Agency:.Produced by Productions Artifact in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada. Agency - French program:.Québec Studio.

Director, Caroline Martel ; production, Caroline Martel, Colette Loumède ; executive producer, John Christou ; editing, Annie Jean ; sound editing, Clovis Gouaillier ; original music, Suzanne Binet-Audet ; camera, Geoffroy Beauchemin, Clément Alline, Yoan Cart, Jérôme Colin, Alex Margineanu, Caroline Martel ; location sound, Stéphan Bauer, Sylvain Bellemare, Frédéric Cristea, Mélanie Gauthier, Greg Lemaître, Philippe Scultéty, Sylvain Vary ; mix, Jean Paul Vialard ; research, Caroline Martel ; musical research, Caroline Martel ; archival research, Caroline Martel ; executive producer, Maryse Chapdelaine, Mélanie Lasnier, Jelena Popovic.

Featuring, Suzanne Binet-Audet, Jeanlloup Dierstein, Jonny Greenwood, Jean Laurendeau, Jean-Louis Martenot, Michel Risse, Marie Bernard, Owen Chapman, Hugues Genevois, Geneviève Grenier, Estelle Lemire, Stéphane Vaiedelich, Jean-Marc Fontaine, Dominique Kim, Valérie Hartmann-Clavérie.

Recorded 2012.

Since its triumphant premiere at the Paris Opera in 1928, the Ondes Martenot has generated fascination and inspired legions of musicians. Invented by the musician and educator Maurice Martenot (1898-1980), this rare and fragile electronic instrument has been widely featured in popular and classical music-from the first film soundtracks, to Hollywood classics, science-fiction TV series and the works of Olivier Messiaen, Édith Piaf and the rock band Radiohead. So extraordinarily sensitive is the Martenot that nearly a century after its invention, musicians, artisans and scientists are still trying to unravel its secrets. Filmmaker Caroline Martel takes us into music studios, science labs, and workshops to tell the story of a group of Martenot aficionados who are pursuing the uncompleted dream of its inventor. Among them is Jean-Louis Martenot, who strives to keep his father's musical and pedagogical legacy alive; Suzanne Binet-Audet, the "Jimi Hendrix of the Martenot," who meets with Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead backstage; and Jeanloup Dierstein, an electronic instrument maker working on a new Martenot prototype, who "dreams of it day and night"-just like Maurice Martenot himself. Integrating vérité and never-before-seen archives, this full-length documentary features a soundtrack that contains a rich repertoire of the Martenot's haunting and lyrical sounds. Lend an ear: WAVEMAKERS is a journey into the very heart of the mystery of music.  .

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Golden Athena Award for Best Film in the Music and Film Competition, 2013

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).