Not exactly a space music video but lots of beautiful space imagery:
Music Video: Röyksopp & Robyn “Monument”
Not exactly a space music video but lots of beautiful space imagery:
Not exactly a space music video but lots of beautiful space imagery:
The Houston Grand Opera received a A $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will help commission five new musical works, including a chamber opera based on the Columbia space shuttle tragedy: $750,000 grant will help Houston Grand Opera produce 5 new works – Rant & Rave
“O Columbia,” based on the space shuttle calamity, will premiere in autumn 2015. Created by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Royce Vavrek, the chamber opera will look at the tragedy from multiple perspectives, including those of the control room at Johnson Space Center; a family waiting at Cape Canaveral in Florida; the Columbia crew; and Houston-area residents who witnessed the shuttle’s end.
Former Space Shuttle program manager Wayne Hale was initially “appalled” at the idea but was won over after he visited the HGO group a couple of times and heard what they were creating: O Columbia -Wayne Hale’s Blog
It was not merely good, it was great.
It put space exploration in a historical context. It used the point of view of a young person aspiring to be an astronaut. There was nothing neither maudlin nor titillating. At one point there were tears among the audience. It was powerful.
After the reading we were asked for comments; the astronauts spoke first, then we all had the chance; praise for the approach, minor corrections to the script, overall an emotional release.
The music is in composition, much later the sets and costumes will be constructed, rehearsals will begin. The curtain should go up in October 2015. Just like all space projects, the schedule will take some time.
I think it will be great.
You should mark your calendar and go.
The world music ensemble BELLA GAIA provides
an unprecedented audiovisual experience that combines NASA satellite imagery of Earth, time lapse nature photography, and cultural heritage footage with stirring live performances of music and dance from around the world.
Inspired by astronauts who spoke of the life changing power of seeing the Earth from space, director-composer Kenji Williams’ award winning BELLA GAIA successfully simulates the Overview Effect from space flight, by using NASA supercomputer data-visualizations to explore the relationship between humans and nature through time and space, with a “message of oneness amidst a deeply moving and shimmering soundscape that combines sacred dance with gorgeous sets and stunning imagery” (Blog Talk Radio).
They will release their debut album, BELLA GAIA – Beautiful Earth, on November 11th. Find more about the album and performance plans in their latest newsletter: World renowned cosmic world music ensemble releases new single
Here is the track Biosphere Pulse:
You can listen to the entire album at BELLA GAIA – Beautiful Earth on SoundCloud.
Here is a video from BELLA GAIA:
Here’s a long list of early electronic music: The greatest electronic albums of the 1950s and 1960s – The Vinyl Factory. (via Behind The Black.)
See also my Space Age Sounds section, which focuses on spacey sounding jazz-orchestral style music, usually with electronic sounds included, of the 1950s and early 1960s. This music is sometimes referred to as Space Age Lounge music. Some of the it overlaps with the Vinyl Factory’s list.
Here’s one of my Space Age Lounge classics:
http://youtu.be/iAUuUiwA7yU
I wrote the other day about naturally generated space sounds. One of the examples in that post is actually from a big collection of such recordings at Space Audio – YouTube (via The Unwanted Blog).
Here are more examples from that collection: