Mellodrama: The Mellotron Music

The creative forces behind Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie have united again and produced a sweet soundtrack CD featuring songs based on Mellotron, Chamberlin, and Optigan organs. The sweepy, sleepy tracks date as far back as original recordings of Harry Chamberlin demonstrating his tape organ invention, along with music (as mostly heard in the documentary) ranging from whimsical to moody by Michael Penn, Patrick Warren, Brian Kehew, Mattias Olsson, Dave Biro, and Bigelf.

We compiled Mellodrama: The Mellotron Music soundtrack as a way to highlight the vintage keyboards from the film in more detail. Most of these songs feature more Mellotron and Chamberlin than even the classic Mellotron records do.

To date, this is the best place to hear the music of the early "tape replay" keyboards including: the Chamberlin, the Mellotron, the Optigan, the Birotron, The Orchestron and The Chilton Talentmaker. From Harry Chamberlin s big band music to Dave Biro s psychedelic masterpiece, you'll see the wide range of music that emerges using these innovative instruments.