 | And the Stars Go with You by Jonn Serrie
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $12.00 One of the best Planetarium albums ever. Another album of his, "FLIGHTPATH" is on par to "Stars". Love the album cover too. "Century Seasons" is a collection of his space music so that may also be a good place to start. Also cannot go wrong with his "Planetary Chronicles".
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 | The Stargazer's Journey by Jonn Serrie
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $12.37 A little trivia. I remember music from another album of his, TINGRI, being used as background music on the weather channel many years ago. :-)
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 | Elixir
Buy new: $17.00 / Used from: $10.49 Cannot get more "New Age" than this! But try this CD with headphones on!
Try also REALTIME - Journey into Space. Sample can be heard here: (http://www.syngate.net/002_syngate/SynGate_2027.htm)
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 | Live at the London Planetarium by David Wright
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $14.58 The name says it all. Consider also: "Signal to the Stars" by Callisto and Maya by Robert Fox
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 | Galaxies by Kevin Braheny
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.50 One of my early finds in this genre. Fantastic!
Another favorite of mine, if you can find it, is
"Sky Archeology" by Nemesis. The album cover on that CD is great too! In addition, a recent find that I have been enjoying is "The Constellations" by Michael Neil (I think it is only available as a download). He does have a home page (www.michaelneil.eu)
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 | Western Spaces by Steve Roach
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.20 Good one by Roach! Another wonderful album, if you can find it is "DESERT GOD" by Vic Hennegan. I wish this album received more notoriety. It is on a label called "Space For Music" (not to be confused with the "Hearts of Space" label). Samples can be found here: http://www.spaceformusic.com/vichennegan/
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 | Collected Ambient and Textural Works: 1977-1987 by Michael Stearns
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.49 His soundtrack album CHRONOS was very powerful. This collection is the next best Stearns to add. Chronos, though, is hard to find. His album "Sacred Site" does contain some cuts from the Chronos soundtrack.
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 | Empetus by Steve Roach
Buy new: $15.45 / Used from: $1.75 My second favorite of Roach after his Structures from Silence, but it is hard to pick out which one is better.
- Erik Seifert (Syngate/Spheric Music Label) has an album called "Astronomical Unit". Just received it. Will give a listen soon.
If you are looking for some more upbeat space music, try "Ectoplasm" by Cerulean.
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 | Rainforest by Robert Rich
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.99 "My favorite Rich."
Another ambient gem is an album by MARK DWANE called Memory Alpha. Also look for his Angels, Aliens & Archetypes Album as well. Memory Alpha can be samples here: http://www.markdwane.com/memalpha.shtml
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 | The Rhythm of Life by Michael Garrison
My favorite Garrison. Good artist and a truly nice person. We will miss you. There is a tribute album to his memory out there as well if you can find it. In The Regions Of Sunreturn And Beyond and Images are also listed on Amazon. Eclipse and Earth-Star Trilogy are great too.
Another Berlin school album by the Dutch group PERU called "Constellations" is recommended is you like MG
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| Different Stories and Twisted Tales by Ron Boots
Buy used from: $18.00 Boots is a master of EM!! Many, Many excellent albums.
And if you like his style I also recommend "Fear of Make Believe" by Paul Ward.
Also highly suggest anything by Gert Emmens. Asteriods, Journeys or Warlock may be a good start.
My favorite Boots album is "Different stories and twisted tales".
He is still active and released a new album. His home page is "ronboots.groove.nl"
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 | The Music of Cosmos: Selections from the Score of the PBS Television Series Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Buy used from: $53.43 Sagan did a wonderful job of mixing great classical selections with EM (Electronic music)I picked up some Tomita and Vangelis after hearing this.
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 | Natural Rhythms by Ancient Future
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.96 Sounds of frogs accompany the music perfectly. Thier albums "Quiet Fire" and "Visions of a Peaceful Planet" would work too!
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 | Woodlands by Eric Tingstad
Buy used from: $4.60 Oboe will be one of your favorite instruments after this CD
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 | Hearts of Space 1: Universe Sampler 90 by Various Artists
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.00 The title says it. :-) I also the Celtic Twilight collection series also by the Hearts of Space. And if you like the CELTIC TWILIGHT Cds you may also like the music of Jon Mark. "The Standing Stones of Callanish" and "Land of Merlin" are the two I have.
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 | Hidden Pathways by Bruce Mitchell
Buy used from: $7.00 Powerful piece! If you like this type of music I also recommend "Riddle of the Sphinx" by Michel Genest and Anton Mizerak (it may be hard to find)
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 | Citizen of Time by David Arkenstone
Buy used from: $1.67 This CD has more space music in it than his usual style. Another good choice by him would be "Another Star in the Sky"--Two new CDs of note: (1)Pyramid Peak / Evolution and (2)Dom F Scab / Analogical Confessions
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 | Symphony 11: The Year 1905 by Shostakovich
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $4.59 I remember hearing this played in a planetarium when I was young. It still moves me to this day. Highly recommended!! Note: I am recommending the Symphony, not just this particular recording. It is the only one I have so that is why it is here. So for the negative voter I will clarify this.
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 | Deep Breakfast by Ray Lynch
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.68 "Celestial Soda Pop" is a fun piece. Also may want to add the album "Nothing Above My Shoulders But The Evening" and the earlier "No Blue Thing" also by Lynch
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 | Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" by Antonin Dvorak
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.95 "Neil Armstrong took a recording of the 'New World' symphony to the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission"
Quote from Wikipedia
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 | Mother Earth's Lullaby
Buy used from: $1.45 Some of his earlier work - good! Some may prefer his Daydreams CD better. Daydreams is more EM while this is more "environmental"
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| Sea of Glass by Giles Reaves
Buy used from: $3.10 If this isn't used in Planetariums, it should be! A must buy!!
