Astronomy music

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

I'll go first

Astronomy by Metallica (i Love this!)

[CoombellKid]

I'm rather partial to a bit of progressive trance and some Deep Purple and
maybe some SRV

regards,CS

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Star Trek Insurrection Theme.
But apart from that anything quiet and soothing.

Bill

[Astrod00d]

Image Processing:
Mike Oldfield, Songs Of Distant Earth
Ween, The Mollusk
Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind

Under the clear dark sky:
Silence. And Grumbling at the Guider.

[beren]

Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Pt.1/2


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHaQnTMwKSQ

[Dog Star (Phil)]

Ah! What an evocative thread! For fans of 2001 (and I include myself in their number) the music of Richard and Johann Strauss springs to mind and there is a suggestion of the celestial clockwork in their respective compositions used in the film. Gustav Holst wrote the famous "Planets Suite" with compositions dedicated to the individual planets (or rather the Greek gods from whom they were named) which is also an evocative piece of music and well worthy of the mantle of "Astronomy music."
My personal favorites however come from the little known genre of "Space Rock" (I Kid you not) and is exemplified by such bands as Gong, Neu, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream (Don't start, KM.) and my personal favorites, Hawkwind.
The first record that I ever owned was an old 78 rpm The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley and the first record that I ever bought with my own money was a 45 rpm single The Martian Hop by the Randells, so I was always going to be trouble when it came to music.

[ngcles]

Hi All,

One could make the obvious connection between the two as both must be persons of taste and sophistication, but ...

Even so, it never ceases to amaze me how many amateurs listen to Mike Oldfield.

BTW, the latest offering -- Music of the Spheres released about a month ago(which was inspired by astronomy) is utterly breathtaking in 'scope and execution. I'd say his best since Amarok (and that's saying quite a bit). It is entirely orchestral with classical guitar only, but wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

In his 1/2 dozen best of all. Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong.

Best,

Les D
Contributing Editor
AS&T

[gman (Grant)]

To keep in line with this thread, my astronomy song choices are

Astronomy Domine & Interstellar Overdrive
Album - "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"
Artist - Pink Floyd
Written by Syd Barrett
Released in 1967

Space Truckin
From the album - "Machine Head"
Artist - Deep Purple
Arguably one of the best albums ever released

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

For me, the soundtrack from Chariots of the Gods

Whatever we all thought of the movie and the novel, this was inspiring music by Peter Thomas.

Cheers

[Kevnool (Kev)]

the war of the worlds...does the thing

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Call me weird..... I like like nothing better than pure silence when I'm at my scope.





Follow that up with Pink Floyd in the car on the way home.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

I've got more music than a sane man could use, including most of the stuff mentioned in other posts, but I'll go with Omaroo - complete silence. At home I'm sandwiched between an expressway, a highway and a train line. At work it's either students in the corridor outside my office or 12 vacuum pumps in the lab. It is so nice to give the ears a break and just focus (yuk) on the celestial sights.

If I were to have music it would be 'ambient' rather than 'imperative', if you know the Eno definition of those terms. For that reason I'd eschew rock music. There is plenty of classical (in the broad sense of the term) that would be suitable: perhaps some string quartets early in the night, Dvorak's Serenade for Strings or Serenade for Wind, the Concerto d'Aranuez, or any of the Sibelius symphonies. Alternatively there's plenty of jazz that would serve: any of the 'cool' Miles Davis, most of the Pat Methany catalogue or some Martin Taylor come to mind. The Slava Gregorian I am listening to now would be nice too. Then of course there is the Eno ambient collection.

[fringe_dweller]

one of my faves is Tom Waits, he's always throwing astro references like 'and the moons the colour of a coffee stain' in songs, but I am surprised to see the astronomical theme goes deeper than that - see this recent press conference

http://www.youtube.com/v/EOrG1r3S6ZA&hl=en

[leon]

I'm with you Chris, silence is golden, but I go further than you when it comes to driving around in the car, don't even have it on in there either.

I tend to like it nice and quite all the time, bit hard with a couple of little Grand kids though.

Leon

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

Call me weird..... I like like nothing better than pure silence when I'm at my scope.

Originally Posted by leon

I'm with you Chris, silence is golden

Yep, Marcel Marceau's greatest hits for me too at the scope.

[bindibadgi]

AstralTraveller, I'm surprised at you.

For me I guess it's Starship Trooper from the Yes Album, although maybe it's stretching it a bit.

[ngcles]

Hi bindibadgi & All,

bindibadgi wrote: "For me I guess it's Starship Trooper from the Yes Album"

MMmmm ... Yes, but the best version of this is the live one on Yessongs. Last track I think on the triple album. Sensational bass-lines. There's nothing like a Rickenbacker bass guitar ...

Best,

Les D

[Ric]

For me it would have to be anything by Floyd, Yes or early Genesis. then maybe some Stones or Purple at 3 am to wake me up again.

Cheers

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by bindibadgi

AstralTraveller, I'm surprised at you.

For me I guess it's Starship Trooper from the Yes Album, although maybe it's stretching it a bit.

Well you might guess, correctly, that I like the odd bit of Yes. However it's a case of horses for courses; what suits the occasion. I certainly don't think having a 'space' or 'astronomy' theme in the title makes it suitable listening. If that were true we'd be listening to Planet Claire or Mr Apollo while observing .

BTW The version of Starship Trooper on the bonus disc of Magnification is pretty good too.

[bindibadgi]

I've got most of 'em boys. Can't remember which is which though, but whichever one has that knockout Wakeman solo through the big crescendo at the end is my favourite, even though the clarity of the (live) recording leaves a lot to be desired.

Now, back on topic everyone.