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Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (1983) is an album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno. These are played by Brian Eno, his brother Roger and Daniel Lanois.
This music was originally recorded within 1983 for the docudrama known as For All Mankind. This film’s release was delayed until 1989. By that period many tracks on this album were omitted from either a soundtrack & replaced by more pieces by Eno & more creative person. A tracks from either this album which remained on the film come “Always Returning�, “Drift�, “Silver Morning�, “Stars�, “Under Stars�, “The Secret Place� & “An Ending (Ascent)�.
In a liner notes, Eno relates that whilst he watched the Apollo 11 landing in 1969 he felt that a strangeness of that event was compromised per inferiority of the television transmission & an excess of journalistic discussion. For A lot Humans was originally meant as a non-narrative collection of NASA stock footage from a Apollo program. A nwithin-narrative version by owning a Eno soundtrack was freed on streaming videos in 1990 per National Geographic Society. An surrogate version was likewise freed by NASA featuring audio interviews however omitting a Brian Eno soundtrack.
the album contains a kind of styles. “Under Stars�, “The Secret Place�, “Matta�, “Under Stars II� & “Stars� come completely dark, complicated textures similar to people in Eno’s former album Ambient 4/On Land. “Signals�, “An Ending (Ascent)� & “Drift� come smoother electronic pieces. “Silver Morning�, “Deep Blue Day�, “Weightless� & “Always Returning� come country and western inspired ambient pieces featuring Daniel Lanois on guitar.
“Under Stars� occurs as revenant theme in the album, number one appearing as an ambient electronic bed behind the treated guitar. “Under Stars II� is the equivalent composition, however by using different results & treatments. “Stars� is a pure background texture forgoing the guitar.
“An Ending (Ascent)� is the virtually all swell known piece from either this album. It has been utilized for a kind of purposes, including the soundtracks of the films Traffic (2000) and 28 Days Later (2002).
Deep Blue Day, a 9th track on the album, was utilized in the film Trainspotting where the character dives into a filthy potty to retrive his misused heroin.
Two An Ending (Ascent) & Deep Blue Day were utilized inside Chris Morris's surreal sitcom Jam.
Track listing
�Under Stars� (Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois) - 4:25
�The Secret Place� (Daniel Lanois arr Brian Eno) - 3:27
�Matta� (Brian Eno) - 4:14
�Signals� (Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois) - 2:44
�An Ending (Ascent)� (Brian Eno) - 4:18
�Under Stars II� (Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois) - 3:15
�Drift� (Roger Eno, Brian Eno) - 3:03
�Silver Morning� (Daniel Lanois) - 2:35
�Deep Blue Day� (Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno) - 3:53
�Weightless� (Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno) - 4:28
�Always Returning� (Brian Eno, Roger Eno) - 3:49
�Stars� (Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois) - 7:57
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