| | '''Wendy Carlos''' (born '''Walter Carlos'''; November 14, 1939) is a leading proponent of [[synthesized music]], traditional and newly composed, especially for a series of recordings of [[J.S. Bach]] and other [[Baroque]] composers: ''Switched On Bach'' (1968), ''The Well-Tempered Synthesizer'', (1969), and others. Carlos's albums popularized the music of Bach, [[Claudio Monteverdi]], [[Domenico Scarlatti]], and others and introduced electronic synthesizers to the general public in a way that was enthusiastically received. | | '''Wendy Carlos''' (born '''Walter Carlos'''; November 14, 1939) is a leading proponent of [[synthesized music]], traditional and newly composed, especially for a series of recordings of [[J.S. Bach]] and other [[Baroque]] composers: ''Switched On Bach'' (1968), ''The Well-Tempered Synthesizer'', (1969), and others. Carlos's albums popularized the music of Bach, [[Claudio Monteverdi]], [[Domenico Scarlatti]], and others and introduced electronic synthesizers to the general public in a way that was enthusiastically received. |
| | + | Carlos also did the score for three motion pictures, being, [[A Clockwork Orange]], [[The Shining (1980 film)|The Shining]], and [[Tron (1982 film)|Tron]]. |
| − | Carlos also did the score for three motion pictures, being, [[A Clockwork Orange]], [[The Shining (1980 film)|The Shining]], and [[Tron (1982 film)|Tron]]. | + | Carlos came out as [[transgender]] in 1979, and still got hired for future projects. |