Cosmic Compositions: The NDT Soundtrack

September 19, 2013 James Britton

photo (2)Did you detect interstellar signals from the preshow soundtrack for Neil deGrasse Tyson’s lecture? It was indeed a collection of cinematic, celestially influenced compositions, curated by Nick Rogers — a film critic for The Film Yap, an independent website based out of Indianapolis. Find the track listing below and check out thefilmyap.com for the latest movie reviews.

  1. Main Titles from “Galaxy Quest”
  2. “Enterprising Young Men” from “Star Trek”  (2009)
  3. End Titles from “Apollo 13”
  4. Suite from “The Right Stuff”
  5. “Good to Go” from “Contact”
  6. Main Titles from “The Last Starfighter”
  7. “The Blue Danube,” as heard in “2001: A Space Odyssey”
  8. Suite from “The Black Hole”
  9. “A Distant Discovery” from “Deep Impact”
  10. “Ripley’s Rescue” from “Aliens”
  11. “Adagio in D Minor” from “Sunshine” (2007)
  12. “Mars, the Bringer of War” from Gustav Holst’s The Planets
  13. “Tree of Life” from “The Fountain”
  14. End Titles from “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”
  15. “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” as heard in “2001: A Space Odyssey”