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The movie I'd like to see is For All Mankind without the spoken audio recordings from Apollo but with the album that was originally meant to be the soundtrack.

by AdamN 3y ago

wittierusername 3y ago
And while I'm travelling there, Music for Airports is being played through the airport PA
- danwills 3y ago
  And once you've landed, Ambient 4, 'On Land'? I wouldn't usually comment in such a flippant way but if anyone discovers this album because of it and loves it as much as I do, then it's worth it!
  - wittierusername 3y ago
    Love love love that album! Eno is just cool because he was constantly thinking about the context for his art as well as making beautiful music. Him and David Byrne did an album called "My life in the bush of ghosts" - I was reading Byrne's book about it and he was saying it was constantly asking 'how would someone who has never seen or heard a guitar or piano be played... approach it? Is strumming arbitrary, could it be percussive?' Eno just ebs with cool
    - SamBam 3y ago
      I read the book for a book club, and decided to listen to the album as well, even though Eno said he took the title of the album from the book without ever having read the book. The album was a lot more accessible than the book.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
  When MfA was released, a few airports tried that, and got an extremely negative response from passengers. I wonder if, decades later, not to mention a generation or two with exposure to "chillout", "ambient" and maybe just a dab of psychedelics, the response would be any different today.
  - kamma4434 3y ago
    Boooooring. I think Eno is better at self-promotion with intellectual pretense than music itself. The less pretentious material (eg U2) is - for me - way better. Bowie? The ‘experimental’ tracks are a weak rehash of the krautrock of the time. Tangerine Dream run rings around them.
    - PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
      I own all the TD albums up to White Eagle, along with several bootlegs. I saw them at York Minster in the 1970s. I also am the BDFL of the ardour.org project, where releases are named after chronologically ordered Eno albums. I see no reason to make comparisons between their work, which are quite different in affect, goal, and production methodology.
postexitus 3y ago
What is the name of the album that was meant to be on the soundtrack?
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
  (for the audience at home) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo:_Atmospheres_and_Soundtracks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo:_Atmospheres_and_Soundt... I was listening to Eno when this album was released - but when I read the parent I went right to Apple+'s FAM. I'd totally forgotten about the documentary; like people on the moon, it was long ago.
its_ethan 3y ago
You might like this "documentary" CNN made back in 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_(2019_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_(2019_film) As I remember it, there's minimal dialogue and they incorporate actual audio of transmissions between ground control and the crew. The launch sequence in particular is very, very cool
- AdamN 3y ago
  It is cool and I've seen it (it's what I was referencing above). The original concept though was to purely have the album match the movie with no transmissions at all (the version I'd like to see).
jjulius 3y ago
>... with the album that was originally meant to be the soundtrack. I'm confused - this is the music that's used as the soundtrack. Are you just saying that you want a music-only version of the film?
- AdamN 3y ago
  Yes. My understanding is that the original album was released as an album but was originally intended to be the soundtrack for the movie - the movie itself was not meant to have any human dialog, just the music. For whatever reason they never made that version but instead included the historically very interesting radio comms and people talking. No critique of what they did - just would like to see the (never made?) movie with just the music.

The movie I'd like to see is For All Mankind without the spoken audio recordings from Apollo but with the album that was originally meant to be the soundtrack.

by AdamN 3y ago

The movie I'd like to see is For All Mankind without the spoken audio recordings from Apollo but with the album that was originally meant to be the soundtrack.

wittierusername 3y ago

And while I'm travelling there, Music for Airports is being played through the airport PA

danwills 3y ago
And once you've landed, Ambient 4, 'On Land'? I wouldn't usually comment in such a flippant way but if anyone discovers this album because of it and loves it as much as I do, then it's worth it!
- wittierusername 3y ago
  Love love love that album! Eno is just cool because he was constantly thinking about the context for his art as well as making beautiful music. Him and David Byrne did an album called "My life in the bush of ghosts" - I was reading Byrne's book about it and he was saying it was constantly asking 'how would someone who has never seen or heard a guitar or piano be played... approach it? Is strumming arbitrary, could it be percussive?' Eno just ebs with cool
  - SamBam 3y ago
    I read the book for a book club, and decided to listen to the album as well, even though Eno said he took the title of the album from the book without ever having read the book. The album was a lot more accessible than the book.
PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
When MfA was released, a few airports tried that, and got an extremely negative response from passengers. I wonder if, decades later, not to mention a generation or two with exposure to "chillout", "ambient" and maybe just a dab of psychedelics, the response would be any different today.
- kamma4434 3y ago
  Boooooring. I think Eno is better at self-promotion with intellectual pretense than music itself. The less pretentious material (eg U2) is - for me - way better. Bowie? The ‘experimental’ tracks are a weak rehash of the krautrock of the time. Tangerine Dream run rings around them.
  - PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
    I own all the TD albums up to White Eagle, along with several bootlegs. I saw them at York Minster in the 1970s. I also am the BDFL of the ardour.org project, where releases are named after chronologically ordered Eno albums. I see no reason to make comparisons between their work, which are quite different in affect, goal, and production methodology.

postexitus 3y ago

What is the name of the album that was meant to be on the soundtrack?

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
(for the audience at home) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo:_Atmospheres_and_Soundtracks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo:_Atmospheres_and_Soundt... I was listening to Eno when this album was released - but when I read the parent I went right to Apple+'s FAM. I'd totally forgotten about the documentary; like people on the moon, it was long ago.

its_ethan 3y ago

You might like this "documentary" CNN made back in 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_(2019_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_(2019_film) As I remember it, there's minimal dialogue and they incorporate actual audio of transmissions between ground control and the crew. The launch sequence in particular is very, very cool

AdamN 3y ago
It is cool and I've seen it (it's what I was referencing above). The original concept though was to purely have the album match the movie with no transmissions at all (the version I'd like to see).

jjulius 3y ago

>... with the album that was originally meant to be the soundtrack. I'm confused - this is the music that's used as the soundtrack. Are you just saying that you want a music-only version of the film?

AdamN 3y ago
Yes. My understanding is that the original album was released as an album but was originally intended to be the soundtrack for the movie - the movie itself was not meant to have any human dialog, just the music. For whatever reason they never made that version but instead included the historically very interesting radio comms and people talking. No critique of what they did - just would like to see the (never made?) movie with just the music.