Early pioneers of this method were the Germans Friedrich Hollaender and Karol Rathaus, who provided the music for The Blue Angel (1930) and The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931) respectively.
Os primeiros en empregar este método foron os alemáns Friedrich Hollaender e Karol Rathaus, que compuxeron a música para os filmes Der blaue Engel (1930) e Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff (1931).