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I was raised listening to the Star Wars trilogy score by John Williams, and after that I discovered the Star Trek music (mainly the ones composed by the late, great Jerry Goldsmith and, also, James Horner). More recently, I have come to adore Holst's The Planets (the haunting "Neptune, the Mystic" is my favourite).
I was wondering, is there any other space-related orchestral music out there, that I'm not aware of yet? Maybe a tone poem, suite, etc? I've always been fascinated by space and, somehow, music that emulates its vastness and mysterious qualities attracts my liking.
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remaking of Holsts The Planets by Isao Tomita may be worth checking out
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Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
Which was Stanley Kubrik's choice for 2001 A Space Odyssey
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This is not orchestral, but Brian Eno's
Apollo album contains some very evocative space music.
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I believe it was originally composed as a soundtrack to a documentary about the Apollo space missions. Don't think the doc was made.
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Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks by Eno (for it's genre - ambient music - I give this album 10 out of 10)
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The Songs of Distant Earth - Mike Oldfield
Glass Top Coffin - Ramases
Space Hymns - Ramases
Mythodea - Vangelis
Albedo 0.39 - Vangelis
2010 Soundtrack
all these songs are good one form the space programs.
