Mythodea - Music for The NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey
Oscar-Winning Composer Vangelis Records Epic Choral Symphony, Commemorating NASA'S Mars Odyssey Mission
PRNewswire
NEW YORK
11/09/2001
A few short weeks ago, NASA's Odyssey spacecraft arrived at Mars and began orbit. Odyssey will circle the planet approximately once every 11 hours for 917 days, a full Mars year, and will send back images and data. To commemorate NASA's ongoing Odyssey mission to Mars, Oscar-winning composer Vangelis recorded the new album, "Mythodea -- Music For The NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey." The music was performed this past summer at a spectacular concert at the Temple of Zeus in Athens, Greece featuring world-renowned sopranos Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman. The album is in stores now. In addition to the album, the Mythodea web site vangelismythodea.com will feature an exclusive music video containing never-before-seen images of Mars from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
An Oscar winner for his score for the film Chariots of Fire, Vangelis has been a unique creative influence in international music as composer, performer and producer for almost 30 years. For his first Sony Classical recording, he adapted Mythodea from an earlier work and expanded the score. Vangelis coined his own title for Mythodea, fusing the words "myth" and "ode" to describe a vital connection between the past and the future. The June 28 Athens concert dramatized that connection, in a highly theatrical production using projected images of space from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as well as mythological icons. Following the concert, Vangelis was awarded the French Academy's Legion of Honor by France's Minister of Culture, Jack Lang.
SOURCE: Sony Classical
Contact: Kristen Foster of Sony Classical, +1-212-833-8229,
Kristen_Foster@sonymusic.com
Website: http://vangelismythodea.com/