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Track:
Jupiter And Beyond

Artist:
György Ligeti

Album:
2001: A Space Odyssey Soundtrack

György Ligeti - Jupiter And Beyond - 2001: A Space Odyssey

You might recognize this as the beautifully haunting music that accompanies David Bowman’s decent into the Star Gate, at the monolith and Jupiter. My god, it’s full of stars.

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The first and last impressive special effects ever produced by MGM. These were so good, it took 9 years before they even attempted another project.

I’m afraid.
I’m afraid, Dave.
Dave, my mind is going.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
My mind is going.
There is no question about it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
I’m a… fraid.

My favorite scene of all time. Kubrick extracted incredible emotion out of a machine. The voice performance by Douglas Rain might be one of the most overlooked acting jobs in the history of cinema.