Eduard Artemyev - Siberiade theme (1979)

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What it is

The main theme from Eduard Artemyev's score to the 1979 Soviet film Siberiade, an electronic piece that features the ANS synthesizer.

Shared as an example of Artemyev, called the Russian Vangelis, and of great Soviet electronic film music.

“it hit me back hard how great this music is, even genius-like, I would say.”
Theme that hits hard, even genius-like
paganel, 2022-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Eduard Artemyev, Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores”
“It's Eduard Artemyev, by many considered "the Russian Vangelis".”
Theme by the Russian Vangelis, defining sci-fi film music
hackermom, 2010-11 · Recommendation · in “Soviet Image Editing Tool from 1987”

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Topics: eduard artemyev, siberiade, ans synthesizer, film score, electronic music