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HAL 2000 Oscar® Winner	That is to say music which seems to perfectly express cosmic or mysterious forces at work. I love this kind of stuff. Personally, I think Goldsmith is unmatched in this so there will be many references to his work but here are what I consider some of the best of the type: The Cloud - ST:TMP The Mutant - Total Recall The Second Coming - The Final Conflict The Vortex - Supergirl almost anything from Poltergeist The Abduction of Barry - CE3K The Mothership - CE3K Map Room-Dawn - Raiders of the Lost Ark The Fortress of Solitude -Superman Ulrich's Death - Dragonslayer What am I missing?
posted 10-27-2000 06:46 AM PT (US)

John Dunham Oscar® Winner	To The Stars - Dragonheart The World Of The Dead - Princess Mononoke Red Sea - The Prince Of Egypt Journey To The Island - Jurassic Park Hook-Napped - Hook 57th Street - The Devil's Advocate No Words - Contact (Most of the rest of this score is good for this, too) NP: White Fang 2 Suite
posted 10-27-2000 07:18 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I remember being fascinated by Philip Glass' score to Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, but unfortunately, there is no release available. NP: Supergirl (Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 10-27-2000 08:50 AM PT (US)

Kevin Oscar® Winner	A lot of music is great for "cosmic" experiences. I lvoe astronomy, and I'm always taking my scores out when I observe. In fact, when we have guests at our observatory, I usually play E.T. or something along those lines. Last time I had Legend playing instead. Kevin
posted 10-27-2000 11:18 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I think minimalism perfectly represents the vastness and void of space, that's why I picked the Glass score above. The beginning of Bruckner's 3rd symphony sounds very fitting, too. I think I remember a similar sound at the beginning of Richard Strauss' Aus Italien, but I haven't heard it in years (I got it from the library some days ago, but haven't played it yet).
posted 10-27-2000 02:38 PM PT (US)

Hector J. Guzman Oscar® Winner	I love the sound of Goldsmith´s Floating Office from STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. Goldsmith has used this kind of music in other movies that have had a space scene, CONGO was one of them, I think.
posted 10-27-2000 02:48 PM PT (US)

HAL 2000 Oscar® Winner	Indeed. In fact, nearly the whole of ST:TMP has either a very graceful zero-g or very mysterious deep-space quality (Vulcan Shuttle). Goldsmith has mastered that floating/tumbling sense in many of his scores - Outland, Innerspace, The Secret of NIHM, The Shadow , Supergirl, P2:The Other Side, and most recently the underwater cue in 13th Warrior. that's why I think he's among the best at it.
posted 10-27-2000 03:55 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	Try Vince DiCola's score for "Transformers: The Movie"....very Cosmic 80's. Opening cue alone--a musical holocaust. Oh...and "Tron" as well. Very otherworldly.
posted 10-27-2000 04:11 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Goldsmith did indeed quote "Floating Office" in CONGO -- as did Basil Poledouris early into UNDER SIEGE 2. That particular style of "cosmic" music is such a cliche by now that even my father groaned over it when he saw the latter film: "Can't they think of something ELSE?" I think "Everywhere" from Goldsmith's POWDER fits into this category somewhat.
posted 10-27-2000 04:24 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	David Bedford's classical piece 24 Hours of Sunset is a perfect vastness of space piece! ...and very minamalist too. What do you reckon JJ?
posted 10-27-2000 05:22 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	....How come no one's mentioned pieces from Horner's Brainstorm or KRULL? NP : One Million Years BC - Mario Nacimbene, some of this is pretty cosmic too!
posted 10-27-2000 05:25 PM PT (US)

Hector J. Guzman Oscar® Winner	:O 8) :S :? :P :X :\| :lol: :roll: ops: :cry: :evil: [Message edited by Hector J. Guzman on 11-16-2001]
posted 11-13-2000 01:10 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	Timmer scribbled: quote: David Bedford's classical piece 24 Hours of Sunset is a perfect vastness of space piece!...and very minimalist too. What do you reckon JJ? I reckon that you're right. what a great piece. more Bedford! I would also say that an IMAX score called Cosmic Voyage written by one David Michael Frank does this pretty well in places, as in the first track. NP -- Red Planet, rare for a CD to outshine what you hear in film, but this does it
posted 11-13-2000 01:49 PM PT (US)

Alwin Oscar® Winner	There are several cues in Starship Troopers that are really cosmic-like. The names of which escape me at this moment.
posted 11-13-2000 02:06 PM PT (US)

John Dunham Oscar® Winner	The Summit cue of Into Thin Air (which I got today) is very "cosmic." It's also tragic, in a way. Into Thin Air is a good score, BTW. **. NP: Into Thin Air: Death On Everest**, Holdridge
posted 11-13-2000 02:33 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by John Dunham: The Summit cue of Into Thin Air (which I got today) is very "cosmic." It's also tragic, in a way. Into Thin Air is a good score, BTW. . NP: [b]Into Thin Air: Death On Everest, Holdridge[/B] Totally agree with you here, John. Into Thin Air has some great action writing, also. Plenty of percussion.
posted 11-13-2000 02:48 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Into Thin Air...An excellent score, I read Krakuer's book but what is the film like?...anyone seen it?? JJ, More Bedford?.....no problem, time for another trade just before christmas??!
posted 11-13-2000 04:50 PM PT (US)

John Dunham Oscar® Winner	I was going to see it, but I can't find anywhere with a copy for rent, so... I also read the book, and judging from the tracks on the CD, they shortened it considerably. I think they just started the film about half way through, when they were starting to climb. Still, they may have done a good job; there was no way to put that whole book into a film. I'll see it if I ever get a chance. :\ NP: My Neighbor Totoro, Hisaishi (Gotta get more Hisaishi stuff! I actually like EVERY CD I got today, and I was buying most of them on recommendations only; usually, there'll be at least one dud, but not here!)
posted 11-13-2000 05:05 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I borrowed the film on VHS tape from my father. I have yet to watch it, but I'll let you know about it when I do.
posted 11-15-2000 06:12 AM PT (US)

Hector J. Guzman Oscar® Winner	Also "The Trip to Earth" from Superman by Johnny boy. NP. Princess Leia´s Theme(Williams)
posted 11-15-2001 05:45 PM PT (US)

juha Oscar® Winner	Did anyone mention Zero Gravity from The Black Hole?
posted 11-16-2001 08:37 AM PT (US)

HAL 2000 Oscar® Winner	How did this get resurrected? Well to keep it alive I'll add the main title from the Day The Earth Stood Still which I should have said in the first place.
posted 11-16-2001 08:49 AM PT (US)

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