Blue Comets Music

Este es sin duda alguna uno de los mejores soundtrack de todos los tiempos.Incluye, ademas de la musica seleccionada para la serie televisiva de Carl Sagan, algunas piezas de las que estan a bordo de la nave espacial Voyager.Si usted quiere pasar una noche disfrutando de una buena seleccion musical no dude en colocar estos dos discos ya que tienen una variedad y balance estupendamente escogidos.Esta dedicado a todos los musicos del planeta Tierra como tributo.

I want to buy this album badly, but some of the previous comments on the 'in-between effects' scares me off. I will probably buy it anyway, but if I hated the extra stuff, I would transfer the CD's to my computer, then burn each track back onto new CD's. If I did this, would it get rid of the effects, or are they integral to the tracks. Has anyone tried to do this?

This newer two CD soundtrack of Carl Sagan's Cosmos has more music than the old vinyl LP, which I liked, but I thought the old record arranged the selections in a more logical, listenable order. The "environmental" sound effects are not all musical The crane was the only bird's call I heard and unfortunately no songbirds were included, though the sounds of other not so musical animals were included (e.g., the lion and zebra). The saw and bulldozer were annoying. There was certainly an attempt at convey an environmental message, but why permit noise to intrude on the music?

There's a moving version of "Pachelbel's Canon", J. S. Bach's "The Sea Named Solaris", selecions from Holst's "The Planets" and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". and many of the other classical music tracks used in the series. These works sound even better than they did on the old LP. This makes the album well worth owning, though it would have been better if those who designed it had followed the concept of the old LP more closely.

Unfortunately, this 2-CD set appears to be unavailable now. But if you can find it, don't hesitate to purchase it. If you loved the 80s TV series, this captures many of the musical moments that made the series so unique.

As many reviewers have mentioned - yes, Age of Aquarius does not fit in well; the segues between selections range from being odd to downright annoying; and yes there is much more music represented here than on the original LP, including the Vangelis track that he composed for the second Special Edition of Cosmos that aired as a mini-series several years after the original series aired.

One thing that reviewers so far have overlooked is that one track from the original LP somehow did not make it onto this 2CD set - Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu's short track "Inside the Heart of the Universe". A brief and somewhat odd piece of music, it still has a mystical beauty to it. It also gave me reason to know Takemitsu's name when I was six or seven years old, growing up watching the Cosmos series and enjoying the original LP. I grew up to be a professional musician, and tried to find out just where this track came from. It took a lot of research, but I found that it was from a soundtrack called Legacy For the Future. It was released on LP in the early 1970s, and was only briefly released on CD by Deutsche Grammophon in 1996 and I was lucky to find a copy (the whole CD is wonderful!). Anyway, this probably more info than most readers care for, but for any who remember this cool piece of music and lament that it did not make it to this 2CD set - you aren't the only ones who noticed this!

There is a CD release of the original LP tracks - right now there appear to be several copies available from Marketplace sellers. So those who are dissatisfied with the 2CD release, or wish to experience both on CD, can purchase it while supplies last. The artwork is different from, and not as breathtaking as the original LP, but the music is the same. And the Takemitsu piece is on that one!

John Kendall Bailey

I am astounded that everyone who disliked the track segues on this release apparently didn't read the any of the liner notes or apparently watch the COSMOS TV series itself. Like the TV series, this soundtrack musically covers the origins of the Universe, the development of stars, planets, life, evolution, civilization, scientific discoveries and meditations on humanity's fate and place in the universe. A quick glance at the back cover and liner notes clearly illustrate this.

Perfectionists are advised that if they really want the actual soundtrack music to the series, simply purchase the DVD box set. There is a music only track on each DVD for each program. As broadcast, most of the pieces were multiply re-arranged, cut, trimmed and even made into different versions, so you'll not hear exactly what was broadcast even with an original recording. Besides, many pieces were omitted from the CD due to copyright, time constraints, etc.

