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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).

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On 14 Mar 2005 11:27:30 -0800, "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.

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

Roger


Rush's 2112.

your ego is showing agin.



Sam Wormley wrote:

Mike wrote:
I don't like the drawn out organ at the end of Thus Spat Sarathrusta


Strauss would have pleased me by making that shorter! But, it's
a fine tone poem anyway.

In article TmQYd.34474$gJ3.20100@clgrps13,
Mike wrote:
I don't like the drawn out organ at the end of Thus Spat Sarathrusta

In a concert hall the effect is tremendous - like the echo of the big bang.

Jochen

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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