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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
Buy New: $1.72
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (34 reviews)
Sales Rank: 18912
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Why cant they get it right? (2.5 stars) July 15, 2000
42 out of 48 found this review helpful
Why cant they release a proper soundtrack this film? Almost every version I've owned has chopped the Blue Danube into 2 or 3 tracks, and they never get the full Star Gate sequencing right, always edited! This cd boasts "Music as it appears in the film", but the whole Star Gate sequence was incorrectly done. It jumped too quickly from Requiem to Atmospheres. In the film, the chorus reached its highest pitch as Bowman entered the Star Gate. On this cd, they dont come anywhere near this vocal climax. There is a good couple of minutes of music missing, specifically the segment when Bowman first goes into the Star Gate and the light show begins is edited out. The best version of this soundtrack was the 1990 CBS Special Products release which had the Blue Danube as one track, and the Star Gate sequence would have been perfectly done except that it didnt include "Adventures" (the dissonant music playing while Bowman is in the white room at the end.)Im so disappointed, you'd think with all the technology they have now, they could just record the Star Gate music sequence directly from the film so that it is done right! When they fix the Star Gate sequence, and put the complete Blue Danube back into one track I'll be happy. For now, I'll live with my cassette version on which I combined the 2 soundtracks to REALLY sound like the film! The 2.5 stars are 1 for the incredible music itself, 1 for the liner notes and for the inclusion of Adventures (finally!) on the soundtrack. Last 1/2 star for the sound clips and extra tracks, which were cool but really unnecessary. But, overall I am VERY annoyed with this package, because I have seen this film hundreds of times and this is NOT the music "as it appears in the film." Slightly false advertising. I just want justice done to this incredible soundtrack for once!!!!
 Why the hype ? June 22, 2000
4 out of 24 found this review helpful
Since the day I was born, I still don't comprehend why is this soundtrack such a spectacular work. I mean, it doesn't even contain original soundtracks. This is just a collection of some classical and waltz pieces. Well, it's not that I don't dig classical music. I love "The Planets" by Holst.While the music is fairly good, but to treat it as a milestone in soundtrack history is outrageous ! So what's the hype. OK it was a good film, but the soundtrack, well.. it's suitable, but does not warrant such high praises.
 Hear the Chill of Deep Space May 24, 2000
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
When "2001: A Space Odyssey", the movie, was being made, an original score was commissioned. It was never used, and the film is now unthinkable with one.This score has so much going for it -- triumphant overtures ("Also Sprach Zarathustra"), gentle waltzes ("The Blue Danube"), and some chilling score ("Lux Aeterna") -- all of which make for an enjoyable and unique listening experience. Seeing the film first might work, but you wouldn't have to; this soundtrack is brilliant and well-assembled -- if nothing else, the great Stanley Kubrick had an excellent ear for good music.
 Just for the Sheer Pleasure April 28, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've read the other reviews and I applaud their insights to a magnificent soundtrack--2001 a Space Odyssey. I don't believe I can top the other reviews with any more scholarly details, but I can say this, I bought the original soundtrack in an 8 track cassette, and now I'm buying it again in a CD. Times change, but never a classic. I studied to 2001 when I attended college. Now I write books to 2001, and when I'm not writing, I listen to it just for the sheer pleasure.
Music vs. Movie April 27, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It was amazing, just figuring how different the prime cut, ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA, could occupy three cuts on the CD, and only one, cut number 10 from the original soundtrack, was used outside of what was heard on the screen. The screen version of this, played on cuts 2 and 8, which starts the movie, and then is played with the scene of the Dawn of Man, is powerfully driven, or powerfully played with more G forces. The original soundtrack does not come close to that. In addition, the booklet tells me about the end of the movie that the book by Clarke did not: it appeared that Dave, riding on the monolith (like Slim Pickens riding on the missile in Dr. Strangelove), went into Jupiter's atmosphere, and saw strange things, which could very well have been like Earth's, except for shades of dark blue version of the Monument Valley. Was that Clarke's off-hand way of telling us that there is intelligent life in this solar system (or Terra system)?
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