2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack) being the 1972 arrangement by Eumir Deodato (itself used in the 1979 film "Being There"). Both "Zarathustra" and "The Blue Danube" have been used in numerous parodies of both the film itself and science fiction/space travel stories in general. HAL's "Daisy Bell" also has been frequently used in the comedy industry to denote both humans and machines in an advanced stage of madness. The initial MGM soundtrack album release contained none of the material from the altered and uncredited rendition of "Aventures", used a different recording of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" than that heard in the film, and a longer excerpt
Mighty Sound of the Southeast Sporting News" rated USC's "2001" as the most exciting pregame entry in all of college football. It was written by German composer Richard Strauss. Though the piece was a part of the classical repertoire and introduced in 1896, it became known to the general public because of its use as the key musical motif in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "." In 1969, it became the beginning of the introductions to every show performed by Elvis Presley. followed by the Elvis theme, and Presley appearing on stage. Professional wrestler Ric Flair also famously used the piece as his "entrance" music. The