It's interesting to see that such an obscure piece from a time when such a composition being used in a major film would be considered blasphemy to come to light under the circumstances that it did. It opens the door to the possibility of other composers of the mid to late 20th century to show up in films when they're least expected. Having seen the movie and know the scene they're talking about, the piece was used as such compositions are to western sensibilities instead of going into the deeper possibilities of the composition, it just uses the buzzing and pulsations to create a scene where the protagonist is disoriented, scared, and for lack of a better phrase, hauling ass. It fits the situations, if not a bit too cliche.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.05/blackbox_pr.html
Going through the list of such groundbreaking synthesizers, it's interesting to see how they all began. Some were a mistake, others a gamble, etc. Overall it's interesting to see how these came to be, and exactly what they did that managed to get them a spot on this list. It's enlightening to see exactly how far back and how organic the history of synthesizers and music creation in the 20th century and beyond has been, how it's been less planned acheivements and more just strokes of luck,
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