ed7 | |
| Theremin / int_eaaa9b49 | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_eaaa9b49 | comment |
Ghost's song "Spirit" opens with an theremin refrain backed by a mellotron choir. It's the only song in their catalogue that uses the instrument, giving the song an eerie, horror movie-like feel. | |
| Theremin / int_eaaa9b49 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Theremin / int_eaaa9b49 | |
| Theremin / int_f120845f | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_f120845f | comment |
A pocket theremin is a usable weapon in Kingdom of Loathing. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Kingdom of Loathing (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_f120845f | |
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Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_faf84cd | comment |
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines has a theremin playing all the way through Dr. Grout's (a batshit insane leader of an equally insane vampiric clan) mansion. | |
| Theremin / int_faf84cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_faf84cd | |
| Theremin / int_fd6f613d | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_fd6f613d | comment |
Vadim from DragonForce plays one in addition to keyboard. | |
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1.0 | |
| Theremin / int_fd6f613d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| DragonForce (Music) | hasFeature |
Theremin / int_fd6f613d | |
| Theremin / int_fe724d7f | type |
Theremin | |
| Theremin / int_fe724d7f | comment |
A handful of songs by Rammstein incorporate a theremin, especially "En Lied" and "Tier". | |
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