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 There have been 6 different releases of Cosmos, that I know of, so far. The first version was the original P.B.S. series, which had 13 episodes each of which was 60 minutes long.
The second came about when it was sold to other broadcasters and the episode lengths had to be reduced to about 48 – 50 minutes, possibly to accommodate commercials.
The third version was released in 1985 on video in which some of the original music was changed and additional footage added.
The fourth version was a special edition of Cosmos to coincide with the passing of Halley’s Comet in 1986. Specially commissioned music by Vangelis, known as “Comet”, was used instead of some of the favourite originals including the theme music and updates on scientific facts.
The fifth version was essentially the same as the third, with some additions due to the fact that the series was bought by the Turner group in 1989.
The sixth version is the DVD edition which is virtually a culmination of all that came before it. Rights to much of the original music could not be obtained so alternatives were used. More footage has been added and a special edition soundtrack CD released. One of the advantages of the DVD is, for the lovers of its music, the addition of being able to listen to the soundtrack by itself, minus the talking, if you so desire. Some of the rarer pieces are obtainable from the DVD. Most people want to know what some of the newer pieces are, in particular, what I believe are, pieces by Vangelis created for Cosmos which has become known as “Comet” and dispersed throughout the episodes. Below is a listing of the complete music used on the first original P.B.S. series of "Cosmos". I’d like to stress that this is not in relation to the DVD (at the moment), although it may act as a guide, as in some areas the sequences are very similar. I’ve tried to incorporate the music in its original order, or what I believe it to be as no-one else seems to recall the original sequence (which seems a shame). There are also pieces in the series, that I've included, which are not on the original cue sheets.
From the moment I saw the very first episode in 1981 I was captivated, not only by the incredible stories and images, but as a composer and musician myself, by the amazing diversity of music used for the soundtrack. As soon as it was released on record I purchased it. I enjoyed hearing the music that had become so familiar to me, but it wasn't enough. I felt that it lacked some of the most definitive pieces. I was eager to find out what other music had been included, so I decided to go through the series and catalogue each piece no matter how small. Although I knew some of the pieces, there was great deal that was entirely unknown to me. At that time, of course, there was no Internet to search. I couldn’t go onto websites and listen to samples of music. I had to research many different books and guides, listen to countless radio programmes and hundreds of recordings.
Since 1981 I’ve made some exciting discoveries and turned up a lot of dead ends. By 1999 I'd compiled about 80% of all the music used in Cosmos. It was then I was able to get onto the Internet and with a little searching found that someone had uploaded the original cue sheets for the series. Finally, these cue sheets allowed me to confirm my finds and gave me the names of the remaining pieces. The only trouble remaining was that the order on the cue sheets was not the same as they appear in the series. Now I've compiled about 99% of all music used on the original series. There are only about half a dozen pieces I’m not sure about. Most of the Recordings can be purchased from CD Universe or Amazon, but some of the very rare pieces may only be found at particular sites. GEMM is probably the best place to search for the hard to find recordings. If you are looking for the Cosmos series on video or DVD then go to Carl-Sagan.com. If you want the 1985/89 series and don't mind buying used videos or the rarer out of print recordings like "Murmurs of Earth", these can sometimes be obtained through online auction sites such as Ebay. The episodes below are what I have compiled over the intervening years, giving the composer, song title and album info. There are some pieces I'm not sure about so they have been left blank. If anyone can assist or need my assistance please post a message on http://cosmic_voyager.tripod.com/CosmosMusicBlog or contact me at Cosmic Voyager. It will help not only myself but also many others who have a similar passion for this music. I'm constantly updating the list and will update the list when I can. Enjoy! Episode 1 - The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin No 8 3. Vangelis - Creation Du Monde 4. