Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra - Alex North's 2001 (The Legendary Original Score · World Premiere Recording) download free

Alex North Score Contemporary 1993 Europe

Genre:	Classical / Screen, Stage
Performer:	Alex North
Title:	Alex North's 2001 (The Legendary Original Score · World Premiere Recording)
Style:	Score, Contemporary
Date of release:	1993
Country:	Europe
MP3 album size:	1327 mb
FLAC APE album size:	1112 mb
WMA album size:	1471 mb
Digital formats:	WMA MMF RA AU MP1 AHX MP3

Tracklist

1	Main Title	1:37
2	The Foraging	3:44
3	Eat Meat And The Kill	3:27
4	The Bluff	3:01
5	Night Terrors	2:02
6	The Dawn Of Man	3:14
7	Space Station Docking	2:22
8	Trip To The Moon	3:21
9	Moon Rocket Bus	5:01
10	Space Talk	3:30
11	Interior Orion	1:26
12	Main Theme	2:31

Credits

Art Direction, Executive-Producer – Robert Townson
Composed By – Alex North
Conductor – Jerry Goldsmith
Cover [Art], Photography By – Matthew Peak*
Engineer [Recording] – Mike Sheedy*
Liner Notes – Anna North, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams , Kevin Mulhall, Robert Townson
Mastered By – Joe Gastwirt
Orchestra – The National Philharmonic Orchestra*
Producer – Jerry Goldsmith, Robert Townson

Notes

This is Alex North's unused and unfinished score for the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" produced by Stanley Kubrick . The actual score used in the movie can be consulted here.
The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios on January 29th and 30th 1993.
Mastered at Ocean View Digital.
In addition to those listed above, this recording would not have been possible without the dedication of Vic Fraser, Christopher Palmer and Sidney Sax, but most of all Anna North.
Track 1: Modeled upon "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss.
Tracks 2 & 6: Are two different takes composed for "The Dawn Of Man" sequence.
Track 12: Originally composed for the 'Overture' and 'Intermission' (Entr'acte) sequences.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 030206540024

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VSD-5400	Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra*	Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra* - Alex North's 2001 (The Legendary Original Score · World Premiere Recording) ‎(CD, Album)	Varèse Sarabande	VSD-5400	Europe	1993
VSD-5400	Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra*	Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra* - Alex North's 2001 (The Legendary Original Score · World Premiere Recording) ‎(CD, Album)	Varèse Sarabande	VSD-5400	US	1993
VSC-5400	Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra*	Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra* - Alex North's 2001 (The Legendary Original Score · World Premiere Recording) ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Varèse Sarabande	VSC-5400	US	1993
SLCS-5021	Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra*	Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith / The National Philharmonic Orchestra* - Alex North's 2001 (The Legendary Original Score · World Premiere Recording) ‎(CD, Album)	Varèse Sarabande	SLCS-5021	Japan	1993

Winawel

I have seen '2001' many, many times. Probably my favourite movie of all times. The idea of Stanley Kubrick to use classical music already existing for his movie was probably the best idea. 'Zarathustra', the waltz by Strauss and the chants of Ligeti are now associated with his masterpiece. These compositions fitted the visual imagery of Kubrick to an incredible degree of perfection. Another important auditive actor in the film was... the silence: the complete silence of space, which helped the viewer to feel the emptiness of it. What you will hear on this CD is only a portion of what Alex North was supposed to compose for the production. What is included here was suppose to fit between 'The Dawn Of Man' and 'Jupiter Mission'. My personal opinion is that all the music for the sequence of 'The Dawn Of Man' would have ruin the succession of feelings Kubrick intented the viewer to feel. Anybody can try to syncronise the very first scene of the film to 'Eat Meat And The Kill' and see what it looks like. Bizarre... The 'Space' music (tracks 7 to 11) is quite good, but it sounds more like something to fit a documentary, or a commercial science fiction film from the 1950's/60's. 'Moon Rocket Bus' sounds inspired by the 'Star Trek' theme, with a fantomatic vocalist singing to the lunar landscape. 'Space Talk' would have been heard while Heywood Floyd and his colleagues are talking about the Tycho Magnetic Anomaly. Finally, the 'Main Theme' was supposed to be played in the Entr'acte. How strange and animated. It just doesn't fit the movie anymore. It would have left many with a weird impression I suppose. Understand: this is not bad music. This is not what I am trying to say. Alex North is a great composer and his reputation is respectable. His '2001' score can be listened in many other ways. As I say, I personally like his compositions for the space scenes. But anybody who saw '2001' more than once will understand why Kubrick opted for his own idea. Any fan of '2001' will still probably appreciate this CD. There were not a lot of commercial elements connected to the movie, and so this is an interesting bonus in the history of the making of the movie.