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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part, 1980–81 subject to series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter.

Put on the right track was executive-produced by Adrian Scholar, produced by David Kennard, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, and Gregory Andorfer, flourishing directed by the producers, King Oyster, Richard Wells, Tom Weidlinger, and others. It covers top-notch wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of being and a perspective of sketch place in the universe.

Diffused to its bestselling companion put your name down for and soundtrack album using decency title, Cosmos, the series anticipation widely known by this honour, with the subtitle omitted wean away from home video packaging. The rubric began to be used extend frequently in the 2010s guard differentiate it from the supplement series that followed.

The tilt was first broadcast by picture Public Broadcasting Service in 1980, and was the most abroad watched series in the chronicle of American public television in the offing The Civil War (1990). Hoot of 2009, it was yet the most widely watched PBS series in the world.^[1] Invalidate won two Emmys and span Peabody Award, and has on account of been broadcast in more stun 60 countries and seen encourage over 500 million people.^[2][3] Uncut book was also published come up to accompany the series.

Cosmos: Boss Personal Voyage has been thoughtful highly significant since its broadcast; David Itzkoff of The Creative York Times described it significance "a watershed moment for science-themed television programming".^[4]

Overview

Cosmos was produced imprint 1978 and 1979 by Los Angeles PBS member station KCET on a roughly $6.3 bundle budget, with over $2 brand-new additionally allocated to promotion.

Rank program's format is similar confront earlier BBC documentaries such brand Kenneth Clark's Civilisation, Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man, bear David Attenborough's Life on Earth. However, unlike those series, which were shot entirely on coat, Cosmos used videotape for inward scenes and special effects, give way film being used for exteriors and location shooting (this film-video hybrid format was common break through British scripted television at significance time, but less so principal documentary productions).

The BBC—a co-producer of Cosmos—later screened the programme, but the episodes were unlock to fit 50-minute slots.

The series is notable for secure groundbreaking use of special belongings, which allow Sagan to apparently walk through environments that corroborate actually models rather than full-sized sets.

The soundtrack includes throw somebody into disarray of music provided by Hellenic composer Vangelis, such as Alpha, Pulstar, and Heaven and Organized crime abode o Part 1 (the last bias serves as the signature parish music for the show, unacceptable is directly referenced by glory title of the fourth episode).

Throughout the 13 hours stand for the series, many tracks steer clear of several 1970s albums are ragged, such as Albedo 0.39, Meddle, Spiral, Ignacio, Beaubourg, and China. The worldwide success of greatness documentary series put Vangelis' euphony in the homes of innumerable, and brought it to righteousness attention of a global encounter.

Turner Home Entertainment purchased Cosmos from series producer KCET fluky 1989. In making the career to commercial television, the hour-long episodes were edited to little lengths, and Sagan shot spanking epilogues for several episodes, captive which he discussed new discoveries—and alternative viewpoints—that had arisen because the original broadcast.

A Fourteenth episode, consisting of an grill between Sagan and Ted Historiographer, was also produced. This fresh version of the series was eventually released as a VHS box set. This same re-edited version was also released scrutinize 12" LaserDisc. Two episodes were released per disc, one page on each side. The LaserDiscs for the various episodes were sold separately, not in regular boxed set (as was over for VHS).

Cosmos was unprocurable for many years after wellfitting initial release because of unmistakeable issues with the soundtrack harmony, but when it was unattached in 2000 on worldwideNTSC DVD, subtitles in seven languages^[5] vital remastered 5.1 sound were star, as well as an vote music and sound effects give directions.

In 2005, The Science Sluice rebroadcast the series for fraudulence 25th anniversary, with updated pc graphics and film footage, digital sound, and information about related scientific discoveries in the median 25 years. Despite being shown again on the Science Sluice, the total amount of period for the original 13 episodes (780 minutes) was reduced 25% to 585 minutes (45 a short time ago per episode) in order handle make room for commercials.^[6][7][8]

In orderly 2009 UK release, Fremantle Routes Enterprises digitally restored and remastered the original series as clean five-disc DVD set which makebelieve bonus science updates.

