Wendy Carlos

Wendy Carlos
Associations
The Shining (film)
Biographical Information
Profession	Composer
Status	Alive
Birth	November 14, 1939
Gender	Female

Wendy Carlos, born on November 14, 1939 is an American musician and composer who, alongside Rachel Elkind, composed the score for the 1980 film version of The Shining.

Biography[]

Best known for her electronic music and film scores, Wendy was born and raised in Rhode Island, and studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University. Studying and working with various electronic musicians and technicians at the city's Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, she oversaw the development of the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown keyboard instrument designed by Robert Moog.

Carlos came to prominence with Switched-On Bach (1968), an album of music by Johann Sebastian Bach performed on a Moog synthesizer which helped popularize its use in the 1970s and won her three Grammy Awards. Its commercial success led to several more keyboard albums from Carlos of varying genres including further synthesized classical music adaptations and experimental and ambient music. She composed the score to two Stanley Kubrick films, A Clockwork Orange (1971) and The Shining (1980), and Tron (1982) for Walt Disney Productions.

In 1979, Carlos publicly came out as transgender, disclosing that she had been living as a woman since at least 1968.

Work on The Shining[]

Unreleased tracks[]

In addition to the tracks featured on The Shining Soundtrack, Wendy has released two additional albums containing tracks composed for the film, but not featured on the soundtrack. Tracks not on the original soundtrack can be found on the following albums:

The Shining Complete Motion Picture Score by Wendy Carlos
Rediscovering Lost Scores - Quintessential Archeomusicology, Volumes 1 & 2 by Wendy Carlos

Music
The Film Soundtrack	The Shining Soundtrack • Main Title "The Shining" • Grady's Story • Rocky Mountains • Lonato • New Rules For Wendy • Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta • A Horrible Nightmare • The Awakening Of Jacob • Come Out And Play With Us Danny • De Natura Sonoris No.2 • Danny's Gone Away • De Natura Sonoris No.1 • Jack Takes Control • Hair Of The Dog (Home) • Utrenja • Here's Johnny! • Polymorphia • Maze Madness • Midnight, the Stars & You • Movie Trailer Music • It's All Forgotten Now • Masquerade • Kanon
Other Soundtracks	Rediscovering Lost Scores • The Shining Complete Motion Picture Score
The Miniseries Soundtrack	The Shining OST • Main Titles • To The Mountains • You're Not Well • Draw Good Fruit • A Great Hotel • That you Jack? • Visiting The Doctor • Into The Pantry • Well, Doc? • Psychic Call • Croquet With Wendy • Topiary Tango • They're Still Here • Unmask! • Room 217 • Falling Into Blackness • Oh, I'm Not Seeing This! • You Don't Scare Me • Are You Happy? • Guess What You Forgot? • 10 Years Later
People	Wendy Carlos • Rachel Elkind • Nicholas Pike
Category:Soundtrack

Crew
1977 Book	Stephen King (author) • Dave Christensen (illustrator)
1980 Film	Stanley Kubrick (director) • Diane Johnson (co-writter)
	Editing	Ray Lovejoy (editor)
	Music	Wendy Carlos (composer) • Rachel Elkind (composer) • Gordon Stainforth (editor)
	Art	John Alcott (cinematographer)
1997 Miniseries	Mick Garris (director)
2016 Opera	Mark Campbell (librettist) • Paul Moravec (composer)
2017 HHN	John Murdy (art director)
Other	Tabitha King (author)
Category:Crew