
Music Influenced by Ray Bradbury

Music Influenced by Ray Bradbury

Songs For a Sideshow of the Mind:  Ray Bradbury's Dark Carnival (1970)
-- LP.  Bob Jacobs turns eight Ray Bradbury stories into narrative
songs.  Ray Bradbury wrote the liner notes.  
Madrigals for the Space Age (1972) by Lalo Schifrin -- for mixed
chorus and narrator with piano accompaniment.  Text by Ray Bradbury.

Leviathan 99 -- Opera.  Libretto written by Ray Bradbury and based
loosely on Moby Dick.  
Tres Nocturnos a Ray Bradbury (1980) by Mario Kuri-Aldana -- for
clarinet and piano. 
Fahrenheit 451 (198*) -- Rock Opera.  Written by John Butcher, a
member of UK House of Commons.  I don't know if this has been recorded.

Cult of Ray (199*) -- "Alternative" Rock.  By Frank Black (formerly
Black Francis of the Pixies).  Songs influenced by the writings of
Ray Bradbury. 
This Time of Kites (1996) by John Alexander.  A choral version of
Ray Bradbury's poem.  This work debuted on April 14, 1996 at the
Orange County Performing Arts Center where it was performed by the
Pacific Chorale and conducted by the composer.  Ray Bradbury was
  
present for the performance and introduced the work. 

Notes:
   
There is a Japanese CD series of music from Disney films -- on one
disc, the opening suite of Something Wicked This Way Comes is featured.
Mr. Dark is pictured on the cover. 
The Soundtrack to the film Fahrenheit 451 came out in the early 1990's.
I have no further information. 
The soundtrack of The Illustrated Man has also been released, possibly
only as an import. 
Ray Bradbury has released two LP records privately, in small numbers.
These are: 
Icarus Montgolfier Wright/An American Journey (soundtracks to the
two Ray Bradbury films) 
Christus Apollo (His contata, as performed at Royce Hall, UCLA) 
Danny Elfman's album Music for a Darkened Theater includes the soundtrack
to the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Jar" based on Ray Bradbury's
short story. 
Several rock groups have taken their names from Ray Bradbury's writings
including The Autumn People, The Strawberry Window, and The October
Country.  Other Groups have recorded musical versions of Ray Bradbury
stories, including "Rocket Man." 
  
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