The Music Of Cosmos Soundtrack LP 1981 Carl Sagan various Australia M—

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The Music Of Cosmos Soundtrack LP 1981 Carl Sagan various Australia M—

Original Australian pressing on RCA Victor in gatefold sleeve

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter. It was executive-produced by Adrian Malone, produced by David Kennard, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, and Gregory Andorfer, and directed by the producers, David Oyster, Richard Wells, Tom Weidlinger, and others. It covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

The series was first broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service in 1980, and was the most widely watched series in the history of American public television until The Civil War (1990). As of 2009, it was still the most widely watched PBS series in the world. It won two Emmys and a Peabody Award, and has since been broadcast in more than 60 countries and seen by over 500 million people. A book was also published to accompany the series.

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage has been considered highly significant since its broadcast; David Itzkoff of The New York Times described it as "a watershed moment for science-themed television programming".

In 1981, a soundtrack LP 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.

The Music of Cosmos presents the soundtrack to Carl Sagan's groundbreaking PBS series, and features pieces by classical and contemporary composers such as Shostakovich, Vivaldi, and Vangelis. As with the series, the soundtrack is comprised of six parts. "Space/Time Continuum" describes the intricate relationship between space and time with pieces like Vangelis' "Heaven and Hell, Part 1" and "Alpha"; Pachelbel's "Canon a 3 on a Ground in D" and "Spring" from Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" accompany Sagan's explanation of genetics, DNA, evolution, and consciousness in "Life." The precision of Bach's "Partita No. 3" mirrors the elegantly mathematical laws of physics and "The Harmony of Nature," while facts about space phenomena such as pulsars and black holes are scored by Hovanhess' "Symphony No. 19" and Toru Takemitsu's "Inside the Heart of the Universe." "Cataclysm," Sagan's depiction of cosmic disasters and evolutionary processes such as supernovas, features Vangelis' "Beauborg" and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." Finally, the triumphant conclusion of "Affirmation" includes Vangelis' "Ignacio" and the traditional composition "Bulgarian Shepherdess Song." Every bit as integral to Cosmos as Sagan's narration, this collection is a literate, intelligent soundtrack to science fact.

Tracklist:

–Vangelis         Heaven And Hell Part 1          

–Dmitri Shostakovich             Symphony No.11        

–Vangelis         Alpha  

–G. Yamaguchi*            Depicting The Cranes In Their Nest              

–Johann Pachelbel      Canon A 3 On A Ground In D               

–Antonio Vivaldi         The Four Seasons (Spring)  

–Tomita            The Sea Named "Solaris"      

–Johann Sebastian Bach         Partita No.3

–Alan Hovhaness        Symphony No.19        

–Synergy (3)   Legacy              

–Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival         

–Toru Takemitsu        Inside The Heart Of The Universe   

–Roy Buchanan            Fly Night Bird              

–Vangelis         Beaubourg Part II      

–Igor Stravinsky          The Rite Of Spring     

–Vangelis         Entends Tu Les Chiens Aboyer?       

–L. Kanevski / S. Zakmanov / V. Balkanska*            Bulgarian Sheperdess Song

–Vangelis         Heaven And Hell (Reprise)

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