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Arthur C. Clarke, in the TV documentary 2001: The Making of a Myth, described the bone-to-satellite sequence in the film, saying "The bone goes up and turns into what is supposed to be an orbiting space bomb, a weapon in space. Well, that isn't made clear, we just assume it's some kind of space vehicle in a three-million-year jump cut".
Additionally, numerous space-themed songs had already charted by 1969, including Zager and Evans's "In the Year 2525", which was a UK number one in the three weeks immediately before "Space Oddity" 's entry into the top 40. Pegg argues that only later did Bowie's song "transcend" the novelty hit to be regarded as a "genuine classic".
David Bowie's first single to chart, "Space Oddity" in 1969, was inspired by the film. [59] Roger Waters' 1992 album Amused to Death was remixed/remastered in 2015 to contain samples of HAL 9000, specifically describing his mind being taken away, at the beginning of "Perfect Sense, Part I". [60]
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.Its plot was inspired by several short stories optioned from Clarke, primarily "The Sentinel" (1951) and "Encounter in the Dawn" (1953). [3]
Some technologies portrayed as common in the film which had not materialized in the 2000s include commonplace civilian space travel, space stations with hotels, Moon colonization, suspended animation of humans, practical nuclear propulsion in spacecraft and strong artificial intelligence of the kind displayed by Hal.
HAL 9000 (or simply HAL or Hal) is a fictional artificial intelligence character and the main antagonist in the Space Odyssey series. First appearing in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL (Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer) is a sentient artificial general intelligence computer that controls the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft and interacts with the ship's astronaut crew.
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.
Conversation Piece is a box set by English musician David Bowie, released in November 2019, which contains five CDs featuring recordings made in 1968–1969.The box set includes home demos and BBC sessions, as well as two mixes of the 1969 album Space Oddity: the original 1969 stereo mix, and a new 2019 mix produced by Tony Visconti specifically for the set.