music

[Bad Bill]

Iam compiling a list of music to listen to while stargazing.Anybody out there have any suggestions?

[John Kierein]

Moonlight Sonata and Stardust. ZZZZZZZZZ

[Silas]

Holst's "The Planets" -- but you have to keep the volume down to avoid waking the neighbors...

Handel's "Water Music" and "Royal Fireworks Music" are also fun, and nowhere near as distracting.

Avoid Mussorgsky's "Night on the Bare Mountain," as it's so scary, you'll quickly want to head back indoors! (Grin!)

Silas

[Azpod]

Wagner's "Ring Cycle" also works (but the "Flight of the Walkures" would also be likely to wake the neighbors...!)

Beyond that, Beethoven's 9th mixed in with some Metallica and Queen is always a good combo. Just be sure to observe the stars well armed in case your neighbors want to visit.

[Ian R]

Ah, yes Queen! Their "Night At The Opera" album is great, but "Made In Heaven" complements the view better I think. Failing that, you can't go wrong with Holst.

[Zandermann]

I've always been partial to Holst and Beethoven's 7th...although you should try Brian Eno also

[RMallon]

Ah yes, Eno's "Music for Airports". Nice ambience.
For a change try Issao Tomita's interpretation of Holst, The Planet.
For way on out there music, put on George Crumb's "Music for a Starry Night".

[Hale_Bopp]

The Chromatics, an acapella group, have released a CD called Astrocapella 2.0. You can order it from the web site, or listen to some sample tracks, at

http://www.astrocappella.com/

Rob

[Firefox]

Holst's "The Planets" -- but you have to keep the volume down to avoid waking the neighbors...

Bah, they won't mind...unless you live in the city.


-Fox

[4-Lom]

The Pearl by Brian Eno is also very good, as is old Tangerine Dream stuff and Aphex Twin.

How many people here are true astronomers? I come here mainly for the amusing debunkings and for the science..I constantly look up at the sky and spend hours gazing in depressing bewilderment at the incomprehensibility of it all, but I wouldnt say I was interested in Astronomy. Wierd. I guess Im more interested in the physics and concepts, but I guess thats astronomy, right?

[Argos]

Jean-Michel Jarre's "Equinox", is a good option.

On the other side of the spectrum, Bach's "The Brandenburg Concerts" are a must, at least for me.


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[David Hall]

I like Kitaro, Enya and some of the better Vangelis stuff (such as Direct or Voices. I think overall anything with a kind of mellow or moody feel to it suits viewing best. I'm listening to The Verve right now and I'm thinking how nice it would be out under the stars.

But if you want to stay awake late, you might go for something like The Ramones instead. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

How about the Babylon 5 soundtracks? Or Close Encounters?

But then again, I guess the best music is simply the music you like the most.

[Kaptain K]

I like "Pink Floyd" ("Dark Side of the Moon", "Ummagumma" and "Wish You Were Here", but no "Obscured by Clouds" [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] ).

[Chip]

On 2002-03-27 15:16, Bad Bill wrote:
Iam compiling a list of music to listen to while stargazing.Anybody out there have any suggestions?

Hey, this is right up my alley:
http://www.skepticfriends.org/forum/...display&id=191

Although I like a lot of different music, I think classical fits the sky best. Although there are "celestial" sounding pieces, a lot of music written for Earthbound listeners fits just fine, especially if you're fiddling in the dark and just dropped your expensive eyepiece in the grass. Here's a list:

Classical "space" music:
1. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Antarctica" (It fits!)
2. Debussy: La Mer ("The Sea") Beautiful, mysterious piece, it fits the sky too)!
3. Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
4. Stravinsky: The Firebird
5. Landowski: Concerto for Ondes Martinot and Strings (Hard to find piece, but very much in the "we are not alone" SciFi sounding category.)
6. Kabalac: The Mystery of Time (One of the greatest works by an unknown composer.)
8. Holst: The Planets (Everybody suggests this piece - it inspired John Williams with the Star Wars music.)
9. Gliere: Symphony No. 3 - "Ilya Murometz" (You won't be disappointed with this great colorful work)
10. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" (Great for star gazing.)
11. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" (Also great for star gazing.)
12. Heck - Any of the nine Beethoven symphonies! (His String Quartets work too!)
I also like Bruckner's 5th and 8th Symphonies which are beautiful, lyrical, and very long -- so you can put them on and enjoy the sky without fiddling with the boombox every few minutes.
13. Tcherepnin: Enchanted Kingdom (Incredible piece for star gazing.)
14. Liadov: Enchanted Lake
15. Mary Howe: Stars (A very short piece on the CRI label by an American woman composer of the 1930s. Incredibly awesome piece.)
16. Webern: Six Piece for Orchestra (1909) and his Five Pieces for Orchestra. (Tiny fragmented works that fit the sky too.)
17. Silence. Yes, if you are under a dark majestic sky, with the Milky Way stretching out above you, don't forget to simply take it in with the incredible quite or natural sounds around you.

Hope this helps,

Chip

[Ranma]

I'd say the music from the PC game Homeworld. That music is simply, well, astral. It really has the feel of the void.

[Timm]

Hey, music, finally a topic i can add something usefull to... [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Try...
Bowie - "Hours..."
Pearl Jam - "Binaural"
Vangelis' Soundtrack to Blade Runner
Incubus - "Make Yourself", "mornig View"
The Smashing Pumpkins - "Machina", "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness" (skip the metall tracks [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img])
Live - "Throwing Copper"
A Perfect Circle - "Mer De Noms"

Most of them are from the rock genre, but i think they kind of fit to stargazing... (and i like them anyway [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img])

[RMallon]

Just got in from a three hour concert with the Pat Metheny Group here in Austin. Think I'll be in floating in orbit for a few days.
The Veil Nebula might just sound like his 42 string guitar.

And Kaptain K, I like the Ummagumma choice,...Astronomy Domine, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun.
Maybe throw in a bit of Meddle too.

For Aurora Borealis viewing (not here in Texas, dang it) perhaps a bit of Music from the Hearts of Space.

[RMallon]

On 2002-03-28 06:30, Argos wrote:
Jean-Michel Jarre's "Equinox", is a good option.

Oxygene is pretty spacy too.
Try Synergy "Cords" for the deep space view.

[cozzmikjoker]

I like Steve Vai's "little green men"
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[aurorae]

On 2002-03-28 12:18, Chip wrote:

8. Holst: The Planets (Everybody suggests this piece - it inspired John Williams with the Star Wars music.)

At our house, we call him John "Tchaikovsky" Williams.

[Argos]

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On 2002-03-28 23:09, RMallon wrote:

On 2002-03-28 06:30, Argos wrote:
Jean-Michel Jarre's "Equinox", is a good option.

Oxygene is pretty spacy too.

You bet it is!!

Try Synergy "Cords" for the deep space view.

I'll look for it. Thanks, friend.