I actually thought about using Last Cup Of Sorrow as well, but figured the chorus might give the wrong idea. good music though
how about woodpecker from mars?
astrobrian - 15/7/2006 12:06 AMI actually thought about using Last Cup Of Sorrow as well, but figured the chorus might give the wrong idea. good music though.
I actually thought about using Last Cup Of Sorrow as well, but figured the chorus might give the wrong idea. good music though.
EVA - 15/7/2006 4:36 PM"Us and Them"Pink Floyd
Chris Bergin - 15/7/2006 11:15 AMQuoteEVA - 15/7/2006 4:36 PM"Us and Them"Pink FloydHere you go: Can't say I listened to them before the Live Aid II concert, then got blown away by Comfortably Numb.
Chris Bergin - 15/7/2006 9:39 AMBeing into the darker side of rock, I'd have to go with "mood" music too.Faith No More, no longer around, but one of the best bands to have graced my CD player. Last Cup of Sorrow (above) would work very well.Amazing band live too:
Tahii - 16/7/2006 5:25 AMGood choice! I take it you wouldn't be listening to "We care a lot" though, judging by the first verse...
Chris Bergin - 16/7/2006 4:35 AMGood example here:Nine Inch Nails vs Delta II.
Chris Bergin - 14/7/2006 4:39 PMBeing into the darker side of rock, I'd have to go with "mood" music too.Faith No More, no longer around, but one of the best bands to have graced my CD player. Last Cup of Sorrow (above) would work very well.Amazing band live too:
Chris Bergin - 16/7/2006 9:39 PMQuoteTahii - 16/7/2006 5:25 AMGood choice! I take it you wouldn't be listening to "We care a lot" though, judging by the first verse...heh, yeah - I think we'd have to pass Trying to match one of the harder Shihad tracks, any suggestions?
Chris Bergin - 14/7/2006 4:39 PMBeing into the darker side of rock, I'd have to go with "mood" music too.Faith No More, no longer around, but one of the best bands to have graced my CD player. Last Cup of Sorrow (above) would work very well.
Naraht - 23/7/2006 10:52 AMIt may be a bit cheesy, but I think "I Need A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler would work well for a Shuttle music video.
Chris Bergin - 26/7/2006 11:22 AMQuoteNaraht - 23/7/2006 10:52 AMIt may be a bit cheesy, but I think "I Need A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler would work well for a Shuttle music video.Bonnie Tyler or Faith No More. Now I've got a dilema
"Reach out for the Moon"This captures the moon mania of the late 60s.Well... Rush also made nice video of STS-1...
"countdown" by rush is AWESOME! one of my all-time faves!
When I saw this thread pop up, I felt that, being one of the older ones lurking around here, I might post an entry not so much for the "Best" space flight music, but for one of the FIRST recordings of space flight music. It was "Telstar". It was released in 1962, the summer between by fourth and fifth grade elementary school. I went out to the Wikipedia page below and was shocked to learn that it wasn't a US release, but was done in the UK and released in the US! I do recall listening to it on one of those new-fangled transistor radios and that it went quite high in the charts. Quote: "a 1962 instrumental record performed by The Tornados. It was the first single by a British band to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was also a number one hit in the UK. The record was named after the AT&T communications satellite Telstar, which went into orbit in July 1962. The song was released five weeks later on 17 August 1962. It was written and produced by Joe Meek, and featured a clavioline, a keyboard instrument with a distinctive electronic sound. "Telstar" won an Ivor Novello Award and is estimated to have sold at least five million copies worldwide.This novelty record was intended to evoke the dawn of the space age, complete with sound effects that were meant to sound "space-like". A popular story at the time of the record's release was that the weird distortions and background noise came from sending the signal up to the Telstar satellite and re-recording it back on Earth. It is more likely that the effects were created in Meek's recording studio, which was a small flat above a shop in London."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_(song)
I'd like this one for the SRBs Rammstein "Feuer Frei!"
QuoteEVA - 15/7/2006 4:36 PM"Us and Them"Pink FloydHere you go: Can't say I listened to them before the Live Aid II concert, then got blown away by Comfortably Numb.
Anyone notice Hans Zimmer's music from The Dark Knight was used in NASA's Shuttle tribute video narrated by Shatner? I thought it was a great fit. I love Zimmer's work and his counterparts like John Williams, Alan Silvestri, etc. I love the epic soundtrack themes and think they go great with space videos. Some favorites:
Good coast phase music!
styx time for me to fly
Have to reach in the past, some distant, some not so distant:My personal favorite:"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" Pink FloydOthers that must be on the list:"The Planets" Holst"Cygnus X-1" Rush"Countdown" Rush"High Rollers" Crystal Method...
David Lange - Return Of The Comet with Mars Rising (1985)Was and is still my favorite space music...still available as mp3 download
And when a space shuttle mission is happening, we mix it in live from launch to landing.
I just realised, on page 3 somebody posted both Telstar by The Tornados and Muse.Well, did you know that Matt Bellamy from Muse's dad was in The Tornados?
Jan Hammer's Space Scapes
Also, Shiny Toy Guns does a pretty sweet new version of 'Major Tom'.
Best we all do NOT put in youtube links?
Quote from: Elmar Moelzer on 03/22/2013 08:58 pmBest we all do NOT put in youtube links?No. People SHOULD put up the youtube links.
Hadn't realized just how great a space song "Never Let Me Down Again" is, by one of my favorite bands and one of the best groups to come out of England, Depeche Mode.We're flying highWe're watching the world pass us byNever want to come downNever want to put my feet back down on the ground
My favorite launch music these days is "Take to the Sky" by Van Canto:
"Seeking Major Tom"
Be patient people, rockets are hard.
For obvious reasons (lots of Apollo), plus their from England.
"We are on our way to the quasar, an object as bright as a galaxy. Our hope is that thequasar may contain an unfathomable source of power and peril at its center ... a blackhole.""On our journey, we receive the radio emissions of a pulsar -- an imploded neutron star."[A. THE TAURUS PULSAR]Within a distant nebula in the Taurus zodiacI hear the wailing of a star, the weak pulse of a fading sunAll its fuel is burning out and its light will fade to blackI can't ignore its hopeless shout as it fires its death cry out in spaceA star in Taurus lights up and outshines the galaxyA fleeting moment of glory in time and spaceA supernova resounds, a desperate symphonyLeaving behind a beacon fallen from graceLift your head up to the skyAnd hear the faraway cry of a dying starI heard its message from afarA frequent surge of sight and soundWe approach the fallen neutron starSpinning round and round and round