music to explore space with

coldbird.

i'm writing some sci-fi stuff and i'd like some suggestions for "space exploration" type music. no vocals, preferably. kaki king'ish, classical sort of stuff.

cheers

I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up

outbound by bela fleck and the flecktones for the drifting through space

gitaroo man soundtrack for speeding through space

Superunknown

God is an Astronaut.

wmelon

Pulsar bleu has an entire album about space - http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=22778

Then there's always bands like pelican, explosions in the sky, godspeed you black emporer! or even sigur ros even though there is some singing (it's either in icelandic or a made up language, so it shouldn't really get in the way)

Gorgeeen

Has vocals but I used to listen to Space Oddity, Ground Control to Major Tom by David Bowie when I would play EVE.

But I had a character called Major Tom. So maybe it's not the same for you.

revolutionary bean

Voyager by Daft Punk.

The music's soul is about discovery man.

Divider

When I think about this music to explore space with I think of Boards of Canada, Mogwai and Sigur Ros.

poopyinthestinkpot

the grateful dead. preferrably pre-1989

Snork

Tons of post-rock bands work, like Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, A Silver Mount Zion, Pelican, This Will Destroy You. Godspeed is probably your best bet if you're looking for something classically inclined, although I'm not sure if that's what you mean because you mentioned Kaki King O_o. But yeah, Sigur Ros and Godspeed.

Inquisitor

Homeworld 1 and 2 soundtracks?

Snork

PS the sound track to Donnie Darko. It's spacey as fucking hell and awesome.

Tav

Sigur Ros

edit: damn, I'm seconding them so

Rend

"The Planets" - album by Gustav Holst, includes Mars, Jupiter, and all your favorites.

Akilae729

Telstar by the Tornados (Like 60s era space)

Vorus

Battles, especially the song "Tonto" would be a fun song to explore space to.

GrinninBarrett

revolutionary bean wrote: »

Voyager by Daft Punk.

The music's soul is about discovery man.

Nightvision, Voyager and Veridis Quo

All of 'em are on Daft Punk's Discovery album, no vocals, sound spacey.

Janin

The Planetes soundtrack is pretty nice. Outside Atmosphere, Work with Dance, and Avoid Object are some of my favorites.

Hewn

Tav wrote: »

Sigur Ros

edit: damn, I'm seconding them so

I'll go ahead and third them. Sound essential to this sort of sci-fi mission.

FishMist

Theme to the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy...

..which is called "Journey of the Sorcerer" and is by the eagles (!)

Bedlam

THe black holes and Revelations album by Muse. Especially Starlight.

Rocket Man which has been covered a fuckton. (I prefer Angie Aparos version but whatevs)

Theres probablly a bunch of Gorillaz songs that might fit your tastes but the best one I can think of off the top of my head is Sound Check (Gravity)

Al_wat

Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd.

UndefinedMonkey

It's not classical, and it's not instrumental, but it's the best space-themed album I've heard in a very long time. Some of the longer passages (Solar Winds, Hyperdrive, and N9) are just perfect for this. The album tends to be very heavy (it's Devin Townsend, after all), but it's a fun, cheesy sort of heaviness that fits perfectly with the theme (a fourth-dimensional entity seeks the perfect cup of coffee, and threatens to blow up the Earth if his demands aren't met.)

Also,



...especially their cover of Slow Country.

typhoon

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Creepy

Radioactivity by Kraftwerk

Fireflash

For weird space music I just tune in to the "Drone Zone" station on http://somafm.com/

MuddBudd

http://enb.rpgplanet.gamespy.com/audio.shtml

FirstComradeStalin

Vote of full confidence for Sigur Ros. The vocals are much more harmonic than vocal (it's a made-up language designed for that purpose) and I would recommend the first song on (), listed as either Untitled 1 or Vaka.

Djinn

Cliff Martinez soundtrack to Solaris, eg this. The movie was good, if not exceptional, but the soundtrack is a minor classic.

Adrenaline

M87's Noctilucent Threnody

A once good friend wrote this:

"There may not be sound in space, but M87 makes me wish there were. Beautiful interstellar ambience, often menacing, often beautiful. Perfect art."

Also Litmus or Hawkwind if you decide you want some metal in there.

Serule

Delerium - Spheres and Spheres II

Both are purely instrumental (with a few samples here and there) and all about space.

Info on both:

http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=300

http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=301

Caliban42

If you've got a local NPR station, Echoes and Hearts of Space are pretty good. It looks like their websites have past shows on them, so you can give them a try if you want.

SuperSockNinja

Get the album Deltron 3030

Seriously it's about space

oh damn, no lyrics? well get it anyway =]

Serule

SuperSockNinja wrote: »

Get the album Deltron 3030

Seriously it's about space

oh damn, no lyrics? well get it anyway =]

There is an instrumental version available.

http://www.amazon.com/Deltron-3030-Instrumental-Version/dp/B000059TL8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-5148090-0416800?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190911379&sr=8-2

Octoparrot

Caliban42 wrote: »

If you've got a local NPR station, Echoes and Hearts of Space are pretty good. It looks like their websites have past shows on them, so you can give them a try if you want.

Hearts of Space has good stuff, make you fall asleep though.

Orbital - Out There Somewhere (Parts 1 & 2) (songs)

Spacetime Continuum - Double Fine Zone (album)

UndefinedMonkey

Serule wrote: »

SuperSockNinja wrote: »

Get the album Deltron 3030

Seriously it's about space

oh damn, no lyrics? well get it anyway =]

There is an instrumental version available.

http://www.amazon.com/Deltron-3030-Instrumental-Version/dp/B000059TL8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-5148090-0416800?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190911379&sr=8-2

!!!

I had literally no idea. That's excellent news. I mean, I love Del's rapping, but the background music is just so good.