(CBS News) Nothing says Halloween quite like the weird sounds of the Theremin . . . tricky to play, but a treat when done well. With Faith Salie now we'll give it a listen: It just might be world's ...

If you've ever heard the eerie electronic music at the beginning of a 1950s science fiction movie (The Day the Earth Stood Still, for example), then you've heard a theremin. Invented in Russia in the ...

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A tattoo of a circuit diagram encircles my forearm. It’s from an electronic instrument I built from a kita theremin, which is played by moving your hands around a pair of antennas. Even if the ...

"Theremin Hero," a video game in which amateur musicians play a toy version of the strange electronic instrument, akin to "Guitar Hero," may be an idea whose time will never come. Developed by a ...

The physicist Lev Sergeyevich Termen may not be a household name, but the eerie sounds of the synthesizer he invented are instantly recognizable. Now Dubreq is inviting music makers to wave their arms ...

Today's retro Google Doodle honors Clara Rockmore, who made music from thin air by playing the theremin. The Doodle is a throwback to 2016, when it was originally posted to celebrate Rockmore's 105th ...

One of the best things about the Studio Ghibli classic Howl’s Moving Castle is the film’s memorable score. The piece “Merry-Go-Round of Life,” composed by Joe Hisaishi, added so much to the ...

Theremins, if we're being totally honest, look and sound kinda like things plopped down to earth from celestial beings with no instruction manuals. I suppose, in a few ways, cats are fairly similar.