Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks [Import]

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If you ever wondered what ambient music is all about, you could do worse than listen to the soundtrack by Brian Eno that accompanied the stunning visuals of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon. Created with an intoxicating mixture of acoustic and electronic, the music makes the now-classic space travel images more magical and memorable, introducing a dreamlike element to scenes of cold reality. "An Ending (Ascent)" is about as close to an actual tune as you'll get, but, as with every track, a shining example of what ambient music reveals about itself--slowly and carefully. --Paul Clark

Product Description
If you ever wondered what ambient music is all about, you could do worse than listen to the soundtrack by Brian Eno that accompanied the stunning visuals of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon. Created with an intoxicating mixture of acoustic and electronic, the music makes the now-classic space travel images more magical and memorable, introducing a dreamlike element to scenes of cold reality. Originally released in 1983 this CD comes housed in a paper sleeve. Virgin. 2005.

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Average customer rating: A classic soundtrack to inner visions Celestial Heaven RELAXING FORGROUND Fantastic ambient album Still My Favorite Brian Eno Album

Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks Manufacturer: Astralwerks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ambient 4: On Land Ambient 1: Music for Airports Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror Discreet Music Ambient 3: Day of Radiance ASIN: B0007GFFUW Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

1. Under Stars
2. The Secret Place
3. Matta
4. Signals
5. An Ending (Ascent)
6. Under Stars II
7. Drift
8. Silver Morning
9. Deep Blue Day
10. Weightless
11. Always Returning
12. Stars

Amazon.com essential recording

If you ever wondered what ambient music is all about, you could do worse than listen to the soundtrack by Brian Eno that accompanied the stunning visuals of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon. Created with an intoxicating mixture of acoustic and electronic, the music makes the now-classic space travel images more magical and memorable, introducing a dreamlike element to scenes of cold reality. "An Ending (Ascent)" is about as close to an actual tune as you'll get, but, as with every track, a shining example of what ambient music reveals about itself--slowly and carefully. --Paul Clark

Customer Reviews:

A classic soundtrack to inner visions.......2007-04-06

While APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES & SOUNDTRACKS is retrospectively regarded by older Enophiles as one of his last truly great albums, it stirred considerable controversy at the time of its summer 1983 release. On vinyl, the Daniel Lanois' mood-breaking pedal steel guitar on "Silver Morning" and "Weightless" couldn't be bypassed with the click of a remote. More than one listener mistook the deep trembling tones on "Under Stars" for turntable rumble, a problem compounded by a poor domestic pressing. Since then, APOLLO has been recognized as one of Brian Eno's most elegant integrations of the ambient aesthetic with the short melodic form.
In response to a query posed below: this reissue represents only a marginal sonic improvement over the '80s EG/Jem CD. An attentive listener will note a slight increase in detail and vividness of stereo imaging, but Astralwerks' APOLLO remaster isn't in the same class as THE PLATEAUX OF MIRROR or THE PEARL, which open up layers of ethereal sound absent from the earlier editions.
Though Eno has recorded/compiled several albums with the phrase "music for films" in the title, APOLLO has proved particularly popular (beyond its original application) with filmmakers. "Deep Blue Day" reached a new generation in the TRAINSPOTTING soundtrack, and "An Ending (Ascent)" can be heard in TRAFFIC, 28 DAYS LATER, CLEAN, and the forthcoming ECSTASY.
I feel the repackaging warrants comment. Astralwerks' Original Masters series digipaks come in useless clear plastic slipcases, an environmental offense. The disc rests on clear plastic tray, the background to which is put to use for an anti-piracy warning. Throughout the series, the cover art is consistently grainy, apparently scanned from LP sleeves.
APOLLO: ATMOSPHERES & SOUNDTRACKS remains an album of eerie beauty, but this re-release doesn't render the earlier edition obsolete.

Celestial Heaven.......2007-01-10

I really enjoy New Age music that is celestial. This is one of my favorites. Anyone who enjoys music that will take your mind for a trip through the stars will enjoy this CD.

RELAXING FORGROUND.......2006-08-25

Apollo is not the best of Eno's Background/Forground ambient experiments IMHO. But it's a very very nice recording and is recommended to those who desire soothing but not corney music.

Apollo is more of a relaxing forground recording. If you are looking for Forground/Background I'd say Thursday Morning is more interesting. Thursday Morning is very unobtrusive but very interesting and spatial on closer examination.

Apollo is more straigh forward, relaxing, pretty music. I want my copy to rip onto a mp3 player for backpacking. Specifically for those moments before sleep when gazing at the stars of the Milky Way overhead. A Perfect sound track for drifting out into the cosmos.

Does anyone know if the remastered version is superior?

Fantastic ambient album.......2006-07-22

As far as this type of music goes, I think this is one of the best albums in this style. Every piece of music here is a gem. If you like music to relax to or just listen to, this is a good choice. I would say if you close your eyes, put on headphones and just listen, it feels like you are floating through a big cloud.

