Best Rendition Of 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Title Music Ever

by David Schwartz on July 23, 2010 5 Comments

Have to say, this performance by a school orchestra of the title music of 2001: A Space Odyssey had us rolling on the floor at Hecklerspray Towers.

It gets better (worse) as it goes on. Sheer brilliance.

The piece is written by Richard Strauss and is called Sprach Zarathustra, which we can only assume is German for ‘play really badly’.

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TODHD July 24, 2010 at 2:48 am: This is definitely a very good rendition of space Odyssey

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Kate Sayer July 24, 2010 at 10:08 am: I’m pretty sure this brilliant rendition of ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’ is not a ‘school performance’ at all, but quite a well known recording by the magnificent Portsmouth Sinfonia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Sinfonia – a group of amateurs who made several great recordings, including one of the Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture with the bangs in the wrong places.

Yours pedantically,

Grumpy old musician/granny

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Jake July 24, 2010 at 2:38 pm: That ending was phenomenal

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Your Dad July 25, 2010 at 7:41 am: 5.56? Really? Everyone’s in the pub.

WASTE. OF. TIME.

I’m very disappointed in you.

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los angeles dj August 4, 2010 at 4:21 pm: Ouch, that hurt my ears!

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