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Other: The Wildly Popular Space Movie Is Back

Posted on Thursday, March 08 @ 07:58:40 UTC by nightowl

In 1979, at the request of NASA to commemorate and celebrate the 10th anniversary of Apollo 11's historic journey to, and man's first steps on, the moon, Tony Palmer produced the wildly popular, The Space Movie. NASA and The United States National Archive made available for the first time ever, footage of the lunar landscape, life aboard the spacecraft, Mars, Venus and beyond. Moreover, NASA released the extraordinary soundtracks of all the conversations between the astronauts and Houston ground control.

The film's music soundtrack was written, arranged and performed by legendary progressive music icon, Mike Oldfield. He used excerpts from his groundbreaking symphonic tone-poems, 'Tubular Bells' and 'Hergest Ridge', as well as previously unreleased orchestral versions of those masterpieces. He blended his innovative music throughout of the historic NASA soundtracks. He also included new music which was later released on his Incantations album.



The resulting score is exceedingly fresh, innovative, and as unique as the film itself. Indeed, The Space Movie provides a truly rewarding viewing and listening experience. No wonder upon its original release, it was described as "the best British film of the year" by the late Alexander Walker of the London Evening Standard.

Now you have the rare opportunity to add this masterwork to your video collection. Exclusively from Voiceprint, The Space Movie is available in all its glory, and with fantastic bonus footage that includes six minutes of previously unreleased material, as well as a 26-minute interview with the film's creator, Tony Palmer, on the making of The Space Movie.

Don't delay. Be sure to add The Space Movie to your video library today by visiting: www.mikeoldfieldspacemoviedvd.com

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