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| 2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 Reissue) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Various Artists, Gyorgy Ligeti, Spoken Word, Johann Ii Strauss, Richard Strauss, Clytus Gottwald, Ernest Bour, Francis Travis, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Gyoergy Ligeti, Herbert Von Karajan, Stuttgart Schola Cantorum, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Internationale Musikinstitut Darmstardt, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Rundfunk Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunk, Sudwest Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Label: Word Entertainment
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (34 reviews)
Sales Rank: 31142
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered, Soundtrack
Languages: English (Original Language), Russian (Original Language)
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 72562
UPC: 081227256227
EAN: 0081227256227
ASIN: B0000033WB
Release Date: October 29, 1996
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Ultimate Aural Trip December 10, 2001
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Stanley Kubrick was one of the greatest moviemakers of all time. But he also had an excellent ear for music, as shown in 2001: A Space Odyssey. From the dramatic strings of Also Sprach Zarathustra, which the movie is unthinkable without, to the waltzes of Strauss's The Blue Danube, this is an excellent soundtrack. First off, almost all the music is excellent. Like I said, Kubrick knew good music. Second, the tracks are presented beautifully and sound clearly. I had to spend some time adjusting the volume so I wouldn't get complaints from the neighbors. The CD also comes packaged with an excellent booklet that tells about the movie and some of its themes and about the music. There is also some interesting trivia (Did you know Gyorgy Ligeti sued Kubrick for altering his music without permission?). While overall excellent, everything in life has flaws and this is no exception. "Requiem", for example, is not long but rather surreal. It seems to foreshadow the apocalypse more than space travel. The Overture is also surreal, though not as long. "The Stargate" is the longest on the soundtrack, combined with three tracks. But what may be the worst music on the CD is the unaltered "Adventures", if it can be called music. It sounded to me more like a guy laughing wickedly as he bangs on a piano while a woman moans as if in the act of sexual intercourse. It's no wonder Kubrick altered it for the movie (Another example of his ear for music). One other complaint, though minor, is how the Blue Danube is split into two tracks. The next reissue, if there is one, should get rid of "Adventures" and bring the complete "Blue Danube". Otherwise, enjoy!
 Brilliant, Timeless August 20, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film was made at a time when music was not indelibly associated with specific imagery as it is in modern music video. This work is one of the first to do that. And did so brilliantly.It was once adored by stoned college students who made a cultural icon out of the Also Sprach Zarathustra crescendo. It's appeal quickly became universal. I recently bought the CD and it holds up well. Of course the Strauss Waltz is beautiful in any context - and striking here. Romantic music and high-tech spacecraft seem in conflict; yet here the spacestation seems to waltz in space. One of my earliest experiences of loving dissonant modern music was when I came to love "Lux Aeterna." The recording of the Gayne Ballet Suite is one of the prettiest pieces of modern music ever recorded (a genre that unfortunately disparaged "prettiness"). Stanley Kubrick created an extraordinary work of timeless genius in both the film and the music. This compilation can stand on its own; but when associated with the imagery of "2001: A Space Odyssey" is an all-time great work of art.
unearthly music! May 12, 2001
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I saw "2001" when it first came out. I must have been 11 or 12, and it made a BIG impression! I went right out and bought the soundtrack -- it was the first album I owned. It took until now, buying the CD after all these years, to realize just how brilliant Kubrick was in selecting the music of Ligeti to feature in the film. The Richard Strauss "Zarathustra" overture gives a superhumanly heroic tone, which is thoroughly undercut by the eerie, tragic "Atmospheres," "Requiem," "Lux Aeterna," and "Adventures." Ligeti rightly sued Kubrick for using his compositions without permission, but by now I hope he is philosophical, given the wide exposure he gained as a result. This particular CD version includes complete versions of "Lux Aeterna," "Requiem" and "Adventures," along with the shortened "L.A." and ALTERED "Adventures" used for the film. The soundtrack is great, though, overall. I'm not a Richard Strauss fan, but the "2001 overture" is great! And who doesn't like to hear Johann Strauss II's "Blue Danube" every now and again? Thank goodness Kubrick rejected the score he commissioned, and went with these classics instead.
Captivating! May 9, 2001
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
This CD is like a book you're enjoying so much that you can't put it down. It's almost like the whole movie wrapped up in one package. As I've said in the videotape review, the usual classical pieces are there. But if you think you know the Ligeti pieces from listening to the movie on your TV set, just wait until you hear them on your CD speakers; you'll be transported to another world.Hal's Dialogue Montage contains all of his best moments in the film. I think that getting this CD has been worth it just to hear him sing "Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy, Daisy...)". It cracks me up whenever I hear it. All you musicians out there: if you want to have a good laugh, try accompanying Hal on your piano or guitar. You'll have a heck of a time trying to get the notes he's singing exactly right! Ha ha ha!
Fabulous..AND in order December 28, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you're as much a fan of the 2001 film as I am--to me the best film in the history of the medium--you'll love this! The earlier versions didn't have the music in order. And that's a sacrilege to the REAL 2001 fan. And the closing measures of "Blue Danube" in the earlier version were not the same ones as in the film. Even the fabulous "Atmospheres" in the "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite" sequence of the film in the earlier "soundtrack" didn't have the hodgepodge of voices, yelling, and nondescript syllables included on this CD as "Adventures (unaltered)" even after you hear the complete soundtrack version, with those syllables.I've always wondered how Ligeti wrote music such as that in the soundtrack, i.e., how it could be written AS music, and I'll probably never know. Nevertheless it was haunting, perhaps "introspective," whatever one calls it, it was perfect for this, the nearly perfect film. Oh, then there's the samples of the film's script to end the CD. Yes, they make it even better--especially for those of us in love with the film who can't watch it every week, like, say those old time fans of "Rocky Horror Picture Show." If you love the film, get this.
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