History Main / Theremin

* ''VideoGame/OuterWilds'': The ''Echoes of the Eye'' DLC has The Prisoner adding his own instrument to the final song, a theramin.

* Harry Lubin, the composer for ''Series/{{One Step Beyond|1959}}'' and the second season of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'', used the theremin extensively in his scores for both series.

* Harry Lubin, the composer for ''Series/OneStepBeyond'' and the second season of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'', used the theremin extensively in his scores for both series.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'' episode "Music Lessons", Stephen, a student who loves Halloween and cosplay (typically as an elf)]], plays the theremin.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside}}'' episode "Music Lessons", [[ExtravertedNerd Stephen, a student who loves Halloween and cosplay (typically as an elf)]], plays the theremin.

* ''Film/TheDelicateDelinquent'', a Creator/JerryLewis film from the late 1950s, was unusual for having an actual theremin on screen instead of just using it for the score. It's mined for physical comedy, as Lewis' character stumbles upon it, slowly figures out that its sounds are corresponding to his movements, and starts dancing around it.

* In the "''Film/CryWilderness''" episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' Jonah puts a theremin in a Thanksgiving turkey for his invention exchange, the point of the invention being that it adds a new musical tradition to the holiday. When he cuts into it, the turkey plays theremin music. The bots find it unsettling.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''[='s=] final zone has a very long, theremin-heavy theme tune, the last vestige of a DummiedOut level. Mystic Cave Zone has one as well.

** ''VideoGame/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2006}}'' uses the instrument sound in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rayLCPzTM7w "White Acropolis (The Base)"]], starting at around 0:55.

The [[{{Zeerust}} retrofuturistic]] and haunting sound of the Theremin is closely associated with SpeculativeFiction and horror from the black-and-white era, but it shows up in some very odd places.

* The score of ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' prominently features a theremin, for example in the tracks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WezpvuNPN1M "TVA"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La1TD4yGi1s "TVA First View"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV_76cm2BWU "Loki Green Theme"]]. Both composer Music/NatalieHolt and director Creator/KateHerron independently from each other decided to use the instrument in the score because of its inherent sci-fi sound.

* The latter half of [[Music/MeltBanana Melt Banana]]'s ''Bambi's Dilemma'' uses drums, an analog synthesizer, and a theremin along with Yasuko's vocals (as does Lite Live Ver.0).

* Wiki/TheOtherWiki lists several composers of 20th-century concert music who called for Theremins in their instrumentation: Bohuslav Martinů, Percy Grainger, Christian Wolff, Joseph Schillinger, Moritz Eggert, Iraida Yusupova, Jorge Antunes, Vladimir Komarov and Anis Fuleihan.

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* In the French movie ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1810864/?ref_=nv_sr_1 L'élève Ducobu]]'', the music teacher Miss Rateau is seen playing the theremin in her spare time.

* In the ''Film/CryWilderness'' episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' Jonah puts a theremin in a Thanksgiving turkey for his invention exchange, the point of the invention being that it adds a new musical tradition to the holiday. When he cuts into it, the turkey plays theremin music. The bots find it unsettling.

* ''Radio/DimensionX'': The theremin is one of a number of instruments that Creator/AlbertBuhrman tended to choose for the music. Its distinctive sound made radio listeners easily identify that they were listening to a futuristic ScienceFiction story. When the TitleSequence was revised to include references to ''{{Magazine/Astounding}} Science Fiction'', a piano and theremin play to indicate a transition to the episode's story.

* Used in “Cry of the Unheard” by Music/{{REPULSIVE}}. (Or at least a similar-sounding synthesizer is used.)

* [[Music/GhostBand Ghost's]] song "Spirit" opens with an theremin refrain backed by a mellotron choir. It's the only song in their catalogue that uses the instrument, giving the song an eerie, horror movie-like feel.