2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack) used is Ligeti's "Lux Aeterna" and an electronically altered form of his "Aventures", the last of which was so used without Ligeti's permission and is not listed in the film's credits. Since the film, "Also sprach Zarathustra" has been used in many other contexts. It was used by the BBC and by CTV in Canada as the introductory theme music for their television coverage of the Apollo space missions, as well as stage entrance music for multiple acts including Elvis Presley late in his career. Jazz and rock variants of the theme have also been composed, the most well known
The Odyssey (Smith) it, with a modified ending in which the whole band brings the song to a roaring conclusion. The Odyssey (Smith) The Odyssey Symphony is Robert W. Smith's second symphonic band symphony. Smith had studied both the Odyssey and Dante's Divine Comedy at Troy University. The symphony contains, in total, four movements, each being noted for having intricate and imaginitive percussive and wind effects. They are as follows: Subtitled "...in the 10th Year of the Trojan War", this piece retells the story of the incredible victory of the Greeks against the Trojans, using the famous "Trojan Horse". The movement opens with