The Day the Earth Stood Still made an early foray into electronic music, one year before Karlheinz Stockhausen and three years before Edgard Varèse, something that was overlooked by the classical elite. 20th Century Fox later reused the Bernard Herrmann title theme in the original pilot episode of Irwin Allen's 1965 TV series "Lost in Space"; the music was also used extensively in Allen's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" series episode, "The Indestructible Man". Danny Elfman noted "The Day the Earth Stood Still"s score inspired his interest in film composing, and made him a fan of Herrmann. "Variety" praised the documentary style of "The
Barry Kemp (TV producer) Barry Kemp (TV producer) Barry Kemp (born December 4, 1949) is a television producer, director and writer, and a movie producer. He has written for numerous TV shows throughout his career, but his two best known creations are "Newhart" (he wrote the oft-repeated line: "Hi, I'm Larry. This is my brother Darryl and this is my other brother Darryl"), which lasted for eight seasons on CBS (1982–1990) and "Coach", which lasted for nine seasons on ABC (1989–1997). His movie productions include "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" and "Patch Adams". He is a graduate of the University of Iowa Department