Walter Sear, shown above right with Bob Moog, died yesterday, April 29, 2010 at the age of 79.

Sear was a composer, tuba and theremin player that ran the respected Sear Sound recording studio in New York for over three decades.

In the early days of the Moog synthesizer, Walter Sear represented Moog in New York city. He also introduced Moog to Walter Carlos, who was working at the time as a recording engineer in New York. Carlos went on to arrange Switched On Bach, one of the most influential albums of all time.

Sear released an album of switched on Moog music in 1969, The Copper Plated Integrated Circuit – Plugged In Pop. The same year, he scored Jim Hensen‘s experimental TV drama, The Cube.

Sear also played, produced and scored a variety of soundtracks, ranging from Midnight Cowboy to Disco Beaver from Outer Space and Zombi Holocaust.

In later years, Sear’s studio worked with David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Wynton Marsalis, Norah Jones and others.

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