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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a 1980 science documentary television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter. It covers a wide range of scientific subjects, especially cosmology and its connection to the origin of life.
Owing to its bestselling companion book and soundtrack album using the title, Cosmos, the series is widely known by this title, with the subtitle omitted from home video packaging. The subtitle began to be used more frequently in the 2010s to differentiate it from the sequel series that followed.
This compilation EP is a selection of excerpts from the original soundtrack.
1 Main Theme (From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan) - Vangelis
2 Main Theme (TV Version) [From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan] - Vangelis
3 End Credits [From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan] - Vangelis
4 Main Title (From "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey) - Vangelis
5 Main Title (Short Version) [From "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey] - Vangelis
Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch have created a modern masterpiece and a more than worthy successor to the classic original.
The fact that the shadow of Vangelis' legendary, groundbreaking score hangs over this soundtrack should mean certain retirement for anyone attempting to replicate the original's achievement and yet, against the odds, Zimmer and Wallfisch actually manage it. And then some. The boys dusted off the Yamaha CS-80 and by returning to the past they've created a stunning new audio landscape of the future.
The electronic soundscapes of 2049 glide and soar majestically with all the epic scale and beauty of the original Blade Runner but this time there's an industrial edge. This Blade Runner has teeth. Throughout the score there is a ferocious energy surging up in the music matched only by the moments when it becomes almost overwhelmingly beautiful.
Unlike the soundtracks for the original 1982 Blade Runner, this OST for the 2017 sequel actually contains the music from the film. So Hans and Ben are one up on Vangelis already. None of the tracks have annoying dialogue excerpts or sound effects over them either. That's two up.
The composers could have paid the ultimate tribute to Vangelis and left the opening title music for 2049 off the album. But no, it's there in all its glory. That's 3 - 0!
Tracklist: –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch 2049 3:37 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Sapper's Tree 1:36 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Flight To LAPD 1:47 –Frank Sinatra Summer Wind 2:54 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Rain 2:26 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Wallace 5:23 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Memory 2:32 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Mesa 3:10 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Orphanage 1:13 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Furnace 3:41 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Someone Lived This 3:13 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Joi 3:51 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Pilot 2:17 –Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds 4:22 –Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires Can't Help Falling In Love 3:02 –Frank Sinatra One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 4:24 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Hijack 5:32 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch That's Why We Believe 3:36 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Her Eyes Were Green 6:17 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Sea Wall 9:53 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch All The Best Memories Are Hers 3:22 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Tears In The Rain 2:10 –Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Blade Runner 10:05 –Lauren Daigle Almost Human 3:22
Vangelis – 1492 – Conquest Of Paradise (Music From The Original Soundtrack) Genre: Electronic, Classical, Stage & Screen Style: Soundtrack, Score, Instrumental, Modern Classical, Ambient Year: 1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise is the 1992 music score to the film of the same name by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. The film, a recount of the voyage to America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, was directed by Ridley Scott, for whom Vangelis had previously composed the music score for Blade Runner, in 1982. The album and the single "Conquest of Paradise" enjoyed a revival in 1995 for various reasons and broke many sales records. Due to the soundtrack's success, Vangelis won an Echo Award as "International Artist Of The Year", and RTL Golden Lion Award for the "Best Title Theme for a TV Film or a Series" in 1996. The album was nominated for "Best Original Score - Motion Picture" at the 50th Golden Globe Awards in 1993.
Vangelis plays together with a number of performers, including two Flamenco guitarists and vocalists, violin, mandolin and flutes. As on a number of previous albums by Vangelis, the English Chamber Choir, directed by Guy Protheroe, performs the choral parts.
The sound engineering was done by Philippe Colonna and coordination by French musician Frederick Rousseau (also known for his collaborations with Jean-Michel Jarre), who has been Vangelis's studio partner since the 1980s till the recording of the Alexander soundtrack. Vangelis plays all synthesizers, using mainly string patches but also several ethnic ones, to reflect the character of the film, and electric piano and harp patches. Some calmer, atmospheric pieces (tracks 3, 7, 11 and 12) are entirely performed by Vangelis, using pianos, strings and harp. For the ethnic music, Vangelis consulted with French specialist Xavier Belanger, who has advised other artists on similar issues, including Jean-Michel Jarre.
Tracklist: Opening 1:21 Conquest Of Paradise 4:30 Monastery Of La Rabida 3:24 City Of Isabel 2:08 Light And Shadow 3:31 Deliverance 3:20 West Across The Ocean Sea 2:44 Eternity 1:53 Hispanola 4:39 Moxica And The Horse 6:42 Twenty Eighth Parallel 4:47 Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria (Into Eternity) 12:37
