2001 Music Question (1 Viewer)

[Darren H]

Just a quick question: What piece of music accompanies that first shot of the Discovery? It's the scene that follows directly after the cut from the moon monolith. The piece is very somber, featuring strings only.

Thanks.

 

[Andrew Chong]

That must be Aram Khachaturian's Adagio from Gayane. One of my favourites.

 

[Darren H]

Yep. I found it just as you posted. Thanks.

The Jupiter mission, out in the unimaginable emptiness between planets, is presented to the accompaniment of the 'Adagio' from Gayane (1942), a ballet by contemporary Russian composer Khachaturian. The simple, almost funereal melody is like a lament for lost Earth and for this frail venture of humanity. The Discovery's crew, though they don't know it, are already doomed, and they are very far from home, in a limitless night.

http://www.avnet.co.uk/home/amaranth/Critic/2001mus.htm