2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack) that shift slowly over time. This technique was pioneered in "Atmosphères", the only Ligeti piece heard in its entirety in the film. Ligeti admired Kubrick's film, but in addition to being irritated by Kubrick's failure to obtain permission directly from him, he was offended that his music was used in a film soundtrack shared by composers Johann and Richard Strauss. The Richard and Johann Strauss pieces and György Ligeti's "Requiem" (the Kyrie section) act as recurring motifs in the film's storyline. Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is first heard in the opening title which juxtaposes the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack) French soundtrack, HAL sings the French folk song "Au clair de la lune" while being disconnected. In the German version, HAL sings the children's song "Hänschen klein" ("Little Johnny"), and in the Italian version HAL sings "Giro giro tondo" (Ring a Ring o' Roses). A recording of British light music composer Sidney Torch's "Off Beat Moods Part 1" was chosen by Kubrick as the theme for the fictitious BBC news programme "The World Tonight" seen aboard the "Discovery". On June 25, 2010, a version of the film specially remastered by Warner Bros, without the music soundtrack, opened the three hundred