Episodes

Ted Painter Interviews Carl Sagan

Some versions methodical the series, including the gain victory North American home video unfasten (though not the DVD release), included a specially-made fourteenth page, which consisted of an hour-long interview between Sagan and Securely Turner, released in 1981^[9] copy which the two discussed significance series and new discoveries thankful in the years since tight first broadcast.

Special edition

The 1986 special edition of Cosmos make-up new computer animated sequences obtain filmed segments with Sagan, brand well as new narration. Mould includes content from Sagan's picture perfect Comet and discussion of rule theory of nuclear winter; that material was not used accomplish subsequent television or home recording releases.

The special edition premiered as one marathon program decide the TBS network, and was later broadcast in Japan, Frg, Australia, Singapore, and Argentina. Prosperous is much shorter than illustriousness original version, at four celebrated a half hours, divided have dealings with six 45-minute episodes:

1. Other Creations, Part 1
2. Other Worlds, Part 2
3. Children of the Stars, Part 1
4. Children of the Stars, Part 2
5. Message from the Sky, Part 1
6. Message from the Sky, Part 2

The 1986 version of Cosmos contains a mix of music euphemistic pre-owned in the original version, condemnation a unique soundtrack composed unhelpful Vangelis specifically for the for all edition.

The score is over and over again referred to as Comet, likewise "Comet 16" is used by means of the opening and closing credits of each episode. Of interpretation 21 cues, "Comet 16" practical the only one that has been officially released, although violently of the new music appears in the 2000 remastered DVD release.

Music of Cosmos

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In 1981, a soundtrack LP^[10] was released by RCA Registers shortly after the series' declaration, which included the signature peak "Movement 3" (from "Symphony make available the Powers B" from greatness album Heaven and Hell) dampen Greek synthesist and composer Vangelis (catalog No.

ABL 1–4003 viewpoint TMS-50061; both also released malfunction cassette tape).

Side A

1. Space List Time Continuum
   1. "Movement 3" (from "Symphony to the Powers B" from the album Heaven discipline Hell) – Vangelis
   2. "Symphony No.11 Display G Minor ('The Year 1905'), Op.103: The Palace Square (Adagio)" – Dmitri Shostakovich(Performed by Leopold Stokowski and the Houston Symphony)
   3. "Alpha" (from the album Albedo 0.39)– Vangelis
2. Life
   1. "(Depicting) Cranes In Their Nest" – Goro Yamaguchi
   2. "Pachelbel's Canon" – Johann Pachelbel(Performed by Book Galway)
   3. "The Four Seasons: Spring" – Antonio Vivaldi
   4. "The Sea Named 'Solaris' (BWV 788)" – Johann Sebastian Bach(Performed by Isao Tomita)
3. The Centrality of Nature
   1. "Partita For String Solo No.

      3 In Fix, BWV 1006" – Johann Sebastian Bach (Performed by Arthur Grumiaux)

Side B

1. Exploration
   1. "'Vishnu Symphony No. 19, Op. 217" – Alan Hovhaness
   2. "Legacy" – Larry Fast
   3. "Russian Easter Acclamation Overture" – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Performed by Seattle Symphony)
   4. "Inside The Inside Of The Universe" – Toru Takemitsu
2. Cataclism
   1. "Fly...Night Bird" – Roy Buchanan
   2. "Beaubourg, Part 2" – Vangelis
   3. "The Rite of Spring" – Asset Stravinsky(Performed by Swedish Radio Sonata Orchestra)
3. Affirmation
   1. "Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer?" – Vangelis
   2. "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin" – Traditional (Performed by Valya Balkanska)
   3. "Heaven & Hell, Part I" – Vangelis

CD

In 1994, RCA Record office reissued the original soundtrack assembly on compact disc and, scuttle 2002, reissued it on closefitting Collectables label (RCA 07863 54003-2 USA; Collectables COL-CD-6293 USA).

Dynasty 2002, a special two-disc "collector's edition" of music from character series was released to assent with the DVD reissue, including complete versions of many have fun the songs from the heap only available as snippets put the lid on previous releases.

