Sagittarius V
The freedom to execute musical thoughts directly into sound without the mediation of performers and ensembles has been the dream of many composers. Electronic music, from simple voltage-control devices to advanced matrix switching and beyond, can be seen here in its primordial spark with Lerman's film of an oscilloscope's oscillations.
• By Richard Lerman. (1967, 6 mins, Print from Canyon Cinema)

Bells of Atlantis
Lou and Bebe Barron were early innovators in the lyrical shaping and forming of synthesized sound. This work is based upon Anais Nin's “The House of Incest,” where she appears as a shimmering apparition from another world, another time.
• By Ian Hugo. Assisted by Len Lye. Narrated and acted by Anais Nin. Music by Louis and Bebe Barron. (1953, 9 mins, color, Print from Museum of Modern Art)

Bridges-Go-Round
Clarke's optical cinepoem, a dance of Manhattan's bridges.
• By Shirley Clarke. Music by Louis and Bebe Barron. (1958-59, 3-1/2 mins, color, Print from Canyon Cinema)

Three
Morton Subotnick's strong and personal electronic music lends aural depth to Jordan's surrealist psychodrama.
• By Larry Jordan. Music by Morton Subotnick. (1954-56, 8 mins, Print from Creative Film Society)

Dreamwood
“Dreamwood recreates the world of dream in time and space using...the symbols and archetypes of the Unconscious for each step in the journey toward selfhood.” --Freude Bartlett
• By James Broughton. Photography by John Schofill and Fred Padula. Music by Morton Subotnick. (1972, 45 mins, color, Print from Canyon Cinema)

Cybernetik 5.3
Tod Dockstader's “Quatermass,” a chilling otherworldly suite, and Stehura's computer-generated neon-bright storm of geometrical fantasy.
• By John Stehura. Music by Tod Dockstader. (1965-69, 8 mins, color, Print from Creative Film Society)

XFILM
Maraldo was one of the founders of what is now the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College. The filmmaker relates: “...(M)y first, and very personal, exploration of film as an abstract, kinetic medium...finally collected and crystallized in my consciousness when I heard Bill Maraldo's very unusual tape piece.”
• By John Schofill. Music by William Maraldo. (1966-68, 14 mins, color, Print from Canyon Cinema)