The Music of Cosmos

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

Tracklist

Side A

• I Space / Time Continuum
  1. "Movement 3" (from "Symphony to the Powers B" from the album Heaven and Hell) – Vangelis
  2. "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)
  3. "Alpha" – Vangelis
• II Life
  1. "(Depicting) Cranes in Their Nest" – Goro Yamaguchi
  2. "Pachelbel's Canon" – Johann Pachelbel (Performed by James Galway)
  3. "The Four Seasons: Spring" – Antonio Vivaldi
  4. "The Sea Named 'Solaris' (BWV 639)" – Johann Sebastian Bach (Performed by Isao Tomita)
• III The Harmony of Nature
  1. "Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 In E, BWV 1006" – Johann Sebastian Bach (Performed by Arthur Grumiaux)

Side B

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

CD

In 1994, RCA Records reissued the original soundtrack compilation on compact disc.