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Saturday, 28 May 2016

The original opening music to 2001 : A Space Odyssey

Oh god, its disgusting. It's actually disgusting. It makes me want to vomit and write an angry letter to the "composer", except that he is dead. I kept expecting Conan the Barbarian to show up, but he never did.

http://www.classicfm.com/composers/strauss/music/also-sprach-zarathustra-2001-space-odyssey/#BdDAOyo2UpmELYMt.97
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3 comments:

  1. Ivan Petkovic28 May 2016 at 12:36

    Aaaand this got me binge watching "How Kubrick made 2001: Space Odisey" on Youtube for the last couple of hours (it's pretty good, actually, but it surely is not for everyone).
    Goodbye, working Saturday.

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  2. Robert Minchin31 May 2016 at 21:16

    I wouldn't say the North music is terrible - but it's rather ho-hum and certainly says "60s film score", and as you say could just as easily fit Conan. Also Sprach Zarathustra was an inspired choice and clearly the better piece of music.

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  3. Rhys Taylor31 May 2016 at 21:35

    Although now I'm wondering what Conan would be like with the the soundtrack from 2001...

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