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2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film version and published after the release of the film. Clarke and Kubrick worked on the book together, but eventually only Clarke ended up as the official author.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1968.The soundtrack is known for its use of many classical and orchestral pieces, and credited for giving many classical pieces resurgences in popularity, such as Johann Strauss II's 1866 Blue Danube Waltz, Richard Strauss' symphonic poem Also sprach Zarathustra, and György Ligeti's Atmosphères.
Dr. Heywood R. Floyd first appears in 2001: A Space Odyssey as being in charge of the mission to investigate the alien Monolith found on the Moon. After the events that took place in 2001: A Space Odyssey, he is the protagonist of 2010: Odyssey Two and 2061: Odyssey Three. Floyd was born in 1958 in America, and by 1999 is chairman of the ...
The original release of 2001: A Space Odyssey in 70-millimetre Cinerama with six-track sound played continually for more than a year in several venues, and for 103 weeks in Los Angeles. [ 131 ] As was typical of many high-budget films of the era, it was released both in a "roadshow" 70 mm version and a later 35 mm general release version.
In Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series, Monoliths are machines in black cuboids whose sides extend in the precise ratio of 1 : 4 : 9 (1 2 : 2 2 : 3 2) built by an unseen extraterrestrial species whom Clarke dubbed the Firstborn and who he suggests are the earliest highly intelligent species to evolve in the Milky Way.
Wergo WER 60162-50. Compact disc, 1 sound disc, 4 3 ⁄ 4 in. Mainz: Wergo. (Program notes by the composer and others in German with English and French translations inserted in container.) [1990s]. 2001: A Space Odyssey—Original Soundtrack. Polydor/PolyGram 831 068. Compact disc, 1 sound disc: digital, stereo., 4 3 ⁄ 4 in. Hamburg: Polydor ...
Aside from being a pain and total distraction to the reader, major typos can actually result in major costs for the book manufacturers if the book is a bestseller or an all-time classic.
Shortly after Telarc's release of the theme, the entire original North score was released to the public. Also in 1993, an entirely new recording produced and conducted by film composer Jerry Goldsmith and performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra was released in CD format from Varèse Sarabande Records, with the track list sequenced by co-producer Robert Tounson and CD cover art by ...