| View Larger Image | Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey | Audio CDby Vangelis
| List Price: | $8.99 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Format: | Live | | Studio: | Sony | | Release Date: | October 23, 2001 | | Sales Rank: | 54,988th |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Overture
- Track 2: Movement 1
- Track 3: Movement 2
- Track 4: Movement 3
- Track 5: Movement 4
- Track 6: Movement 5
- Track 7: Movement 6
- Track 8: Movement 7
- Track 9: Movement 8
- Track 10: Movement 9
- Track 11: Movement 10
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Amazon.com
An avatar of orchestral synthesis for 30 years, Vangelis has only now made his full orchestral outing with the ambitious and epic Mythodea. Currently linked as theme music for NASA's Mission to Mars program, Mythodea dates back to 1993, when Vangelis premiered the work in a live performance. After the amorphous synthesizer opening, Vangelis is little-heard, using his keyboards only to support the large orchestra, 100-voice mixed choir, massed timpani, and the twin soprano leads of Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman. Echoes of Gustav Holst, Gustav Mahler, and Carl Orff suffuse Mythodea, with its stentorian choirs, rumbling percussion, and dense string writing. Singing a hybrid language, Norman and Battle spiral through Vangelis's evocation of an ancient Greek landscape. By turns smothering and grandiose, and often turgid, Mythodea is nevertheless studded with memorable themes, notably "Movement 9." It's a poignant, haunting melody, with the sopranos looping back and forth in ascending arcs, recalling Delibes's aria from "Lakmé," better known as the British Airways theme. This is the Vangelis of "L'Enfant," and "Heaven & Hell," where the composer's true voice is heard. --John Diliberto |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 54 reviews)
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Scary as the Hell that is called Mars by Barry Douglas Butler (Alabama, Florence USA)  2 Stars
September 27, 2009
The music on Mythodea was interesting at first. Then in the midst of the "aria" type-movement, it began scaring me greatly. In fact it scared me like the Hell - and i do not believe in Hell, because in fact, "Mars aint t he kind of place to raise your kid, in fact it's cold as Hell: well that's what Elton/Bernie sings. Although, i was kinda kewl with this sort of thing. I was at once startled and chilled to the spine, when my Mother busted down the down and found me lying on the floor wearing headphones, with the amp cranked up ! This album is the worst and at yet leaps the kind of faith, the kind that only Evangelos Pappathannisou, could dream people might enjoy ! Whatever he's on, I would love to have that in pill form. Love, Douglas :)
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Out of this world by Mr. C. R. Wright  5 Stars
August 11, 2008
The music is a mix of modern and classical and is well worth listening to,especially with the sound at full blast!
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GOLDEN SILENCE! by Elias Margellos (Athens, Greece) 5 Stars
February 16, 2007
VANGELIS at his best EVER!
I watched the live concert in Athens at the Temple of OLYMPIC ZEUS, right across the Acropolis.
Excellent live performance not only from Vangelis, but from the rest of the performers and musicians! Buy the CD and the DVD as well.
There are no words for someone, to describe the outstanding sonic+harmonic excellence of MYTHODEA!
There is an ancient Greek saying:
"If you haven't anything important to talk about, try and remain silent!" "SILENCE IS LIKE GOLD"....
CD buyers... just listen and enjoy..... DVD live concert collectors.....watch and listen as well...this is VANGELIS at his best!!!
Bravo Vangeli.....
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genius by Thomas D. Gulch (Pennsauken, New Jersey United States) 5 Stars
January 27, 2007
Vangelis's work is often so stunningly brilliant, that it gives one shivers. To see Vangelis in the midst of this orchesta, choir and massive bank of synthesizers and realize
that all of this music came from the mind of one man who cannot read music, seems to be miraculous. I do not know how to phrase it in a different manner, if you love progressive and classical music, this is a work of genius.
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Vangelis does it again by Robert Petersen (Durban, South Africa) 5 Stars
September 28, 2006
The full power of this music has to be experienced by watching the accompanying live DVD. The music is both powerful and lush. The contributions of sopranos Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman add to the grandeur and made me go immediately and get a copy.
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