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 5. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 6. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (1st Movt) 7. Le Orme - Notturno (From the album "Contrappunti") 8. Rimsky Korsakov - Tale of Tsar Sultan (2nd Movt) 9. Hovhaness - Symphony No. 4 (1st & 3rd Movt) 10. Hovhaness - Spirit of Ink (No 6) 11. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 12. Rimsky Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture 13. Livingston - Imagination performed by Bix Bieberbeck 14. Heldon - Perspective I 15. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Episode 2 - One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (1st Movt) 3. Trad. Japanese - Depicting Cranes in their Nest - Available on Cosmos DVD 4. Unknown piece, Drum and Drone sound, mixed in with the previous piece. 5. Trad. Japanese - Depicting Cranes in their Nest - Available on Cosmos DVD 6. Unknown piece, Drum and Drone sound, mixed in with the previous piece. 7. Trad. Japanese - Depicting Cranes in their Nest - Available on Cosmos DVD 8. Telemann - Duo Sonata Op 2 No 4 in E minor (Affetuoso) 9. Pepusch - Trio Sonata in G 3rd Movt - Adagio 10. Heldon - Perspective I 11. Vangelis - Himilayas 12. Vangelis - Alpha 13. Fuhrs & Frohling - Every Land Tells A Story - From "Ammerland" 14. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (1st Movt) 15. Teddy Lasry - Nebula from "E=MC2" 16. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (1st Movt) 17. Bach - Partita No 3 18. Vivaldi - Spring (3rd Movt) 19. Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto 20. J.L. Krebs - Suite (Sonata) in G (1762) - Polonaise 21. Vangelis - Himilayas 22. Pachelbel - Canon 23. Vangelis - Himilayas 24. Reich - Music for 18 Instruments 25. Pachelbel - Canon 26. Mahler - Symphony No 2 (5th & 4th Movt) 27. Rimsky Korsakov - Symphony No 2 Antar (1st Movt) 28. Mahler - Symphony No 2 (4th Movt) 29. Fuhrs & Frohling - Every Land Tells A Story - From "Ammerland" 30. Vangelis - Alpha 31. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (1st Movt) Episode 3 - Harmony of the Worlds 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Janacek - Sinfonietta (1st & 2nd Movt) 3. Hair - Aquarius 4. Supersister - Dreaming Wheel While 5. Eno - M386 - From Music for Films 6. Numan - I Nearly Married a Human 7. Bryars - The Sinking of the Titanic 8. Scriabin - Poem of Ecstasy 9. Tomita - The Unanswered Question 10. Orff - Carmina Burana 11. Tomita - The Sea Named Solaris 12. Trad. Navajo - Night Chant - From "Murmurs of Earth" 13. Tomita - The Sea Named Solaris 14. Synergy - Icarus 15. Holst - Neptune 16. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 17. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 18. Crumb - Black Angels 19. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (3rd Movt) 20. Janacek - Sinfonietta (3rd Movt) 21. Croft - Trumpet Tune 22. Crumb - Black Angels 23. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (3rd Movt) 24. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 25. Nielsen - Symphony No 5 (1st Movt) 26. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 27. Wagner - Lohengrin - Prelude Act I 28. Synergy - Icarus 29. Lully - March Of The King's Musketeers & March Of The Grey Musketeers 30. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part II No 5 31. Terry Riley - Persian Surgery Dervishes 32. Froese - Drunken Mozart in the Desert 33. Purcell - Funeral Music for Queen Mary 34. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 35. Crumb - Black Angels 36. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 37. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Episode 4 - Heaven and Hell 1. Brahms - Violin Concerto (2nd Movt) 2. Trad - Georgian Chorus from "Murmurs of Earth" 3. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 4. Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic 5. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (Part II & I) 6. Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic 7. