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