# Music on a space theme **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480 "2007-06-02T14:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/1 "2007-06-02T14:17:43Z")
My son is having a birthday party in a couple of weeks time, and the theme is space. I want to make a music compilation for the party but can only think of a few that really fit. **Star Wars theme Star Trek theme 2001 A Space Odyssey The Planets Suite Space Oddity Starman Planet Earth (Duran Duran) I Lost my Heart to a Starship Trooper Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft** This kind of thing didn’t end in the seventies/early eighties, but apparently my pathetic excuse for a musical memory bank does. I need a few more suggestions because I would ideally like to omit the last two items. 🆒 Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/2 "2007-06-02T14:30:10Z")
I don’t know if this will work for you, but here’s a music video of Brian May’s [“Star Fleet”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjijteu0gcQ) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/3 "2007-06-02T14:33:21Z")
If it’s just backround music, a lot of Moody Blues songs have that space-y feel to it. There’s a couple of space themed David Bowie songs as well. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/4 "2007-06-02T14:38:45Z")
You could probably keep going on “moon” titles without even slowing down until you got to 50 or more. Whether that’s “space” or not is the issue. Same with “star” and “sun” but I’m having trouble thinking of many with planet-specific names or “comet” or “meteor” or even “milky way.” Fun challenge, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/5 "2007-06-02T16:56:27Z")
[Knock yerself out.](http://aural-innovations.com/main/main.html) If you’re looking for specific recommendations, Hawkwind is the definitive spacerock band, and _Space Ritual_ is the definitive spacerock album. Oh, wait–how old is your son? Hawkwind may or may not be appropriate with some of their material–there’s some mention of sex & drugs, and a bunch of their stuff has kind of an early-heavy-metal sound. I adore Pressurehed, and _Explaining the Unexplained_ is brilliant. It’s a concept album about UFOs and Sasquatch and Mokele-Mbembe and shit like that. The album _Naz Bar_ by the Anubian Lights is middle-eastern electronic space lounge. I’ll take a look through the collection and see what else I can find. Hawkwind is your go-to band, though. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/6 "2007-06-02T17:37:16Z")
If you need background stuff that you don’t have to dance to, and that doesn’t need words, Holst’s _The Planets_ is truly awesome stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/7 "2007-06-02T17:54:54Z")
I should note that Hawkwind have about a zillion releases of varying quality, so tread carefully. In addition to the aforementioned _Space Ritual_, you might also want to try _Alien 4_ or _Love in Space_ (the live album from the _Alien 4_ tour). And potentially _This is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic_. There are also a couple of _Hawkwind Friends and Relations_ albums that would be filed with Hawkwind. They’re okay. Nik Turner was in Hawkwind, and has toured and released albums apart from the main band. You can check out _Space Ritual_ (same name as the Hawkwind album, but this is a different release) or _Past or Future?_ Helios Creed is acid electronic sci-fi paranoia. Not for the faint of heart. Spiral Realms is spacey ambient electronica. Ditto for The Brain. Ditto for Zero Gravity. Farflung, especially _So Many Minds, So Little Time_ and _20,000 Feet Per Second_. Some stuff by Acid Mothers Temple (& related artists) would be appropriate, but don’t go there if you’re not already familiar with them–there’s too much to choose from. Ditto for the Damo Suzuki Network. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/8 "2007-06-02T18:13:18Z")
_Walking In Space_ from the musical **Hair** _Fly Me To The Moon_ (Sinatra or Bublé) _Voyage Around the Moon_ by The Saturn 5 (from the movie **That Thing You Do** ) _Walking On The Moon_ by The Police _Telestar_ - it’s a Surf era tune - early 60’s - not sure of the artist ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/9 "2007-06-02T18:34:19Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] _Telestar_ - it’s a Surf era tune - early 60’s - not sure of the artist [/QUOTE] _Telstar_ is by The Tornadoes, 1962. That’s the song I opened this thread to mention. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/10 "2007-06-02T18:36:17Z")
[QUOTE=Time Like Tears] _Telstar_ is by The Tornadoes, 1962. That’s the song I opened this thread to mention. [/QUOTE] I also found the Ventures did a cover - or perhaps the Tornadoes covered the Ventures ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/11 "2007-06-02T18:36:56Z")
Definitely **Isao Tomita** ’s _Snowflakes are dancing_ - it’s a moog record of all Claude Debussy. “Arabesque” is used as the theme music of that weirdo astronomy show that comeson PBS sometimes. The whole thing sounds like outer space music in the best way. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/12 "2007-06-02T19:01:48Z")
I found [this site](http://www.hobbyspace.com/Music/music5.html) when I was trying to check a few titles/artists. Just scroll down for all the space-related music titles you could ever want. All I could think of Final Countdown - Europe Spaceman - Babylon Zoo and the theme tunes to series such as Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Lost in Space etc ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/13 "2007-06-02T19:05:53Z")
Dark Side of the Moon! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/14 "2007-06-02T19:13:27Z")
A lot of Tomita’s stuff would work, such as his “Ravel Album”, “Kosmos”, and Stravinsky’s “Firebird”. He also did a version of “The Planets”, which includes a countdown and launch added to “Mars”. This CD has a lot of music used in space-themed films: > **[Amazon.com: Extraterrestrial Classics: CDs & Vinyl](https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-Classics-Tomita/dp/B000003G7A)** > > Amazon.com: Extraterrestrial Classics: CDs & Vinyl ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/15 "2007-06-02T19:17:53Z")
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun – Dead Can Dance We’ll Make Great Pets – Porno for Pyros Much of Jean Michel Jarre’s catalog works as well. (Especially, Rendevous, which is dedicated to the crew of the _Challenger_.) ---
**Author:** ![Nocturna\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Nocturna\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturna_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/16 "2007-06-02T19:57:04Z")
Clouds Across the Moon, by the Rah Band [YouTube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4R97AeM6IE) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/17 "2007-06-02T20:00:30Z")
[QUOTE=Martha] **Star Wars theme Star Trek theme 2001 A Space Odyssey The Planets Suite Space Oddity Starman Planet Earth (Duran Duran) I Lost my Heart to a Starship Trooper Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft** [/QUOTE] I would add to your list: The **Battlestar Galactica** theme (original series) Theme from **The Last Starfighter** Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/18 "2007-06-02T20:06:48Z")
Children of the Sun by somebody I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/19 "2007-06-02T20:11:10Z")
A saucer full Of Secrets - Pink Floyd Don’t stop me now - Queen (I’m a rocket ship on my way to Mars etc) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480/20 "2007-06-02T20:56:45Z")
**Astronomy Domine** - Pink Floyd **2,000 Light Years from Home** - Rolling Stones **Rocket Man** - Elton John **Space Is the Place** - Sun Ra [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-space-theme/406480.md?page=2)