62 p1 Miscellaneous Notes and Comments: Sci-Fi References in Music List
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This article is from the SF references in music List FAQ, by Rich Kulawiec rsk@gsp.org with numerous contributions by others.
62 p1 Miscellaneous Notes and Comments: Sci-Fi References in Music List
Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michael Jarre, Return to Forever, Weather Report,
Vangelis, Klaus Schultz, Deodata, Eno, Jean-Luc Ponty, Michael Urbaniak,
Stomu Yamashta & Go, The Enid, Peter Michael Hamel, Bo Hansson, Mannheim
Steamroller, Lancaster & Lumley, Lol Creme & Kevin Godley, Shadowfax,
Larry Fast aka Synergy, Kitaro, Mark Shreeve, Kevin Braheny, Steve
Roach, Constance Demby, Michael Sterns, Software and B.J. Cole:
...have all been listed down here because several people have pointed out
that "sounding like SF" doesn't make it SF music. Note that some of these
people have done some SF soundtracks, and that some of them have done
instrumental material with SF/fantasy titles. Notable works include Hansson's
"Lord of the Rings", Creme & Godley's "Consequences", an ecological parable,
Mannheim Steamroller's "Fresh Aire V", a musical retelling of Kepler's
fantasy about a trip to the moon and back, and Klaus Schulze's "Cyborg"
and "Dune". Jarre's "Rendez-Vous" album was going to have had the sax part
for the track "Final Rendezvous/Ron's Piece" played, in orbit,
by Ron McNair on the ill-fated Challenger launch. Jarre's "Chronologie"
(1993) was inspisred by Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time".
Hitchhiker's Guide:
Just a note that the theme music for THHGTTG is "Journey of the Sorcerer"
from the Eagles' "One of These Nights". Marvin is credited with a single
called "Marvin", backed with "Metal Man". Tim Souness did a single of
the HitchHiker's Guide theme. Disaster Area is credited with "Only
the End of the World Again", the B side of the theme single.
A second single called "Marvin I Love You" was released later--in it, Marvin
discovers an old recording of a female voice declaring her love for him
while perusing his memory banks. (Of course, he doesn't know where it
came from.)
Doctor Who:
Just a note to mention "Doctorin' the TARDIS" and "Gary and the TARDIS"
by the Timelords (now The KLF), "Who is the Doctor" by Jon Pertwee,
"Doctor...?" by Blood Donor, "Doctor in Distress" by Who Cares, and
"S.O.S. Daleks have landed" by ??.
SF Themes in Opera:
This section was originally posted to rec.music.classical by
ecl@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Evelyn C. Leeper), who has kindly
granted permission to reproduce it here.
Benford, David & LeGuin, Ursula K. "Rigel-9"
Standard sf fare - astronauts on strange planet, one sensitive,
the rest rednecks. Only he sees the strange city in the forest etc.
Benford, David "Star's End"
A fantasy on SF themes.
Blomdahl, Karl-Birger "Aniara"
About a space ship leaving Earth (which is in an environmental
crisis).
Davis, Anthony & Atherton, Deborah "Under the Double Moon"
Attempt of a government Inspector to force telepathic twins to
accompany him to feed the powers of the Empress.
Dresher, Paul & Eckert, Rinded "Power Failure"
About an evil tycoon who has spent millions on a perpetual youth
machine for himself. When the moment comes to use it, a power
failure traps him, his assistant, secretary, and the janitor in
the underground laboratory. Despite the morality-play aspects of
what follow, it comes off as a powerful statement against rampant
materialism and exploitation of people and the environment.
Glass, Philip "Einstein on the Beach"
Has a scene where a flying saucer appears.
Glass, Philip "1000 Airplanes on the Roof"
Glass, Philip "Hydrogen Jukebox"
Glass, Philip "Juniper Tree"
Glass, Philip & Lessing, Doris "The Making of the Representative
from Planet 8"
Haydn, J. "Il Mondo della Luna"
"It isn't straight sci-fi in the modern sense; the setting was meant
to provide a distant enough context to present a parody of powerful
people and institutions." But it *isn't* set on the moon; it has
someone tricked into believing they have traveled to the moon when
they haven't.
Janacek "The Excursions of Mr Broucek"
Two stories, one of which is Mr Broucek goes to the moon.
Janacek "The Macropoulous Affair"
Original by Karel Capek; the story of a 400+ year old opera
singer who possesses the formula for endless youth
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