2001: A Space Odyssey (film) had earlier chosen as temporary music for the film. North did not learn that his score had been abandoned until he saw the film's premiere. The initial MGM soundtrack album release contained none of the material from the altered and uncredited rendition of Ligeti's "Aventures", used a different recording of "Also sprach Zarathustra" (performed by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Karl Böhm) from that heard in the film, and a longer excerpt of "Lux aeterna" than that in the film. In 1996, Turner Entertainment/Rhino Records released a new soundtrack on CD that included the material from "Aventures" and restored the
Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey of an anti-monopoly lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department). The Bell System logo seen in the film was modified in 1969 and dropped entirely in 1983. Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey The 1968 science fiction film "" featured numerous fictional future technologies, which have proven prescient in light of subsequent developments around the world. Before the film's production began, director Stanley Kubrick sought technical advice from over fifty organizations, and a number of them submitted their ideas to Kubrick of what kind of products might be seen in a movie set in the year 2001. The film is