That having been said, the Age of Aquarius cut is awful, regardless of whether it was in the TV show or not. Omitting Beethoven for that? Ugh. That alone makes me give it a 4/5.

when i had first heard blue cathedral, or cof for that matter, my friend was playing the cd in his car with emphasis on the more "crazy" tracks on the album. i admit at first i wasn't taken by the notion of psychadelic, it just seemed like noise rock. interested, later on he let me listen to more of the album and i had fallen in love with it.

i dont want to go into depth here, all i can say is, if your into the neo-psychadelic movement going on in music, or just plain out like noise rock, than this album is very worth getting, especially for the last song, blue tomb. its one of my alltime favorite songs at the moment and if this whole album blew, i'd still buy it for that song alone.

also, if you were to start getting into comets on fire, i'd strongly recommend listening to avatar before this one, the ladder is lot more "easy" to listen to.

This album is awesome, I don't care what anyone says. Rock on Comets!

This is a just a shredding, rockin-ass record....All you people who think it is senseless noise, probably shouldnt have taken Pitchfork so seriously. They are wrong often. Dont just run out and buy everything they give a 8 and upwards too. They give 8's to Cam'Ron and Chingy as well as Radiohead and Boris....all those things are completely different. Comets are rock and roll. If you are looking for "Doom-Laden" stuff, this is not it. It is not anywhere near Godflesh, and I don't know why you would even compare it to that. This is straight off the wax from the 1970's. To give an idea of what this sorta sounds like, it sounds like Robert Plant circa Whole Lotta Love joined MC5, decided they really liked the Stooges and just as a thought, decided to throw in an Echoplex...It is mostly fast and frenzied guitar music, with all the knobs turned up to 10. Riffs cross Black Sabbath and MC5 in a split seconds time. If you like your rock noisy and off the hinges, check this out. They slow it down from time to time to good effect. They are all very talented musicians and they know how to stack sounds for a very crushing fuzzy approach. It is not metal. There is no chugga chugga, and what does an echoplex sound like? It's very hard to describe, think of the word "oscillation", mad spirals of sound, psychedelia, think acid drenched noise rock. They feed everything through the echoplex and it just adds to the frenzy. If you are looking for something chill, then this is not it. Its not even as chill as Zeppelins most rocking-est moments. It is far more cacaphonous. MC5 might be one of the closest things in terms of speed and riffing, and yes, they do throw down the solos, all dripping with noise....it is the wall of sound approach achieved through a 70's rock ethic. It is not for everybody, it has very avant-garde moments, and I think this will appeal to people who are looking for something extreme that is not metal or industrial or jazz. It is not indie-rock and it has very few counterparts right now. It is great to get stoned too, and it might freak you out. If this sounds fun to you do yourself a favor and pick up the album.
The only reason I can't justify a 5 is because I cant personally listen to it all the time. It has it's time and place. Alot of indie-rock I can play whenever and get into it. This is perfect for moments when I want to take a brillo pad to my brain and clean it out, or amp it up. It is like driving a hundred miles an hour on a dirt road in an old pick up truck while shooting off rifles while on acid. It is musical amphetamines and when it is time to listen to something crazy, it holds just as much weight as all those metal albums and punk albums that I love. I just cant listen to it everyday. It could be exhausting. But you wouldnt want to jog 50 miles everyday either, but you could barely get a better work out, now can you? Think of this as a musical work out. A band flexing musical muscles. The band deserves a 5 star rating based on talent alone, its only the accesibility that knocks it down a star.

that this album has an average score of below 4 stars. Though, I must taking into account such reviews exist like the one who stated his/her feedback was based on listening to the samples; this reviewer was even kind enough to add, "Mind you I'm not really into this kind of music." Brilliant. It makes perfect sense to listen to 30-second samples of an album of a type of music you are not that into and then decide to review it. Namedropping Pitchfork media does not give you credit.

Rant aside, this album is incredible from start to finish. In all honesty, there is not a bad track on here. That statement doesn't even do it justice. Every track is incredible and works to the greater effect of the album, successfully creating a cohesive whole. Comets on Fire manages to cram a feeling of expansiveness into a just-under 45-minute album. Not an easy feat, by no means.

