History Music / WendyCarlos

She is one of the pioneers in adapting ClassicalMusic to ElectronicMusic, and is notable for being one of the first UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} public figures to be open about their gender-affirming surgery; for a while after her transition, Carlos' works were still being published under her birth name, with Carlos not publicly coming out until 1979 thanks to her personal concerns surrounding how her identity would be received. After coming out, however, these and previous works have since been republished under her current name (as for the public response, she described it as "surprisingly indifferent").

She is one of the pioneers in adapting ClassicalMusic to ElectronicMusic, and is notable for being one of the first UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} public figures to be open about their gender affirming surgery; for a while after her transition, Carlos' works were still being published under her birth name, with Carlos not publicly coming out until 1979 thanks to her personal concerns surrounding how her identity would be received. After coming out, however, these and previous works have since been republished under her current name (as for the public response, she described it as "surprisingly indifferent").

* UpdatedReRelease: After disclosing her 1972 gender reassignment surgery in 1979, Carlos' previous works were re-released to replace all instances of her birth name with her preferred one.

She is one of the pioneers in adapting ClassicalMusic to ElectronicMusic, and is notable for being one of the first {{transgender}} public figures to be open about their gender affirming surgery; for a while after her transition, Carlos' works were still being published under her birth name, with Carlos not publicly coming out until 1979 thanks to her personal concerns surrounding how her identity would be received. After coming out, however, these and previous works have since been republished under her current name (as for the public response, she described it as "surprisingly indifferent").

Wendy Carlos (born November 14, 1939), is an American composer, electronic musician and synthesizer engineer, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} trans woman]].

She is one of the pioneers in adapting ClassicalMusic to ElectronicMusic, and is notable for being one of the first transgender public figures to be open about their gender reassignment surgery; for a while after her transition, Carlos' works were still being published under her birth name, with Carlos not publicly coming out until 1979 thanks to her personal concerns surrounding how her identity would be received. After coming out, however, these and previous works have since been republished under her current name (as for the public response, she described it as "surprisingly indifferent").

Wendy Carlos (born November 14, 1939), known as Walter Carlos before her 1972 [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transition]], is an American composer, electronic musician and synthesizer engineer.

* RecycledInSpace: Released classical music that you can already buy and hear everywhere... but played in an electronic style!

She is one of the pioneers in adapting ClassicalMusic to ElectronicMusic, and is notable for being one of the first transgender public figures to be open about their gender reassignment surgery; for a while after her transition, Carlos' works were still being published under her birth name, with Carlos not publicly coming out until 1979 thanks to her personal concerns surrounding how her identity would be received. After coming out, however, these and previous works have since been republished under her current name (as for the public response, she described it as surprisingly indifferent).

Wendy Carlos (born November 14, 1939), known as Walter Carlos before her 1972 [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transition]], is an American composer and electronic musician. She is one of the pioneers in adapting ClassicalMusic to ElectronicMusic, and is notable for being one of the first transgender public figures to be open about their gender reassignment surgery; for a while after her transition, Carlos' works were still being published under her birth name, with Carlos not publicly coming out until 1979 thanks to her personal concerns surrounding how her identity would be received. After coming out, however, these and previous works have since been republished under her current name (as for the public response, she described it as surprisingly indifferent).

Wendy Carlos (born November 14, 1939), known as Walter Carlos before her 1972 [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transition]], is an American composer and electronic musician. She is one of the pioneers in adapting ClassicalMusic to ElectronicMusic, and is notable for being one of the first transgender public figures to be open about their gender reassignment surgery[[note]]for a while after her transition, Carlos' works were still being published under her birth name; however, after coming out in 1979, these works have since been republished under her current name[[/note]].

* ElectronicMusic: She was one of the pioneers.

* {{Instrumental|s}}: A given.

In 1971, Carlos was approached by Creator/StanleyKubrick to compose the music for ''Film/AClockworkOrange''; she gave Symphony No. 9 by Music/LudwigVanBeethoven, "Funeral Music for Queen Mary" by Henry Purcell and the final of Music/GioachinoRossini's "William Tell" Overture a similar approach. The distinctive and recognizable musical style led to the soundtrack becoming a CultSoundtrack, and has been imitated and covered by countless other electronic musicians. Kubrick hired Carlos again to electronicize Music/HectorBerlioz's "Dies irae" for ''Film/TheShining''. Another famous movie she was involved with was the CultClassic ''Film/{{Tron}}'', for which she composed an original score.

* ''Tron'' (soundtrack, 1982)

* ''Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange'' (1972, now known as ''Wendy Carlos' Clockwork Orange'')