2001: A Space Odyssey Soundtrack (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack songs

1. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)

   Karl Böhm
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   The Sun slowly rises behind Earth, which is behind the Moon. An ape realizes he can use a bone as a weapon. Dave transforms into the Star-Child.

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2. Requiem For Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra

   György Ligeti, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Francis Travis
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   The simian humanoids encounter the monolith. The astronauts examine a monolith uncovered on the moon. Another monolith floats in space close to Jupiter.

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3. The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314

   Berlin Philharmonic
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   The space shuttle lands in the space station’s docking bay. A similar spacecraft lands on the moon.

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4. Modern Chorusmusic: Lux aeterna

   Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
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   The astronaut crew flies over the lunar surface towards the recently-uncovered monolith.

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5. Gayaneh's Adagio

   Gayane Ballet Suite) (Aram Ilyich Khachaturian, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
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   The Jupiter mission after eighteen months.

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6. Atmosphères

   György Ligeti, Sudwestfunk Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Bour
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   Bowman inadvertently enters a wormhole.

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7. Aventures for 3 Singers and 7 Instrumentalists

   Jane Manning
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8. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)

   Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Böhm
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   The Sun slowly rises behind Earth, which is behind the Moon. An ape realizes he can use a bone as a weapon. Dave transforms into the Star-Child.

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9. The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314

   Herbert Von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
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   The space shuttle lands in the space station’s docking bay. A similar spacecraft lands on the moon.

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10. Modern Chorusmusic: Lux aeterna

    Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Helmut Franz
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    The astronaut crew flies over the lunar surface towards the recently-uncovered monolith.

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11. Aventures for 3 Singers and 7 Instrumentalists

    Pierre Boulez, Jane Manning, Mary Thomas, William Pearson, Ensemble InterContemporain
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12. Also Sprach Zarathustra

    Richard Strauss
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    Opening credits. The sun slowly appears from behind the moon.

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13. The Blue Danube

    Johann Strauss
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    After the Dawn of man sequence. Shots in space as the satellites move through space elegantly.

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14. Lux Aeterna

    Gyorgy Ligeti
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    Floyd and other crew flying towards the pit

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15. Requiem

    Bavarian Radio Orchestra
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    Song during the appearance of the monolith on the moon. Song plays whenever the monolith is shown in the film.

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16. Jupiter and Beyond

    Gyorgy Ligeti
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    Haunting music as they all descend into the pit and find the foreign stone object (monolith). Music builds as they touch it.

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17. Gayaneh Ballet Suite

    Aram Khachaturyan
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    Jupiter mission after 18 months

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18. Atmospheres

    Gyorgy Ligeti
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    Plays during the Intermission.

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