So during that period, the listener is pummeled with an array of sounds and textures. Pummeled, coaxed, invited and revealed, the music does not settle on just one manner of expression. Vocals are often thrown in like another instrument amidst the chaos. There are definite elements of classic rock, blues and psychedelia. But this music in no way sounds dated. The Song "The Antlers of the Midnight Sun" explodes from the get-go in a glorious fount of cacophony and melody. "Wild Whiskey," in my opinion, has the biggest pervading sense of classical rock of all the tracks, which is in no way a bad thing. And all the songs pulse and grow. The band has an excellent sense of pacing, but it isn't redundant or atypical, as one might say of the formula of other instrumental bands like Godspeed, You Black Emperor.

This is headbangers' music. This is music for evening drives. This is music for jumping on your bed. This is music that actually evokes. You are doing yourself a disservice if you do not spend the time listening and digesting this album. Because once everything clicks into place, you'll understand.

I thought I'd heard it all, but I must say when I first picked up Blue Cathedral I was struck by the sheer originality of the Comets' sound. Nothing sounds remotely like these guys. Something like Deep Purple and Yes collaborating with a bunch psychadelic spazz freaks and noise enthusiasts. Which, I guess, is exactly what the members of Comets on Fire are - total psycho noiz rockers, with one collective foot firmly planted in the sludgy 70's riff madness of Sabbath and Purple and the other in a pool of prog rock excess. It's an unbeatable combination. The searing noise and echobox explorations will have you teetering on the edge of madness, while a nasty, heavy organ and bass riff holds you down...until they switch gears and break it down with tender keyboards and melodic guitar that remind me of the Allman Brothers as much as Pink Floyd. Finally, the vocals are spare, but outstanding and totally unique. Sounds like Ian Gillan plus ten tons of reverb. The singer's voice is a real strong point, I hope they make more use of it on future albums. To sum it up, if you like stoner rock, jam rock, noise rock, metal, classic rock, prog rock - get this album and prepare to have your mind blown.

when i had first heard blue cathedral, or cof for that matter, my friend was playing the cd in his car with emphasis on the more "crazy" tracks on the album. i admit at first i wasn't taken by the notion of psychadelic, it just seemed like noise rock. interested, later on he let me listen to more of the album and i had fallen in love with it.

i dont want to go into depth here, all i can say is, if your into the neo-psychadelic movement going on in music, or just plain out like noise rock, than this album is very worth getting, especially for the last song, blue tomb. its one of my alltime favorite songs at the moment and if this whole album blew, i'd still buy it for that song alone.

also, if you were to start getting into comets on fire, i'd strongly recommend listening to avatar before this one, the ladder is lot more "easy" to listen to.

This album is awesome, I don't care what anyone says. Rock on Comets!