If you like Reaves style, you may enjoy "Kubusschnitt". It reminds me of a soundtrack for yet to made space epic. Comparable to late 70's Tangerine Dream. "The Singularity", "Cube" and "Phoenix" are all solid. Cube can be sampled here: (http://groove.nl/cd/1/11677.html)
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 | Games by Synergy
Buy new: $26.98 / Used from: $17.65 read "Sea of Glass" description. A hard to find album, but worth it for stargazing is "Moo'n'sequences" by Polaris. Samples of Polaris can be found here: (http://www.musiczeit.com/album.php?album=379&polaris+Moo'n'sequences) Look also for OPTICAL IMAGE albums by Tom Habes. "Point of No Return" and "Moonchild" are two good choices.
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 | Genesis by Craig Padilla
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $8.24 If this isn't used in Planetariums, it should be! ALL of his albums would be perfect to watch the stars with.
A similar artist I have enjoyed is "VoLt", consisting of Steve Smith and Michael Shipway. A great moody and atmospheric album is called "Star Compass". Shipway has a great solo album called "Spirit of Adventure" sample here http://www.groove.nl/cd/3/38640.html and ..cd/g/gr-108.html
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 | Timecode by Code Indigo
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $12.99 musical collaboration between David Wright and Robert Fox.
Another artist I highly recommend who also has an album called Timecode is UWE RECKZEH! Uwe's POINT NORTH album also excellent! Samples here http://www.musiczeit.com/album.php?album=413&Uwe+Reckzeh+Timecode
Also suggest two classic albums by "Neuronium", if you can find them are "Chromium Echoes" and "Digital Dream".
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 | Skywatching by Michael Gettel
Buy used from: $2.81 Highly recommend "Beneath Another Sky" by Bjorn Lynne. It can be found on Amazon.com for an excellent download price.
http://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Another-Sky/dp/B000QQTKO0/ref=pd_bbs_9?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1208403226&sr=8-9
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 | Film Music - Mrs. Soffel ~ The Times of Harvey Milk ~ Never Cry Wolf by Mark Isham
Buy used from: $22.70 "Never Cry Wolf" is a wonderful piece
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 | Traces of Time
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $15.00 From the Editorial Review: "Emerald Web was a band that recorded, performed in Planetariums, composed soundtracks for Carl Sagan, and concert toured around the US, from 1978-1990"
When will they make a CD out of their "Dragon Wings and Wizard's tales" LP? :-)
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 | A Winter's Solstice: Windham Hill Artists by Philip Aaaberg
Buy used from: $1.99 I am a fan of the first three of this series
Add also Return of the Comet by David Lange
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 | Oasis by Kitaro
Buy new: $55.99 / Used from: $7.89 Again with my favorite quote: "If this isn't used in Planetariums, it should be!" My favorite album of Kitaro
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 | The Private Music of Suzanne Ciani by Suzanne Ciani
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.00 Relaxing. Another female EM artist who has many albums on Amazon is Bekki Williams. Maybe her album "Shadows Of The Wind" may be the place to start. Some of her music reminds me a little of the great EM artist Andy Pickford (See also Binar& National Space Centre Concerts. Update: Andy Pickford samples can be found here: http://www.musiczeit.com/directory.php?artist=316&title=Andy+Pickford
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| Soul of the Machine: The Windham Hill Sampler of New Electronic Music by Various Artists
Buy used from: $5.25 Underrated music. Some really amazing work by different artists. Another EM artist I really like, but his albums are OOP now is Frank Quasar both his "Infinity" and "Atmos" albums are excellent.
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| The Best of Both Worlds the Second Audion Sampler
Buy used from: $1.50 You also may want to add Moonwind by WAVESTAR which is included on this sampler. Any selection on here could be used in Planetariums. Another good Berlin school album is Alpha Wave Movement's "Cosmology"
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 | Secret Observatory by Between Interval
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $11.23 A recent find. Captivating! Another recent find SYN, which plays Berlin School EM music (eg., Similar to Schulze and Tangerine Dream), has a great new album out called "Syn
61 Cygnus-Alpha" Samples of SYN can be heard here: (http://www.groove.nl/cd/6/61086.html)
Also suggest "MoonWater" by Rudy Adrian. VERY ambient. This CD would fill a room with sound! His album Starfield is also very good.
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 | Glide/Star Gazer by Peter Davison
Star Gazer was one of my earliest ventures in this genre. It is a classic.
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 | Majesty by Aeoliah
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $12.36 This one can really help you fall asleep gently. While viewing the stars, this is like a heavenly choir. The "Light of Tao" and "Inner Sanctum" by Aeoliah are also very good.
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 | Traditional Psychedelic Electr Music (Planet 2) by Planetarium Music
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $3.70 Classic soundtrack music used in a few Planetarium shows that I remember.
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 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Expanded)
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $5.38 This may seem like an odd choice, but if you listen to the whole album and not just the famous theme, you will see what great Planeterium music this makes. I forgot about this one. I used to enjoy it while reading astronomy books.
I still like Ancient Isles by Richard Searles, but am limited to 40 selections so I chose to remove that one.
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 | Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life by Paul Davies
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $4.04 Just started reading Cosmic Jackpot by Paul Davies. His books, whether you accept his opinions or not, are always thought provoking.
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 | Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe by Edward Harrison
Buy new: $22.50 / Used from: $0.95 Interesting paradox about the Universe I never considered.
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