Still My Favorite Brian Eno Album.......2006-04-23

Out of all his work, it's "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks" that still resonates the most with me. I'm not sure why but I think it's because this album is the most spaced out and perhaps the most distinctive of the Eno works I've heard and I've heard quite a bit. I enjoy ambient space music immensely, it's not the right music for every mood but it sure feels perfect at 3 o'clock in the morning, doesn't it? Drifting blissfully through these electronic textures is what it's all about with Eno but whereas in earlier works like "Music for Airports", Eno can reach a severe aura of banality, in "Apollo" the banality is kept at bay and you are very much transported into space.

Several of the tracks seem out of place like some country rock mixed with ambient, but the final few selections redeem "Apollo" and bring it up to the finest in Eno's vast discography. Great album, don't miss it if you love ambient.

Average customer rating: To give it 5 stars or more, You'd just have to understand it. One Giant Step For Mankind pretty good new age Something to Remember A fitting requiem

Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks Brian Eno Manufacturer: E.G. Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ambient 1: Music for Airports Thursday Afternoon The Pearl Discreet Music Ambient 3: Day of Radiance ASIN: B000003S1E Release Date: 1990-08-31

Tracks:

1. Under Stars
2. The Secret Place
3. Matta
4. Signals
5. An Ending (Ascent)
6. Under Stars II
7. Drift
8. Silver Morning
9. Deep Blue Day
10. Weightless
11. Always Returning
12. Stars

Amazon.com essential recording

If you ever wondered what ambient music is all about, you could do worse than listen to the soundtrack by Brian Eno that accompanied the stunning visuals of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon. Created with an intoxicating mixture of acoustic and electronic, the music makes the now-classic space travel images more magical and memorable, introducing a dreamlike element to scenes of cold reality. "An Ending (Ascent)" is about as close to an actual tune as you'll get, but, as with every track, a shining example of what ambient music reveals about itself--slowly and carefully. --Paul Clark

Customer Reviews:

To give it 5 stars or more, You'd just have to understand it........2006-07-05

What can I say here that my other Eno appreciative peers haven't said. There are certain bands, certain musicians which transcend categorization, and words like "genre" or whatever the hell that word is. The poor sap who gave this album 3 stars revealed his naivety when he used the word "New Age", but at least he was appreciative (he says he'll use it for "baths and dusting").....

One Giant Step For Mankind.......2005-06-03

When I first heard this masterpiece I was transported back to the the age of imagination...imagination that became reality when Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface. It's "ambient" and strong...yet manages to encapsulate the harmonic emptiness of Space. "Under Stars" 1 & 2 are wonderfully relaxing pieces, and "Deep Blue Day" is absolutely brilliant. I love Daniel Lanois' music, especially his "Acadie" CD, and his influence here is perfectly balanced with the ethereal side of Brian Eno. If you like Brian Eno's ambient recordings (now being released on CD thank goodness!)like Music For Airports, or Pearl, this is a "must have."

pretty good new age.......2005-04-16

This is pretty cool spacey stuff. Reminds a lot of Enja and Kitaro, in that mellow soothing way. Good stuff for lying in a warm bath with or dusting around the house.

Something to Remember.......2005-03-26

This LP is just an absolutely beautiful album that flows from track to track. Theres songs on here that are so haunting that it gave me the chills, and other songs that made my heart swell up enough to keep me listening to the album a dozen times. With each listen I would find a new meaning or a new image to go with the song, and thats the great thing about this album, not only do you listen to it, but you also see it as well. It really puts you in another world, and at first it may feel a little weird, but once you go deeper and deeper into the atomosphere, you feel as comfortable with it as the very one we're in right now.

A fitting requiem.......2004-12-13

Visited the D-Day museum in New Orleans, in the summer of 2002 there was a final display, a video screen set in a blank wall, running a loop of film of a smiling crew of young men loading up the Enola [...] and what came after. No narration, no words, just the music..."An Ending (Ascent)" is the only song I could imagine that would suffice. A requiem for the biggest, most destructive war in history.

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Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks Brian Eno Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000803FGI Release Date: 2005-06-22

Tracks:

1. Under Stars
2. That Secret Place
3. Matta
4. Signals
5. Ending (Ascent)
6. Under Stars II
7. Drift
8. Silver Morning
9. Deep Blue Day
10. Weightless
11. Aways Returning
12. Stars

Amazon.com essential recording

If you ever wondered what ambient music is all about, you could do worse than listen to the soundtrack by Brian Eno that accompanied the stunning visuals of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon. Created with an intoxicating mixture of acoustic and electronic, the music makes the now-classic space travel images more magical and memorable, introducing a dreamlike element to scenes of cold reality. "An Ending (Ascent)" is about as close to an actual tune as you'll get, but, as with every track, a shining example of what ambient music reveals about itself--slowly and carefully. --Paul Clark

Album Description

If you ever wondered what ambient music is all about, you could do worse than listen to the soundtrack by Brian Eno that accompanied the stunning visuals of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon. Created with an intoxicating mixture of acoustic and electronic, the music makes the now-classic space travel images more magical and memorable, introducing a dreamlike element to scenes of cold reality. Originally released in 1983 this CD comes housed in a paper sleeve. Virgin. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork as it First Appeared in the UK.

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Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks Brian Eno Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009OUB8S Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. Under Stars
2. That Secret Place
3. Matta
4. Signals
5. Ending (Ascent)
6. Under Stars II
7. Drift
8. Silver Morning
9. Deep Blue Day
10. Weightless
11. Aways Returning
12. Stars

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