Pat O'Connell wrote:
Roger Steer wrote:

I think that it's about the right length. You have to have something
impressive to say if it's going to be longer than that, and Strauss did
what all good composers do - left the audience wanting more, rather
than wishing they had less. The violin solo is wonderful - pure
Strauss but still original.


The rest of the "2001" soundtrack is appropriately otherworldly, though
the Blue Danube Waltz is a bit less so.

Any other favourites that evoke astronomical thoughts, either
deliberate or music that just does it for you?


Holst's "The Planets," of course.
Pink Floyd's "Meddle" and (of course) "The Dark Side of the Moon."
The Star Wars soundtracks (the ones for the "original" trilogy).

Good calls. At the observatory where I first heard the Led Zep song I
posted about earlier, the above was the usual sound track, along with
Alan Parson's Project (I Robot I think).

Shawn