Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Alan Silvestri is a master of the flying and space films. Much of his music is featured in the Sorain' ride in Walt Disney World. Alan Silvestri's recent work is from a space documentary called Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014), the sequel to 1980's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.

This is probably some of my favorite work from Silvestri. Documentaries can have some impressive music, but this music is just outstanding. These complex themes are so good, there are 55 tracks total across 4 volumes.

Being a documentary about space, this is a very calming and peaceful score. I would highly recommend listening to this during work if you are not a J. S. Bach kind of person. Silvestri has perfected the epic, sweeping themes from previous experience in the film industry and mixed all his techniques.

Revelation of Immensity sounds similar to parts of his Night At The Museum score, but with enough differences that it would not be too similar. The same goes for The Inquisition, which has hints of The Avengers.

Although the focus is on the usual 4 string instruments and brass, I love his occasional inclusion of some magical sounds of twinkling and strokes of the harp. Silvestri provides enough balance by giving us a few instances of electric sounds that really give the score some character, given the whole idea of space requires high-tech instruments. What I really think is interesting is the slight experimentation of sounds that would not usually be used for films like this as heard in Chance Nature of Existence.

Although this is just the first volume, I hope that you will get the chance to listen to the next three, as I will eventually experience them for myself.