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New Horizons(from "Bad Astronomy: Myths & Misconceptions")Description: prelude; wandering, journey-like, strong melody.Music from the multimedia planetarium show based on the popular book and website, "Bad Astronomy", by astronomer Phil Plait. This serene melody depicts NASA's New Horizons spacecraft coursing through space for a 2015 rendezvous with Pluto and her moon, Charon. |
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Holiday Greetings(Web-based holiday greeting "card" video)Description: holiday, fun, playful.This festive holiday music for Innovative Learning Group maintains a secular feeling by way of careful orchestration. |
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Rogers City*(from the documentary film "November Requiem")Description: piano, guitar, and orchestra; country-style melody.On November 18, 1958, tragedy befell a northern Michigan community with the sinking of the freighter Carl D. Bradley. A Lake Michigan storm claimed the lives of 23 sailors sons from their small town alone (out of a total of 33 victims). This music is taken from the main title sequence, a montage of modern-day scenes depicting the quiet rural life along the shores of Lake Huron. |
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Theme From "Bad Astronomy" (extended version)(from "Bad Astronomy: Myths and Misconceptions")Description: high octane, cartoon-like, full orchestra scherzo featuring a melody for Theremin.Main Titles. The show kicks off with a wild and wacky romp through space. If you can picture a couple of little green men dancing the Funky Chicken, you're on the right flying saucer... |
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Trees and Wind*(from "Seven Weeks of Wellness")Description: new age, calming; harp, piano, strings.Students walk through a forest on the way to a nestled retreat, while their mentor guides and advises them using a walkie talkie. A heavy wind rocks the tree limbs overhead, sighing through a thousand branches. |
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Kill the Asteroid, Save the Earth!(from "Bad Astronomy: Myths & Misconceptions")Description: dramatic ostinato, portending doom; lonely bassoon solo.Animation depicts an asteroid heading for Earth, in a sequence that pokes a little fun at Hollywood's answer to an extraterrestrial threat. |
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A Carol for Nicholas(Theme)Description: modal-like melody; orchestra accompanied by mandolins.This haunting melody sets the scene for a spiritual journey through a wintery, medieval landscape. |
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Science Experiments (Part One)(from "Bad Astronomy: Myths & Misconceptions")Description: bouncy, playful melody for muted brass, bassoon solo.The "Bad Astronomy" show gets down to business with a few old-fashioned science experiments. This first cue shows us how good science can be serious fun as well. |
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Science Experiments (Part Two)(from "Bad Astronomy: Myths & Misconceptions")This second excerpt has a more optimistic feel. Listen for the Glass Armonica throughout--an otherworldy instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. |
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Bringing Back the Bell*(from "November Requiem")Description: a mysterious, pensive beginning becomes triumphant and celebratory.Music for the recovery operations that retrieved the pilothouse bell from the Carl D. Bradley, where it rests 365 feet below Lake Michigan. |
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Requiem Aeternam*(from "November Requiem")Description: a Requiem Aeternam written in the style of a classic Aria.A musical tribute plays in the memorial sequence near the end of the film, using Latin text from the Requiem Mass. Performed by soprano Robyn Camisa. |
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Carl D. Bradley Rag*(from "November Requiem")Description: piano ragtime.This ragtime piano number plays under a montage of vintage photos from the early days of the Carl D. Bradley. The music is reprised for end credits. |
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A Journey Through the Asteroid Belt(from "Bad Astronomy: Myths & Misconceptions")Description: mysterious modal melody for pipe organ.In this departure from standard orchestration, an ominous catheral pipe organ provides the melody for harp and woodwinds, as we spin and twist our way though the Solar System. |
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Charlevoix Drive*(from "November Requiem")Description: atonal and strange, quiet and pensive.In the documentary's only reenactment scene (based on historical fact), a woman travels across the state of Michigan while a rainstorm rages all around her. She arrives at a park overlooking Lake Michigan, hoping to see a loved one struggling to shore. |
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UFO Hoaxes(from "Bad Astronomy: Myths & Misconceptions")Description: odd, percussive melody, with offbeat orchestration.UFOs may or may not exist, but as a scientist, astronomer Phil Plait simply wants proof. This unusual cue, orchestrated for cow bells, marimba, and cathedral organ, is heard during the tales of several infamous hoaxes, and the hoaxers who hoaxed 'em... |
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Prelude*(Theme)A mysterious tone poem for piano and orchestra. |
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CONCERT MUSIC |
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TUSKEGEE AIRMEN SUITE (1998)Dreaming of Flying*Recording in concert by the Birmingham-Bloomfield Syphony Orchestra, conducted by Felix Resnick. The "Dreaming of Flying" theme is heard throughout the four-part suite. Here, it is used to depict an African-American child gazing into the sky, where World War I fighter planes practice flight maneuvers. He hopes to become a pilot one day. |
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| © 2010 Brian Belanger. All rights reserved. All music selections are the property of Brian Belanger. Unauthorized copying or duplication in whole or in part is prohibited. |