Oskar Sala

Pioneer of electronic music Oskar Sala, the composer of famous movies like 'The Birds' (1963), was born today 112 years ago (1910). Who is today's Google ...

In 1995, it was reported that Sala donated his original mixture-trautonium to the German Museum for Contemporary Technology and built other instruments including the Concert Trautonium, the Volkstrautonium and the Quartett-Trautonium. Sala became famous for developing and mastering the ‘mixture-trautonium’ in 1936, which imparted a unique sound to movies, television, and radio. Dubbed the pioneer of electronic music, Sala reportedly was surrounded by music since birth with a mother who was a singer and a father who, despite being an ophthalmologist, was also a musical talent.

Sala was an innovative electronic music composer and physicist recognised for his invention of mixture trautonium.

And two years later, he started working on his final invention, the mixture trautonium – a polyphonic version of the original instrument. Then, in 1946, after the end of World War II, 36-year-old Sala returned to his laboratory in Berlin. Sala focused on mastering the trautonium and developing it further, and this later inspired his studies. Sala went on to work for more than 400 films. HERE'S A VIDEO OF OSKAR SALA ROCKING OUT ON IT IN 1991 TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH HUMP DAY 🔘pic.twitter.com/hFXA9iEMR2 Sala quickly became fascinated by the possibilities of this invention.

Monday's Google Doodle celebrates what would have been the 112th birthday of German physicist and electronic music composer Oskar Sala.

Google remembers "one-man orchestra" Oskar Sala, whose synthesizer precursor was used in Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds."

He composed music and created sound effects for a string of German films, and in the early 60s was hired by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock to use his mixture-trautonium to create the sound effects for The Birds, creating bird cries and noises like hammering and slamming windows. Black crows in the two top corners of the picture seem to nod toward his work on The Birds. His studies in electronic engineering, physics, and composition led him to create his own instrument that he called the mixture-trautonium in 1948.

Due to his studies in music and engineering, Oskar Sala could compose electronic music that was completely different from others. The German composer became ...

Due to his studies in music and engineering, Oskar Sala could compose electronic music that was completely different from others. The composer also built other versions of the instrument like the Concert Trautonium, Quartett-Trautonium and Volkstrautonium. His efforts in the field also evoked interest in the topic of subharmonics. Due to his studies in music and engineering, Oskar Sala could compose electronic music that was completely different from others. Oskar Sala donated his original mixture-trautonium in 1995 to the German Museum for Contemporary Technology. The composer breathed his last in 2002. His interest in the subject also fuelled his studies in composition and physics at school. His mother was a singer, while his father was an ophthalmologist with an interest in music.