Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Music of ''Cosmos''== ===LP and cassette=== In 1981, a soundtrack LP<ref>{{cite web |title= Various β The Music Of Cosmos |url= http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Music-Of-Cosmos/master/76173 |work= [[Discogs]] |date= 1981 |access-date=20 April 2014}}</ref> was released by [[RCA Records]] shortly after the series' airing, which included the signature theme "Movement 3" (from "Symphony to the Powers B" from the album ''Heaven and Hell'') by Greek synthesist and composer [[Vangelis]] (catalog No. ABL 1β4003 and TMS-50061; both also released on [[cassette tape]]). '''Side A''' #Space / Time Continuum ##"Movement 3" (from "Symphony to the Powers B" from the album ''[[Heaven and Hell (Vangelis album)|Heaven and Hell]]'') β [[Vangelis]] ##"[[Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No.11 In G Minor ('The Year 1905'), Op.103: The Palace Square (Adagio)]]" β [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] <small>(Performed by [[Leopold Stokowski]] and the [[Houston Symphony]])</small> ##"Alpha" (from the album ''[[Albedo 0.39]]'')β Vangelis #Life ##"(Depicting) Cranes In Their Nest" β [[Goro Yamaguchi]] ##"[[Pachelbel's Canon]]" β [[Johann Pachelbel]] <small>(Performed by [[James Galway]])</small> ##"[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons: Spring]]" β [[Antonio Vivaldi]] ##"[[Inventions and Sinfonias (Bach)|The Sea Named 'Solaris' (BWV 788)]]" β [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] <small>(Performed by [[Isao Tomita]])</small> #The Harmony of Nature ##"[[BWV 1006|Partita For Violin Solo No. 3 In E, BWV 1006]]" β Johann Sebastian Bach <small>(Performed by [[Arthur Grumiaux]])</small> '''Side B''' #<li value="4">Exploration ##"'Vishnu Symphony No. 19, Op. 217" β [[Alan Hovhaness]] ##"Legacy" β [[Larry Fast]] ##"[[Russian Easter Festival Overture]]" β Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov <small>(Performed by [[Seattle Symphony]])</small> ##"Inside The Heart Of The Universe" β [[Toru Takemitsu]] #Cataclism ##"Fly...Night Bird" β [[Roy Buchanan]] ##"Beaubourg, Part 2" β Vangelis ##"[[The Rite of Spring]]" β [[Igor Stravinsky]] <small>(Performed by [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra]])</small> #Affirmation ##"Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer?" β Vangelis ##"[[Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin]]" β Traditional <small>(Performed by [[Valya Balkanska]])</small> ##"Heaven & Hell, Part I" β Vangelis ===CD=== In 1994, RCA Records reissued the original soundtrack compilation on compact disc and, in 2002, reissued it on its Collectables label (RCA 07863 54003-2 USA; Collectables COL-CD-6293 USA). In 2002, a special two-disc "collector's edition" of music from the series was released to coincide with the DVD reissue, containing complete versions of many of the songs from the series only available as snippets on previous releases. ====Collector's Edition==== '''Disc One'''<ref name="discogs.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Music-Of-Cosmos-Selections-From-The-Score-Of-The-Television-Series-Cosmos-By-Carl-Sagan/release/1498417|title=Various - The Music Of "Cosmos": Selections From The Score Of The Television Series "Cosmos" By Carl Sagan|website=Discogs|date=2000 }}</ref> #"Heaven & Hell, Part I" β [[Vangelis]] (4:09) #"[[Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)|The Year 1905]]" β [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] <small>(Performed by [[Helsinki Philharmonic]])</small> (5:38) #"Alpha" β Vangelis (5:42) #"(Depicting) Cranes In Their Nest" β [[Goro Yamaguchi]] (1:00) #"[[Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)|Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622]]" β [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] <small>(Performed by [[Mostly Mozart Orchestra]])</small> (7:53) #"[[Pachelbel's Canon]]" β [[Johann Pachelbel]] <small>(Performed by [[James Galway]])</small> (5:08) #"Metamorphosis" β [[Jeffrey Boydstun]] (3:34) #"[[Inventions and Sinfonias (Bach)|The Sea Named 'Solaris' (BWV 788)]]" β [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] <small>(Performed by [[Isao Tomita]])</small> (6:04) #"[[BWV 1006|Partita For Violin Solo No. 3 In E, BWV 1006]]" β Johann Sebastian Bach <small>(Performed by [[Arthur Grumiaux]])</small> (2:53) #"[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons: Spring]]" β [[Antonio Vivaldi]] (3:21) #"Sonata C-Dur FΓΌr Trompete, Oboe, Und Basso Continuo" β [[Gottfried Finger]] <small>(Performed by [[Leipziger Bach-Collegium]])</small> (1:21) #"[[Mandolin Concerto, RV425|Concerto For Mandolin & Strings In C Major]]" β Antonio Vivaldi (2:34) #"[[The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Rimsky-Korsakov)|The Tale of Tsar Saltan]]" β [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] (6:35) #"Legacy" β [[Larry Fast]] (5:47) #"[[Russian Easter Festival Overture]]" β Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov <small>(Performed by [[Seattle Symphony]])</small> (7:44) '''Disc Two'''<ref name="discogs.com"/> #"Pulstar" β Vangelis (5:13) #"'Vishnu Symphony No. 19, Op. 217" β [[Alan Hovhaness]] (4:02) #"Melancholy Blues" β [[Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven|Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven]] (2:59) #"[[Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In|Aquarius]] β [[Hair (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)]] (3:56) #"Beaubourg, Part 2" β Vangelis (3:14) #"[[The Planets#Structure|The Planets: Mars]]" β [[Gustav Holst]] <small>(Performed by [[Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra]])</small> (7:09) #"Alien Images 1" β [[Jeff Boydstun]] (3:24) #"[[You're Not Alone (Roy Buchanan album)|Fly...Night Bird]]" β [[Roy Buchanan]] (7:43) #"Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer?" β Vangelis (2:50) #"[[The Rite of Spring]]" β [[Igor Stravinsky]] <small>(Performed by [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra]])</small> (10:31) #"Prayer of St. Gregory" β Alan Hovhaness <small>(Performed by [[Seattle Symphony]])</small> (4:45) #"[[Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin]]" β Traditional <small>(Performed by [[Valya Balkanska]])</small> (5:01) #"Comet 16" β Vangelis (3:48) ''(Only the special edition of Cosmos)'' ===Singles=== The main theme, titled Heaven and Hell, Part 1, but edited from Heaven and Hell Part 1 3rd Movement, was released in the UK as an edited 7" single by BBC Records (Cat No: BBC1). The 7" single did not have the quiet keyboard intro to be found on the full Vangelis LP version originally released in 1975. The B-side of the 7" single was an edited version of Alpha, taken from the Vangelis LP Albedo 0.39. * 1981 Heaven and Hell / Alpha RCA 71 UK * 1981 Heaven and Hell / Alpha BBC 1 * 1981 Theme from the TV-series COSMOS / Alpha PB 5356 Holland * 1981 Titelmelodie aus der TV-Serie "Unser Kosmos" / Alpha PB 5356 West-Germany
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
(section)
Add topic