
Theremin
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Theremin".
Sep 25, 2026
Everything We Do is Music: Elizabeth Alker in conversation with Huw Stephens
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25:28Elizabeth AlkerGUEST
He said it's like landing a spaceship on Appalachia.
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25:31Elizabeth AlkerGUEST
Yeah, so Leon Theremin, the spy who developed this instrument, was then sent to see Lenin, and Lenin thought it was magic, and people thought he was a magician, because he was plucking sound out of thin air, and he was sent to America... and he married a prima ballerina, became a superstar.
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25:50Elizabeth AlkerGUEST
The theremin was on Hitchcock films, scores that won Oscars, famously for Spellbound.
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25:58Elizabeth AlkerGUEST
And the whole time, he was selling secrets back to the Russians.
Level 184
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20:21The MessengerHOST
And now, back to the show.
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20:24The MessengerHOST
But then you get to that really nice, pretty Theremin part, and it's like, yeah, this track is a bit dangerous sounding, but it's a bit beautiful, too.
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20:33The MessengerHOST
And it just seems like a lot of the tracks in the soundtrack just finds that really weird balance of, yeah, it's pretty moody, but it can also put you in a good mood, too.
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20:45The MessengerHOST
And yeah, the game itself is okay, but this is one of the most underrated soundtracks on the Game Boy Advance, and I highly recommend that everyone checks it out.
Rebecca
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30:34KarishaHOST
What's a zither?
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30:34ChrisHOST
... or the, or the Theremin.
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30:36ChrisHOST
One of the two.
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30:36KarishaHOST
What's a Theremin?
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30:37ChrisHOST
D- weird instruments.
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30:39ChrisHOST
Um-