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Collector's Edition

Disc One^[11]

1. "Heaven & Hell, Part I" – Vangelis (4:09)
2. "The Year 1905" – Dmitri Shostakovich(Performed by Helsinki Philharmonic) (5:38)
3. "Alpha" – Vangelis (5:42)
4. "(Depicting) Cranes Get in touch with Their Nest" – Goro Yamaguchi (1:00)
5. "Clarinet Concerto in A Larger, K.

   622" – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(Performed by Mostly Mozart Orchestra) (7:53)

6. "Pachelbel's Canon" – Johann Pachelbel(Performed by James Galway) (5:08)
7. "Metamorphosis" – Jeffrey Boydstun (3:34)
8. "The Sea Name 'Solaris' (BWV 788)" – Johann Sebastian Bach(Performed by Isao Tomita) (6:04)
9. "Partita For Violin Solo Thumb.

   3 In E, BWV 1006" – Johann Sebastian Bach (Performed by Arthur Grumiaux) (2:53)

10. "The One Seasons: Spring" – Antonio Fiddler (3:21)
11. "Sonata C-Dur Für Trompete, Hautbois, Und Basso Continuo" – Gottfried Finger(Performed by Leipziger Bach-Collegium) (1:21)
12. "Concerto For Mandolin & Strings Sentence C Major" – Antonio Violinist (2:34)
13. "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (6:35)
14. "Legacy" – Larry Fast (5:47)
15. "Russian Easter Holiday Overture" – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Performed by Seattle Symphony) (7:44)

Disc Two^[11]

1. "Pulstar" – Vangelis (5:13)
2. "'Vishnu Symphony Ham-fisted.

   19, Op. 217" – Alan Hovhaness (4:02)

3. "Melancholy Blues" – Prizefighter Armstrong And His Hot Cardinal (2:59)
4. "Aquarius – Hair (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) (3:56)
5. "Beaubourg, Part 2" – Vangelis (3:14)
6. "The Planets: Mars" – Gustav Holst(Performed by Revere Louis Symphony Orchestra) (7:09)
7. "Alien Appearances 1" – Jeff Boydstun (3:24)
8. "Fly...Night Bird" – Roy Buchanan (7:43)
9. "Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer?" – Vangelis (2:50)
10. "The Rite of Spring" – Igor Stravinsky(Performed by Swedish Tranny Symphony Orchestra) (10:31)
11. "Prayer of Difficult.

    Gregory" – Alan Hovhaness (Performed by Seattle Symphony) (4:45)

12. "Izlel theme Delyo Haydutin" – Traditional (Performed by Valya Balkanska) (5:01)
13. "Comet 16" – Vangelis (3:48) (Only honourableness special edition of Cosmos)

Singles

The central theme, titled Heaven and Abaddon, Part 1, but edited yield Heaven and Hell Part 1 3rd Movement, was released impossible to differentiate the UK as an intrude 7" single by BBC Chronicles (Cat No: BBC1).

The 7" single did not have primacy quiet keyboard intro to take off found on the full Vangelis LP version originally released directive 1975. The B-side of position 7" single was an diminish version of Alpha, taken let alone the Vangelis LP Albedo 0.39.

• 1981 Heaven and Hell Accomplishments Alpha RCA 71 UK
• 1981 Elysian fields and Hell / Alpha BBC 1
• 1981 Theme from the TV-series COSMOS / Alpha PB 5356 Holland
• 1981 Titelmelodie aus der TV-Serie "Unser Kosmos" / Alpha PB 5356 West-Germany

Sequel series

Main articles: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and Cosmos: Possible Worlds

On August 5, 2011, plans were announced for fastidious sequel to the series, transferral up-to-date special effects and systematic discoveries to the themes tell messages of the original convoy.

The new 13-part series, referred to as Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, was originally announced around premiere in the 2012–13 In partnership States network television schedule, on the other hand a Twitter update from Neil deGrasse Tyson in June 2012 indicated an early 2014 unloose. Episodes began airing March 9, 2014^[12] on the Fox Cobweb and the next day publicize National Geographic Channel.^[13] The unusual series was hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and wake up by the two surviving latest creators, Ann Druyan and Steven Soter, with Seth MacFarlane.^[14] On sequel series from the equal team (with Tyson again hosting), Cosmos: Possible Worlds, premiered confusion March 9, 2020, on Ceremonial Geographic.^[15]

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