Music for Heavenly Bodies

by Paul Tanner

Music for Heavenly Bodies cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Omega Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:15
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Centering the entire album around the eerie, swooping tones of the electro-theremin, the inventor and musician crafts a quintessential space-age pop document. The lush, highly romantic orchestral backings provide a terrestrial anchor for the instrument's otherworldly, vibrato-heavy melodies. It remains a fascinating, deeply atmospheric artifact of mid-century fascination with electronic sound and outer space.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Over The Rainbow (2:26)
  2. Midnight Sun (6:08)
  3. The Red Sea Of Mars (2:28)
  4. Lost In The Stars (2:23)
  5. Medley: Sunrise Serenade / Moonlight Serenade (5:00)
  6. I Wished On The Moon (3:00)
  7. Up To Jupiter (2:48)
  8. Misty Moon Blues (2:00)
  9. Holiday On Saturn (4:06)
  10. The Story Of A Starry Night (3:25)
  11. 20th Century Venus (5:52)
  12. Out Of This World (3:39)

Credits

  • Paul Tanner - primary artist, theremin
  • Warren Baker - arranged by
  • McCowan/Fenischel - cover
  • Dave Hubert - producer

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