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Mort Garson (July 24, 1924 - January 4, 2008) was a Canadian-American musician most well known for his work in early ElectronicMusic. He was one of the first musicians to compose songs with a Moog synthesizer, which he had bought from Robert Moog himself. He had also written Ruby & The Romantics' "Our Day Will Come"", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Throughout his career, his sound had evolved from the lush string arrangements of his early pop/lounge career in TheSixties, to the darker, occult-influenced sound of his mid-career, to the warmer sound of his final studio album ''Mother Earth's Plantasia''. After retiring from studio albums, he continued to compose scores for movies and plays into TheEighties. His music has been featured in [[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel National Geographic]] specials, Creator/JohnLandis' ''[[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'', ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', and live broadcasts of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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Mort Garson (July 24, 1924 - January 4, 2008) was a Canadian-American musician most well known for his work in early ElectronicMusic. He was one of the first musicians to compose songs with a Moog synthesizer, which he had bought from Robert Moog himself. He had also written Ruby & The Romantics' "Our Day Will Come"", Come", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Throughout his career, his sound had evolved from the lush string arrangements of his early pop/lounge career in TheSixties, to the darker, occult-influenced sound of his mid-career, to the warmer sound of his final studio album ''Mother Earth's Plantasia''. After retiring from studio albums, he continued to compose scores for movies and plays into TheEighties. His music has been featured in [[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel National Geographic]] specials, Creator/JohnLandis' ''[[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'', ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', and live broadcasts of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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* DreamTeam: Garson had collaborated with Creator/DorisDay to compose the string arrangements on her albums ''Doris Day's Sentimental Journey'' and ''Latin for Lovers''. He later collaborated with Creator/PaulFrees to create a tribute soundtrack for Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart''.
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Mort Garson (July 24, 1924 - January 4, 2008) was a Canadian-American musician most well known for his work in early ElectronicMusic. He was one of the first musicians to compose songs with a Moog synthesizer, which he had bought from Robert Moog himself. He had also written Ruby & The Romantics' "Our Day Will Come"", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Throughout his career, his sound had evolved from the lush string arrangements of his early pop/lounge career in TheSixties, to the darker, occult-influenced sound of his mid-career, to the warmer sound of his final studio album ''Mother Earth's Plantasia''. After retiring from studio albums, he continued to compose scores for movies and plays into TheEighties. His music has been featured in [[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel National Geographic]] specials, Creator/JohnLandis' ''[[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'' and live broadcasts of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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Mort Garson (July 24, 1924 - January 4, 2008) was a Canadian-American musician most well known for his work in early ElectronicMusic. He was one of the first musicians to compose songs with a Moog synthesizer, which he had bought from Robert Moog himself. He had also written Ruby & The Romantics' "Our Day Will Come"", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Throughout his career, his sound had evolved from the lush string arrangements of his early pop/lounge career in TheSixties, to the darker, occult-influenced sound of his mid-career, to the warmer sound of his final studio album ''Mother Earth's Plantasia''. After retiring from studio albums, he continued to compose scores for movies and plays into TheEighties. His music has been featured in [[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel National Geographic]] specials, Creator/JohnLandis' ''[[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'' Movie]]'', ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', and live broadcasts of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
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* IHaveManyNames: Garson has recorded under the aliases of the Love Strings of Mort Garson, the Wozard of Iz, Signs of the Zodiac, Lucifer, Z, Ataraxia, Captain D.J. and D.J. Craver.

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* IHaveManyNames: Garson has recorded under the aliases of the Love Strings of Mort Garson, the Wozard of Iz, Signs of the Zodiac, Lucifer, the D-Bee's, the Lords of Percussion, Z, Ataraxia, Captain D.J. and D.J. Craver.
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* CoveredUp: ''Electronic Hair Pieces'' features covers of songs from the 1967 musical Theatre/{{Hair}}.