This is a just a shredding, rockin-ass record....All you people who think it is senseless noise, probably shouldnt have taken Pitchfork so seriously. They are wrong often. Dont just run out and buy everything they give a 8 and upwards too. They give 8's to Cam'Ron and Chingy as well as Radiohead and Boris....all those things are completely different. Comets are rock and roll. If you are looking for "Doom-Laden" stuff, this is not it. It is not anywhere near Godflesh, and I don't know why you would even compare it to that. This is straight off the wax from the 1970's. To give an idea of what this sorta sounds like, it sounds like Robert Plant circa Whole Lotta Love joined MC5, decided they really liked the Stooges and just as a thought, decided to throw in an Echoplex...It is mostly fast and frenzied guitar music, with all the knobs turned up to 10. Riffs cross Black Sabbath and MC5 in a split seconds time. If you like your rock noisy and off the hinges, check this out. They slow it down from time to time to good effect. They are all very talented musicians and they know how to stack sounds for a very crushing fuzzy approach. It is not metal. There is no chugga chugga, and what does an echoplex sound like? It's very hard to describe, think of the word "oscillation", mad spirals of sound, psychedelia, think acid drenched noise rock. They feed everything through the echoplex and it just adds to the frenzy. If you are looking for something chill, then this is not it. Its not even as chill as Zeppelins most rocking-est moments. It is far more cacaphonous. MC5 might be one of the closest things in terms of speed and riffing, and yes, they do throw down the solos, all dripping with noise....it is the wall of sound approach achieved through a 70's rock ethic. It is not for everybody, it has very avant-garde moments, and I think this will appeal to people who are looking for something extreme that is not metal or industrial or jazz. It is not indie-rock and it has very few counterparts right now. It is great to get stoned too, and it might freak you out. If this sounds fun to you do yourself a favor and pick up the album.
The only reason I can't justify a 5 is because I cant personally listen to it all the time. It has it's time and place. Alot of indie-rock I can play whenever and get into it. This is perfect for moments when I want to take a brillo pad to my brain and clean it out, or amp it up. It is like driving a hundred miles an hour on a dirt road in an old pick up truck while shooting off rifles while on acid. It is musical amphetamines and when it is time to listen to something crazy, it holds just as much weight as all those metal albums and punk albums that I love. I just cant listen to it everyday. It could be exhausting. But you wouldnt want to jog 50 miles everyday either, but you could barely get a better work out, now can you? Think of this as a musical work out. A band flexing musical muscles. The band deserves a 5 star rating based on talent alone, its only the accesibility that knocks it down a star.

that this album has an average score of below 4 stars. Though, I must taking into account such reviews exist like the one who stated his/her feedback was based on listening to the samples; this reviewer was even kind enough to add, "Mind you I'm not really into this kind of music." Brilliant. It makes perfect sense to listen to 30-second samples of an album of a type of music you are not that into and then decide to review it. Namedropping Pitchfork media does not give you credit.

Rant aside, this album is incredible from start to finish. In all honesty, there is not a bad track on here. That statement doesn't even do it justice. Every track is incredible and works to the greater effect of the album, successfully creating a cohesive whole. Comets on Fire manages to cram a feeling of expansiveness into a just-under 45-minute album. Not an easy feat, by no means.

So during that period, the listener is pummeled with an array of sounds and textures. Pummeled, coaxed, invited and revealed, the music does not settle on just one manner of expression. Vocals are often thrown in like another instrument amidst the chaos. There are definite elements of classic rock, blues and psychedelia. But this music in no way sounds dated. The Song "The Antlers of the Midnight Sun" explodes from the get-go in a glorious fount of cacophony and melody. "Wild Whiskey," in my opinion, has the biggest pervading sense of classical rock of all the tracks, which is in no way a bad thing. And all the songs pulse and grow. The band has an excellent sense of pacing, but it isn't redundant or atypical, as one might say of the formula of other instrumental bands like Godspeed, You Black Emperor.

This is headbangers' music. This is music for evening drives. This is music for jumping on your bed. This is music that actually evokes. You are doing yourself a disservice if you do not spend the time listening and digesting this album. Because once everything clicks into place, you'll understand.

I thought I'd heard it all, but I must say when I first picked up Blue Cathedral I was struck by the sheer originality of the Comets' sound. Nothing sounds remotely like these guys. Something like Deep Purple and Yes collaborating with a bunch psychadelic spazz freaks and noise enthusiasts. Which, I guess, is exactly what the members of Comets on Fire are - total psycho noiz rockers, with one collective foot firmly planted in the sludgy 70's riff madness of Sabbath and Purple and the other in a pool of prog rock excess. It's an unbeatable combination. The searing noise and echobox explorations will have you teetering on the edge of madness, while a nasty, heavy organ and bass riff holds you down...until they switch gears and break it down with tender keyboards and melodic guitar that remind me of the Allman Brothers as much as Pink Floyd. Finally, the vocals are spare, but outstanding and totally unique. Sounds like Ian Gillan plus ten tons of reverb. The singer's voice is a real strong point, I hope they make more use of it on future albums. To sum it up, if you like stoner rock, jam rock, noise rock, metal, classic rock, prog rock - get this album and prepare to have your mind blown.