Space Music

Looking for music to soundtrack my lament that I will never leave this planet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBVlDyMoKZg

steve roach- mystic chords and sacred spaces

Sun Ra

now come and bring us some star dust, my fellow galactic cowbow

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Early Hawkwind, Space Ritual in particular.

gustaf hildebrand

You know - for kids.

Gah, you whippersnappers don't recall the ORIGINAL "space music":

Cliff Martinez's Solaris soundtrack

i always loved this underground jewel, by some dude who played in at the gates

but you will have to leave the planet

  On 5/14/2012 at 10:59 PM, Joyrex said:

Gah, you whippersnappers don't recall the ORIGINAL "space music":

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3OtiEpHyg

B12 is always the first "space music" group I think of when I see any kind of "space/sci-fi + techno" thread. Speaking of, you might want to see this thread, it's more specific to IDM stuff though: http://forum.watmm.c...h-an-idm-twist/

Arguably, any drone, ambient, post-rock, etc with an ethereal vibe to it is space music. It's kind of like "world music" and "new age" as a descriptor, you'll find a lot of mediocre stuff if blindly browsing music. It's a very broad and subjective term, even with major genres like Space Rock and Kosmische Musik tied to the concept. Check out soundtracks of classic sci-fi films as well - Space Odyssey 2001, Forbidden Planet, Sunshine, Solaris (both original and Hollywood remake)

Decent list of space music "classics" on wikipedia, towards the bottom...

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Space_music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpDmZVYC8KU&hd=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5crdJgQcR3Q

the Battlefield Earth book got a 1982 soundtrack record called Space Jazz and listening to it is like being on a cosmic rocket ship adventure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Jazz

here is a sample

Brian Eno's Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks

One of my favourite tracks ever. Probably not right for this forum, but it kicks butt so worthy of a listen nonetheless ;)