---
name: "Louis Barron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louis-barron"
fi1m_id: "louis-barron"
imdb_id: "nm0057690"
tmdb_id: 12306
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 April 1920"
died: "1 November 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:41:34.968618+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Louis Barron

## Identity

Louis Barron

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louis-barron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louis-barron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0057690
- **TMDB ID:** 12306
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057690/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12306

Composer. Born 23 April 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Died 1 November 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 April 1920, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- **Died:** 1 November 1989
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057690/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12306

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Forbidden Planet*](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Louis Barron (23 April 1920 – 1 November 1989) was an American composer and pioneer of electronic music. With his wife and creative partner Bebe Barron, he produced the first entirely electronic score for a commercial feature film, the 1956 MGM science-fiction production *Forbidden Planet*.

The couple met in Minneapolis, married in 1947 and established one of the earliest private electronic music studios in New York. They built custom circuits inspired by cybernetics and created early tape compositions, including work with composer John Cage. On *Forbidden Planet* they were credited for “electronic tonalities” rather than music, owing to a dispute with the musicians’ union.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, npr.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Space Boy* (1973), Music
- *Bridges-Go-Round 1* (1958), Music
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)
- *A Moment in Love* (1956), Music
- *Bullfight* (1955), Music
- *Bells of Atlantis* (1952), Music

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