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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (cont):

• Pink Floyd was asked to score the movie but could not accept due to previous obligations.

The Pink Floyd song “Echoes” on the album

“Meddle” released in 1971 was inspired by, and is perfectly timed to, the “Stargate” sequence in the movie.

Zarathustra was a Persian spiritual leader who founded Zoroastrianism. In 1883, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a book called “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (“Thus spoke

Zarathustra”) which inspired composer Richard

Strauss to create a symphony by the same name in 1898. The iconic fanfare plays at the opening of the film, just as the Sun, Earth, and Moon are shown in alignment, a symbol of Zoroastrianism, symbolizing the eternal struggle between light and darkness. The credits do not list a conductor and orchestra for “Also Sprach Zarathustra.” Kubrick wanted the Vienna Philharmonic version by director

Herbert von Karajan, produced by British Decca.

But Decca did not want the company’s recording supposedly cheapened by association with the movie, and so it gave permission on the condition that the conductor and orchestra were not named. After the movie became a hit, Decca tried to rectify its blunder by re-releasing the recording with an “As-Heard-in-2001” flag printed on the album cover. In the meantime, MGM released the official soundtrack album with the version of the song as recorded by the Berlin Philharmonic.

The publicity-minded von Karajan was furious with Decca.

Canadian actor Douglas Rain was the voice of

HAL. He recorded his lines with his bare feet resting on a soft pillow because Kubrick wanted a soothing and relaxed voice.

During filming, a number of people stood in for the voice of HAL, including Kubrick himself. The cast never heard the actual voice of HAL until long after their work on the film was done. ...cont'd