![]() ![]() The vinyl edition will be available first at Fantastic Fest, but the press release said you should keep an eye on Mondo’s website. Perhaps vinyl makes it all okay, even in death. How triumphant! Perhaps Alex has forgiven Stanley somewhere up there. There will be liner notes by Jon Burlingham and a number of scenes from the film screening with North’s score cued up on September 21 and 22 at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. But now North is being given his due with a vinyl issue called Music for 2001: A Space Odyssey thanks to Mondo, a company that provides limited-edition movie posters and soundtrack reissues. So North’s original soundtrack has been lost to history, more or less, save a few CD and cassette issues. ![]() Interviewed by the French film critic Michel Ciment, Kubrick said, “However good our best film composers may be, they are not a Beethoven, a Mozart, or a Brahms.” Right or not, that’s very mean, Stanley. North had not been told his score was being cut until he found out first-hand at the premiere. The original soundtrack, composed for the sole purpose of the film, was by Alex North. Not long before the premiere, Kubrick decided to scrap the original soundtrack in favor of the “guide pieces” originally used. It was Strauss’ “Also sprach Zarathustra” blaring from the speakers, bringing terrible revelation. It was not the image of apes huddled around a black monolith, nor HAL, nor the image of a gargantuan fetus confronting the Earth. Cut at 45 RPM and pressed on two vinyl discs for the first time ever. This essential re-issue has been re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios for the 50th anniversary. The original soundtrack album to the iconic 1968 Stanley Kubrick. ![]() A great tragedy that you may or may not know:Īt the premiere of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, a man named Alex North (who previously scored A Streetcar Named Desire and would go on to score Good Morning Vietnam read his bio here) sat in the audience, horrified. 40 n o slide 1 of 11 Mondo, in conjunction with WaterTower Music, is proud to present one of the most iconic film soundtracks of all time, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Special Gatefold Edition - Including original artwork & credits. ![]()
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