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (Part II & I) 8. Orff - Carmina Burana 9. Froese - Dali-esque Sleep Fuse 10. Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic 11. Heldon - Perspective I 12. Qui Hanc - Gregorian Chant - Oratio: Deus 12. Hovhaness - Symphony No. 4 (2nd Movt) 13. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (2nd Movt) 14. Gerhard - The Plague (Decca/Head Records, London) 15. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (2nd Movt) 16. Hovhaness - Symphony No. 4 (2nd Movt) 17. Nielsen - Symphony No 5 (1st Movt) 18. Hovhaness - Symphony No. 4 (1st Movt) 19. Gerhard - The Plague (Decca/Head Records, London) 20. Nielsen - Symphony No 5 (1st Movt) 21. Eno - Music For Airports No 4 22. Vincenzo Galilei - Amor e Gratioso (Fantasia) 23. Holst - Venus 24. Vangelis - Himilayas 25. Brahms - Violin Concerto (2nd Movt) 26. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (Part II & I) 27. Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic 28. Liszt - Tortentanz 29. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (2nd Movt) 30. Vangelis - Himilayas Not sure where the following is supposed to be 31. Philip Bliss - Hold The Fort from "Yankee Transcendoodle" Episode 5 - Blues for a Red Planet 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Buchanan - Fly Night Bird 3. Holst - Mars 4. Mahler - Symphony No 1 (3rd Movt) 5. Holst - Mars 6. Strauss - Blue Danube (for Marching Band) 7. Holst - Mars 8. Holst - Neptune 9. Holst - Mars 10. Wagner - Siegfried's Funeral March 11. Khatchaturian - Act I, No. 3 from Spartacus 12. Samuel Ward - America The Beautiful from "Yankee Transcendoodle" 13. Vivaldi - Concerto for Piccolo 14. Rodgers - Theme of the Fast Carriers 15. Vivaldi - Concerto for Piccolo 16. Reich - Music for 18 Instruments 17. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer 18. Tomita - Mars 19. Holst - Mars 20. Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 7 (2nd Movt) 21. Stravinsky - Firebird - Finale 22. Reich - Music for 18 Instruments 23. Heldon - Perspective II 24. Froese - Tropic of Capricorn 25. Froese - Epsilon In Malaysian Pale 26. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 27. Unknown progressive jazz piece 28. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 29. Hovhaness - Symphony No. 4 (1st Movt) 30. Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 7 (2nd Movt) 31. Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 7 (3rd Movt) 32. Buchanan - The Opening ... Miles from Earth 33. Buchanan - Fly Night Bird Episode 6 - Travelers Tales 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Heldon - Perspective I 3. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 2 4. Heldon - Perspective I 5. Rimsky-Korsakov - Tale of Tsar Sultan (2nd Movt) 6. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 7. Weber - Hungarian Rondo 8. Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture 9. Jacob Van Eyck - Doen Daphne d'over schoone Maeght 10. Unknown piece for Harpsichord 11. Heldon - Perspective I 12. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part II No 5 13. Reich - Music for 18 Instruments 14. Unknown piece for Harpsichord 15. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part II No 5 16. Rimsky-Korsakov - Tale of Tsar Sultan (2nd Movt) 17. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 18 19. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 20. Weber - Hungarian Rondo 21. Fasch - Concerto In D For Trumpet & 2 Oboes 22. Trad Chinese - Flowing Streams 23. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 24. Heldon - Perspective I 25. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 26. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 27. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 28. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Not sure where the following are supposed to be 29. Vincenzo Galilei - Fantasia/Contrapunto II from "Amor e Gratioso" 30. Javanese Court Gamelan - Kinds Of Flowers from "Murmurs of Earth" 31. Weber - Bassoon Concerto 32. Trad - Georgian Chorus from "Murmurs of Earth" 33. Peruvian - Panpipes And Drum from "Murmurs of Earth" Episode 7 - The Backbone of Night 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Vangelis - Creation Du Monde 3. Louis Armstrong & his Hot 7 - Melancholy Blues 4. