Google Doodle honors Oskar Sala, a German scientist who "electrified" the worlds of television and movies, on the occasion of his 112nd birthday.

On July 18, Google will honor the groundbreaking electronic music composer and German physicist Oskar Sala's 112th birthday with a unique Google Doodle that features him creating new instruments and composing music.

Sala, who is most known for creating sound effects on a musical instrument called a mixture-trautonium, enthralled audiences with songs like Rosemary (1959) and The Birds (1962), according to a blog post by Google.
Sala got intrigued by the tonal possibilities and the technology the trautonium offered when he first learned about it. His studies in physics and composition at school were motivated by his desire to grasp trautonium and further develop it, Google stated in the post.

This changed emphasis inspired Sala to create his own instrument, the mixture-trautonium. With his training as an electro-engineer and composer, he produced electronic music that distinguished his style from others. Due to the construction of the mixture-trautonium, multiple sounds or voices might be played at once.