The Music of Cosmos

The Music of Cosmos is the soundtrack to Cosmos A Personal Voyage, the first series of Cosmos. It was released by RCA Records in 1981, shortly after the series aired.

Side A

 * I Space / Time Continuum
 * "Movement 3" (from "Symphony to the Powers B" from the album Heaven and Hell) – Vangelis
 * "Symphony No.11 In G Minor ('The Year 1905'), Op.103: The Palace Square (Adagio)" – Dmitri Shostakovich (performed by Leopold Stokowski and the Houston Symphony)
 * "Alpha" – Vangelis
 * II Life
 * "(Depicting) Cranes in Their Nest" – Goro Yamaguchi
 * "Pachelbel's Canon" – Johann Pachelbel (performed by James Galway)
 * "The Four Seasons: Spring" – Antonio Vivaldi
 * "The Sea Named 'Solaris' (BWV 639)" – Johann Sebastian Bach (performed by Isao Tomita)
 * III The Harmony of Nature
 * "Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E, BWV 1006" – Johann Sebastian Bach (performed by Arthur Grumiaux)

Side B

 * IV Exploration
 * "'Vishnu Symphony No. 19, Op. 217" – Alan Hovhaness
 * "Legacy" – Larry Fast
 * "Russian Easter Festival Overture" – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (performed by Seattle Symphony)
 * "Inside the Heart of the Universe" – Toru Takemitsu
 * V Cataclism
 * "Fly...Night Bird" – Roy Buchanan
 * "Beaubourg, Part 2" – Vangelis
 * "The Rite of Spring" – Igor Stravinsky (performed by Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
 * VI Affirmation
 * "Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer?" – Vangelis
 * "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin" – Traditional (performed by Valya Balkanska)
 * "Heaven & Hell, Part I" – Vangelis

CD Reissue
In 1994, RCA Records reissued the original soundtrack compilation on compact disc, and in 2002, reissued it on its Collectables label.