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 5. Vangelis - Creation Du Monde 6. Hovhaness - Floating World (Kostelanetz, Columbia) 7. Melanesian - Pan Pipes from Cosmos DVD 8. Vangelis - Creation Du Monde 9. Hovhaness - Floating World (Kostelanetz, Columbia) 10. Panufnik - Sinfonia Sacra 11. Jan Garbarek - Viddene & Dis 12. Christodoulous Halaris - My Mountain 13. Panufnik - Sinfonia Sacra 14. Bach - Air on G (Flute) 15. Jan Garbarek - Dis 16. Greek Café Musik 17. Unknown Drums & Brass 17. Satie - Gymnopedie No 3 18. Eno - Events in Dense Fog 19. Panufnik - Sinfonia Sacra 19. Penderecki - De Natura Sonoris No 2 20. Eno - Events in Dense Fog 20. Greek Café Musik 21. Crumb - Black Angels 22. Satie - Gymnopedie No 1 23. Panufnik - Sinfonia Sacra 23. Unknown 24. Bach - Air on G (Flute) 25. Satie - Gymnopedie No 2 26. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Episode 8 - Travels in Space and Time 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. John Allison - Orion (from Cosmos DVD) 3. Trad. - Bulgarian Shepherdess Song 4. Vangelis - Pulstar 5. Vangelis - Summit 6. John Allison - Orion (from Cosmos DVD) 7. Heldon - Perspective I 8. Vivaldi - Spring (1st Movt) 9. Vivaldi - Spring (2nd Movt) 10. Vivaldi - Winter (2nd Movt) 11. Vivaldi - Winter (1st Movt) 12. Crack of the Whip - Sonic Boom 13a. Vivaldi - Spring (3rd Movt) 13b. Le Orme - Sera 14. Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto (2nd Movt) 15a. Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Mandolins (1st Movt) 15b. Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto (2nd Movt) 16. Vincenzo Galilei - Contrapunto 17. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 18. Boccherini - Night Music Of Madrid (Quinteto) 19. Haydn - String Quartet In E, Hob III:8 20. Unknown - Drone sound. Available on Cosmos DVD 21. Halaris - My Mountain from "Tropic Of Virgin" 22. Halaris - My Mountain from "Tropic Of Virgin" 23. Vangelis - Pulstar 24. Vangelis - Himilayas 25. Vangelis - Pulstar 26. Vangelis - Main Sequence 27. Vangelis - Alpha 28. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Episode 9 - The Lives of the Stars 1. Vaughan Williams - Job 2. M. Haydn - Trumpet Concerto In D 3. Telemann - Duo Sonata Op 2 No 4 in E minor (Affetuoso) 3. Vangelis - Alpha 4. Haydn - Trumpet Concerto In E Flat 5. Vangelis - Alpha 6. M. Haydn - Trumpet Concerto In D 7. Reich - Music for 18 Instruments 8. Terry Riley - Persian Surgery Dervishes (Part 1) 9. Heldon - Perspective I 10. Vangelis - Alpha 11. Jarre - Equinoxe No 1 12. Paul Horn - Paul Horn In India 13. Synergy - Legacy 14. Vangelis - Alpha 15. Vaughan Williams - Job 16. Froese - Maroubra Bay from Epsilon in Malaysia Pale 17. Henri Pousseur - New Electronic Music For Leaders Of Avant-Garde 18a. Takemitsu - Inside the Heart of the Universe 18b. Henri Pousseur - New Electronic Music For Leaders Of Avant-Garde 19. Synergy - Delta 4 20. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (Part 1) 21. Vangelis - Spiral 22. Pink Floyd - One of these days 23. Pulsar - Misty Garden of Passion 24. Trad Sioux - A Cry From The Earth 25. Synergy - Delta 2 & 4 26. Jarre - Equinoxe No 1 27. Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge 28. Schulze - Bayreuth Return 29. Jarre - Equinoxe No 3 30. Jarre - Equinoxe No 4 31. Synergy - Legacy 32. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Episode 10 - The Edge of Forever 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Crumb - Black Angels 3. Vangelis - Summit 4.Vangelis - Creation Du Monde 5. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark was the Night 6. Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust performed by Django Reinhardt 7. Jack Teagarden - Sweetest Melody 8. Livingston - Imagination performed by Bix Bieberbeck 9. Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust performed by Django Reinhardt 10. Walton - Popular Song 11. Stravinsky - Petroushka 12. Froese - Metropolis 13. Jarre - Equinoxe No 4 14. Vangelis - Creation Du Monde 15. Paul Horn - Raga Desh 16. Trad. Indian - Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi 17. Trad Indian - Emi Jesite Classical Indian Music 18. Paul Horn - Raga Vibhas 19. Paul Horn - Raga Bihag 20. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 21. Schoenberg - Transfigured Night 22. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Episode 11 - The Persistence of Memory 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Bach - Partita No 3 3. Froese - Maroubra Bay 4a. