2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Soundtrack
02 Apr 1968(17 Songs)
02 Apr 1968(17 Songs)
György Ligeti, Sudwestfunk Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Bour
Bowman inadvertently enters a wormhole. 
00:03 Opening credits. The sun slowly appears from behind the moon.
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The Sun slowly rises behind Earth, which is behind the Moon. An ape realizes he can use a bone as a weapon. Dave transforms into the Star-Child.
00:19 After the Dawn of man sequence. Shots in space as the satellites move through space elegantly.
György Ligeti, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Francis Travis
The simian humanoids encounter the monolith. The astronauts examine a monolith uncovered on the moon. Another monolith floats in space close to Jupiter.
00:49 Haunting music as they all descend into the pit and find the foreign stone object (monolith). Music builds as they touch it.
Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks - Ligeti: Chamber Concerto, Ramifications, String Quartet No. 2 & Aventures
The astronaut crew flies over the lunar surface towards the recently-uncovered monolith.
Berlin Philharmonic - Strauss: The Blue Danube (An der schönen blauen Donau)
The space shuttle lands in the space station’s docking bay. A similar spacecraft lands on the moon.
00:49 Song during the appearance of the monolith on the moon. Song plays whenever the monolith is shown in the film.
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01:24 Plays during the Intermission.
The Jupiter mission after eighteen months.
Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet - Requiem for a Dream (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
00:45 Floyd and other crew flying towards the pit
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