Wendy Carlos

Composer
Music Department
Additional Crew

Wendy Carlos, one of the great innovators in synthesized and electronic music, was born as Walter Carlos in Rhode Island on November 14, 1939. She underwent a sex-change operation in 1972, details of which she revealed during a surprise Playboy interview in 1979. Walter's last credited release is "Sonic Seasonings" (1972). Wendy's first credited release is the "Tron" soundtrack (1982), which was released on CD in 2002.

More at IMDbPro

IMDbProStarmeter See rank

View contact info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations

Known for

A Clockwork Orange

8.2

Music Department(as Walter Carlos)

1971

Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)

Ready Player One

7.4

Soundtrack("Main Title")

2018

Tron

6.7

Composer(music by)

1982

The Shining

8.4

Composer

1980

Credits

Edit

IMDbPro

Composer

Tulpa
Short
- Composer
- 2020
The Devil's Flower
6.3
Short
- Composer (music by)
- 2015
Tron 2.0
8.2
Video Game
- Composer
- 2003
Woundings
3.8
- Composer
- 1998
Dolby Stereo Cat 251 Listening Test Film
Video
- Composer
- 1982
Tron
6.7
- Composer (music by)
- 1982
Arena
7.6
TV Series
- Composer
- 1980
The Shining
8.4
- Composer
- 1980
Gallery
Short
- Composer
- 1971
Image
5.1
Short
- Composer
- 1963

Music Department

Reflections of Evil
6.2
- music arranger: Rossini pieces
- musician: Rossini pieces
- 2002
England, My England
7.0
- arranger: "Queen Mary's Funeral March" (as Walter Carlos)
- 1995
Nova
8.7
TV Series
- musician: synthesizers
- 1989
Dolby Stereo Cat 251 Listening Test Film
Video
- musician: synthesizer
- 1982
The Stereo Demonstration Film
Short
- arranger: "Overture to Tannhauser" end title
- performer: "Overture to Tannhauser" end title
- 1982
Tron
6.7
- music synthesizer performances and processing
- 1982
It's the Same World
6.6
Short
- music by
- 1981
A Clockwork Orange
8.2
- electronic music composed and realised by (as Walter Carlos)
- 1971

Additional Crew

Personal details

Edit

Official sites
- Official Site
- Spotify
Alternative name
- Walter Carlos
Born
- November 14, 1939
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Other works
Wendy's research into the psycho-acoustic effects of sound resulted in the placement of Dolby Surround speakers at the side of the audience instead of behind.
Publicity listings
- 2 Interviews

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Is an avid eclipse chaser. Her website contains many splendid photographs of solar eclipses from all over the world, taken since the early 1970's.