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* CoveredUp: ''Electronic Hair Pieces'' features covers of songs from the 1967 musical Theatre/{{Hair}}.
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Mort Garson (July 24, 1924 - January 4, 2008) was a Canadian-American musician most well known for his work in early ElectronicMusic. He was one of the first musicians to compose songs with a Moog synthesizer, which he had bought from Robert Moog himself. He had also written Ruby & The Romantics' "Our Day Will Come"", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Throughout his career, his sound had evolved from the lush string arrangements of his early pop/lounge career in TheSixties, to the darker, occult-influenced sound of his mid-career, to the warmer sound of his final studio album ''Mother Earth's Plantasia''. After retiring from studio albums, he continued to compose scores for movies and plays into TheEighties. His music has been featured in [[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel National Geographic]] specials, Creator/JohnLandis' ''[[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'' and live broadcasts of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Garson passed away from kidney failure in his San Francisco home on January 4, 2008, aged 83. His albums ''Didn't You Hear?'', ''Black Mass'', ''The Unexplained'' and ''Plantasia'' were reissued by independent label Sacred Bones Records throughout 2020, alongside a compilation of previously unreleased music.

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!!Discography

[[AC: As a bandleader]]
* The Continentals – ''The Continentals Present Bossa Nova for All Ages'' (1963)
* The Total Eclipse – ''Symphony for Soul'' (1967)
* Dusk 'Til Dawn Orchestra – ''Sea Drift'' (1967)

[[AC:As a solo musician]]
* ''The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds''[[note]]A collaborative album with Jacques Wilson, Paul Beaver and Cyrus Faryar.[[/note]] (1967)
* ''Love Sounds''[[note]]Recorded as the Love Strings of Mort Garson.[[/note]] (1968)
* ''An Electronic Odyssey''[[note]]Recorded as the Wozard of Iz, in collaboration with Jacques Wilson.[[/note]] (1968)
* ''Electronic Hair Pieces''[[note]]A cover album of songs from the 1967 musical Theatre/{{Hair}}.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Aries''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Taurus''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Gemini''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Cancer''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Leo''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Virgo''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Libra''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Scorpio''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Sagittarius''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Capricorn''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Aquarius''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Pisces''[[note]]Recorded as Signs of the Zodiac.[[/note]] (1969)
* ''Didn't You Hear?''[[note]]A soundtrack album for the movie of the same name.[[/note]] (1970)
* ''Black Mass''[[note]]Recorded as Lucifer.[[/note]] (1971)
* ''Music for Sensuous Lovers''[[note]]Recorded as Z.[[/note]] (1971)
* ''Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart''[[note]]A tribute soundtrack recorded in collaboration with Creator/PaulFrees.[[/note]] (1972)
* ''The Unexplained''[[note]]Recorded as Ataraxia.[[/note]] (1975)
* ''Mother Earth's Plantasia'' (1976)

[[AC:Posthumous albums]]
* ''A Mixed Tape of Music By Mort Garson''[[note]]A compilation of some of Garson's recorded music, as well as other artist's songs that he had written, from 1957 to 1978.[[/note]] (2019)
* ''Music From Patch Cord Production'' [[note]]A compilation of previously unreleased music.[[/note]](2020)

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!!Mort Garson provides examples of the following tropes.

* AffectionateParody: ''An Electronic Odyssey'', recorded as the Wozard of Iz, is a parody of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
* ConceptAlbum: Several of albums deal with various concepts.
** ''The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds'' and the Signs of the Zodiac albums are about the twelve signs of the zodiac.
** ''Black Mass'' and ''The Unexplained'' both deal with occultism.
** ''Mother Earth's Plantasia'' is an album composed to encourage plant growth, inspired by Garson's wife Maggie Garson's garden.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The occult-inspired ''Black Mass'' and ''The Unexplained'' are by far the darkest albums he has ever composed.
* DreamTeam: Garson had collaborated with Creator/DorisDay to compose the string arrangements on her albums ''Doris Day's Sentimental Journey'' and ''Latin for Lovers''. He later collaborated with Creator/PaulFrees to create a tribute soundtrack for Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart''.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Garson initially composed string-oriented pop and lounge music until he bought a Moog synthesizer and began to compose the electronic music he is known for today.
* GenreShift: After spending much of TheSixties composing pop and lounge songs, he shifted to electronic music after meeting Robert Moog at a music engineer's convention and buying a Moog synthesizer from him.
* IHaveManyNames: Garson has recorded under the aliases of the Love Strings of Mort Garson, the Wozard of Iz, Signs of the Zodiac, Lucifer, Z, Ataraxia, Captain D.J. and D.J. Craver.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Mother Earth's Plantasia'' is by far the lightest, most upbeat album he has ever composed.
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