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A Musical Grand Tour of the Solar System.
In 1916, Gustav Host, a composer of music and self-admitted mystic, wrote a brillant orchestral suite entitled "The Planets." This work has been enjoyed by millions in concert halls, under stars in outdoor amphitheaters, and at home on phonograph recorders, audio tapes and compact disc.
Barret makes use of actual outer space photography returned to Earth by Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Pioneer, Magellan and Galileo spacecrafts. That footage, combined with supercomputer animation and special digital video effects created expressly for "The Planets," is choreographed to the Holst/Tomita music. Scientific accuracy throughout the planetary segments co-exists with artistic license within transitional material to create a magnificent marriage fo sight and sound, art and science.
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