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnen, Region II 4b. Northern Whales - Arctic beluga whales 4c. Takemitsu - Inside the Heart of the Universe 5. Tomita - Space Fantasy 6. Trad Japanese - Chisana Haru 7. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Part I 8. Crumb - Voice Of The Whale 9. Whales - Songs of the Humpback Whale 10. Tomita - Space Fantasy 11. Liszt - Tortentanz 12. Whales - Songs of the Humpback Whale 13. Crumb - Voice Of The Whale 14. Rimsky-Korsakov - Tale of Tsar Sultan (2nd Movt) 15. Vangelis - Himilayas 16. Pachelbel - Canon (Brass) 17. Vangelis - Himilayas 18. Hovhaness - Symphony No. 4 (1st Movt) 19. Vangelis - Beaubourg 20. Pachelbel - Canon 21. Unknown 22. Reich - Music for 18 Instruments 23. Vangelis - Himilayas 24. Reich - Music for 18 Instruments 25. Pachelbel - Canon 26. Vangelis - Himilayas 27. Vangelis - Beaubourg 28. Vangelis - Himilayas 29. Russo - 3 Pieces for Blues Band & Orchestra (1st Movt) (Ozawa/San Francisco SO)
30. Joplin - The Entertainer 31. Hovhaness - Symphony No. 4 (1st Movt) 32. Beethoven - Quartet No. 13 (Cavatina) from "Murmurs of Earth" 33. Panufnik - Sinfonia Sacra 34. Javanese Court Gamelan - Kinds of Flowers from "Murmurs of Earth" 35. Trad Chinese - Flowing Streams from "Murmurs of Earth" 36. Beethoven - Quartet No. 13 (Cavatina) from "Murmurs of Earth" 37. Bach - Prelude (Book 1 No 1) from "Murmurs of Earth" 38. Russo - 3 Pieces for Blues Band & Orchestra (2nd Movt) (Ozawa/San Francisco SO) 39. Heldon - Perspective I 40. Rimsky-Korsakov - Tale of Tsar Sultan (2nd Movt) 41. Bach - Partita No 3 42. Trad. - Bulgarian Shepherdess Song Not sure where the following is supposed to be 43. Hovhaness - Spirit of Ink Episode 12 - Encyclopaedia Galactica 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part II No 1 3. Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta 4. Eno - M386 5. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part II No 1 6. Weber - Bassoon Concerto 7. Wagner - Das Rheingold 8. Vangelis - Beaubourg 9. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 10. Wagner - Das Rheingold 11. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 12. Lalo - Overture To "Le Roi D'ys" 13. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (3rd Movt) 14. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (3rd Movt) 15. Vangelis - Creation Du Monde 16. Wagner - Das Rheingold 17. Vangelis - Beaubourg 18. Vangelis - Alpha 19. Vangelis - Beaubourg 20. Heldon - Perspective I 21. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (1st Movt) 22. Vangelis - Beaubourg 23. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (1st Movt) 24. Unknown 25. Buchanan - The Opening ... Miles from Earth 26. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Not sure where the following are supposed to be 27. Husa - Music For Prague, 1968 28. Messiaen - Et Exspecto Resurrection Mortuorum 29. Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 30. Stockhausen – Hymnen Episode 13 - Who Speaks for Earth 1. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 2. Vangelis - Beaubourg 3. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 4. Unknown 5. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 6. Tomita - The Engulfed Cathedral 7. Miles Davis - Saeta 8. Alberto Ginastera - Cantata Para America Magica (L.A. Percussion Ensemble) 9. Vangelis - Entende tu les chiens aboyer (1st Movt) 10. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (1st Movt) 11. Heldon - Perspective I 12. Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (3rd Movt) 13. Heldon - Perspective I 14. Albinoni - Adagio for Organ & Strings 15. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part II No 4 16. Hovhaness - Symphony No. 4 (1st & 3rd Movt) 17. Hovhaness - Symphony No 19 18. Albinoni - Adagio for Organ & Strings 19. Vangelis - Alpha 20. Tomita - The Sea Named Solaris 21. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (1st Movt) 22. Heldon - Perspective I 23. Trad Japanese - Depicting Cranes in their Nest 24. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (3rd Movt) 25. Tomita - The Sea Named Solaris 26. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (4th Movt) 27. Vangelis - Heaven & Hell Part I No 3 Not sure where the following are supposed to be 28. Philip Bliss - Hold The Fort 29. Trad. Indian - Classical Indian Music |
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