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Also Sprach Zarathustra and 2001: A Space Odyssey Posted by Tom Chambers on July 16, 2024, 6:13 pm Ralph Moore's article mentions "the stunning opening sequence of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, lifted from Karajan’s first studio recording..." I have heard this before. But--the original movie soundtrack recording of the music from 2001 was released shortly after the movie itself (it was the first album I ever bought). I can't verify this now (I didn't have the album for long) but I am 95% sure that the album credited the Zarathustra fanfare to the BPO/Karl Bohm. The Blue Danube waltz (split between sides on the LP) was credited to BPO/Karajan. This stuck in my mind because, at the time (I was 14), I had heard of Karajan but had never heard of Bohm and wondered why Karajan didn't do both.

Re: Also Sprach Zarathustra and 2001: A Space Odyssey Posted by Ralph Moore on July 16, 2024, 11:14 pm, in reply to "Also Sprach Zarathustra and 2001: A Space Odyssey" You are quite right, Tom; the movie used Karajan but the soundtrack released used Böhm. Previous Message Ralph Moore's article mentions "the stunning opening sequence of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, lifted from Karajan’s first studio recording..." I have heard this before. But--the original movie soundtrack recording of the music from 2001 was released shortly after the movie itself (it was the first album I ever bought). I can't verify this now (I didn't have the album for long) but I am 95% sure that the album credited the Zarathustra fanfare to the BPO/Karl Bohm. The Blue Danube waltz (split between sides on the LP) was credited to BPO/Karajan. This stuck in my mind because, at the time (I was 14), I had heard of Karajan but had never heard of Bohm and wondered why Karajan didn't do both.

Re: Also Sprach Zarathustra and 2001: A Space Odyssey Posted by Ralph Moore on July 16, 2024, 11:22 pm, in reply to "Also Sprach Zarathustra and 2001: A Space Odyssey" A bit more detail: "The opening of Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra – Karajan’s version with the Vienna Philharmonic was used in the film, but not credited (Decca did not want it cheapened by association), but upon the film’s success Decca released a new printing “as heard in 2001”, but MGM, in its soundtrack LP, used Karl Böhm’s DG version with the Berlin Philharmonic." Previous Message Ralph Moore's article mentions "the stunning opening sequence of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, lifted from Karajan’s first studio recording..." I have heard this before. But--the original movie soundtrack recording of the music from 2001 was released shortly after the movie itself (it was the first album I ever bought). I can't verify this now (I didn't have the album for long) but I am 95% sure that the album credited the Zarathustra fanfare to the BPO/Karl Bohm. The Blue Danube waltz (split between sides on the LP) was credited to BPO/Karajan. This stuck in my mind because, at the time (I was 14), I had heard of Karajan but had never heard of Bohm and wondered why Karajan didn't do both.

Re: Also Sprach Zarathustra and 2001: A Space Odyssey Posted by Tom Chambers on July 17, 2024, 1:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Also Sprach Zarathustra and 2001: A Space Odyssey" Got it, thanks for the clarification! Previous Message A bit more detail: "The opening of Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra – Karajan’s version with the Vienna Philharmonic was used in the film, but not credited (Decca did not want it cheapened by association), but upon the film’s success Decca released a new printing “as heard in 2001”, but MGM, in its soundtrack LP, used Karl Böhm’s DG version with the Berlin Philharmonic." Previous Message Ralph Moore's article mentions "the stunning opening sequence of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, lifted from Karajan’s first studio recording..." I have heard this before. But--the original movie soundtrack recording of the music from 2001 was released shortly after the movie itself (it was the first album I ever bought). I can't verify this now (I didn't have the album for long) but I am 95% sure that the album credited the Zarathustra fanfare to the BPO/Karl Bohm. The Blue Danube waltz (split between sides on the LP) was credited to BPO/Karajan. This stuck in my mind because, at the time (I was 14), I had heard of Karajan but had never heard of Bohm and wondered why Karajan didn't do both.

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