In 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick chose this piece and others by Ligeti for the scenes in deep space and those with the monolith in his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey because its quality of mystery was a good sonic realization of his vision. This resulted in the exposure of Ligeti's music to a much wider audience. The recording of Atmosphères used in the soundtrack to the film 2001: A Space Odyssey was with the South West German Radio Orchestra conducted by Ernest Bour. Kubrick would go on to employ other Ligeti compositions in his films The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut.
According to program notes published by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Ligeti was not pleased that his music occurred in a film soundtrack shared by composers Johann and Richard Strauss. Nevertheless, the piece has been performed in concert several times with other works featured in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, such as a 2010 performance by the Nashville Symphony which performed it along with the full-length version of Richard Strauss' Thus Spake Zarathustra.
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