Level 4: Resources
Listening and responding to music
CDs
2001: A Space Odyssey, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, WEA/Atlantic/Rhino
Bandt, R Stargazer Move Records MD3075
Brown, B The Planets, Larrikin LRJ 151
Brown, B ‘Sea of Stars’ or ‘Eclipse’ on Last Day on Earth Newmarket NEW 3050.2
Debussy, C Clair de Lune HMV Classics 5 721632
Enya Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, WEA/Warner Bros
Fitzgerald, E How High the Moon, Golgr
Franciscus Henri Walking on the Milky Way ABC Music 512686-2-4
Holst, G The Planets, Naxos 8.550193
Inner-Zone Orchestra Programmed, Astralwerks
Jefferson Starship Song to the Sun, Spitfire BFL1-1557
Mancini, H Moon River: Soundtrack, BMG/REA/Victor
Morrison, Van Moondance, WEA/Warner Bros
Mozart, WA ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, maman’ (12 Variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
on Piano Sonatas Nos 11 and 14 K.265 (300e), Naxos 8.550258
Paul McCartney and Wings Venus and Mars, digitally remastered version, Virgin
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, EMD/Capitol
Sculthorpe, P Sun Music ABC Classics 454 505-2
Williams, John and the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra John Williams Conducts John
Williams: The Star Wars Trilogy, Sony Classics
Williams, John and the London Symphony Orchestra, Star Wars: Episode 1 – The
Phantom Menace (The Ultimate Star Wars Recording) Soundtrack Sony Classics
Williams, J Close Encounters of the Third Kind Soundtrack: The Collector’s Edition,
BMG/Arista
Williams, J Superman: The Movie, Original Soundtrack, WEA/Warner Bros
Contextual understanding of music and Composing music
Videos
Superman: The Movie (and sequels), motion picture/s, VHS and DVD formats, directed
by Donner, R, rated PG
Dr Who, television program, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Videos, rated G and
PG
Apollo 13 1995, motion picture, VHS and DVD formats, directed by Howard, R, rated
PG
Jetsons: The Movie 1989, Hanna Barbera Studios ASIN 6301795148 rated G
Jetsons: First Episodes 1962, television program, Hanna Barbera Studios, rated G
2001: A Space Odyssey, motion picture, VHS and DVD formats, directed by Kubrick, S,
rated G
Lost in Space 1998, motion picture, New Line Cinema, rated PG
Star Wars Trilogy, Lucas Films, motion picture, VHS and DVD formats, directed by
Lucas, G, rated PG
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Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace 1999, motion picture, Lucas Films, VHS
and DVD formats, directed by Lucas, G, rated PG
Galaxy Quest 1999, motion picture, VHS and DVD formats, directed by Parisot, D, rated
PG
Return from Jupiter, television program, ABC/Children’s Television Foundation. Two
series
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982, motion picture, VHS and DVD formats, directed by
Spielberg, S, rated PG
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977, motion picture, VHS and DVD formats,
directed by Spielberg, S, rated PG
Star Trek, television program, Paramount, rated PG
The Planets 1993, television program, British Broadcasting Corporation TV, rated G
Websites
Interview with John Williams: www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/williams.asp
John Williams talks about the music for ‘Star Wars’:
www.musicfromthemovies.com/pages/williams_john.html
John Williams’ home page: www.johnwilliams.org/
Interpreting a music work
Scores
These scores have been written specifically for this task.
Stefanakis, M It Happened in Space
Stefanakis, M Stars Behaving Badly
Mr Spaceman, Sing, ABC, 1985
The Third Planet from the Sun, Sing, ABC, 1990
The World, Sing, ABC, 1986
Vance, P and Pockriss, L 1957, ‘Catch a Falling Star’(A vocal round) from The Sing
Book, ABC Books, Sydney, 1995
Contextual understanding of music and Composing music
Websites
Planets
www.EncycloZine.com/Space/
www.kosmoi.com/Space/Planets/
www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/planets.htm
www.seds.org/billa/tnp/
www.bbc.co.uk/planets
www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html
Stars
www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
www.telescope.org/
www.ivv.nasa.gov/
www.astro.keele.ac.uk/
www.earthsky.com/
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Comets and asteroids
www.planetscapes.com/solar/eng/comet.htm
smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/
www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/comets-ez.html
www.skypub.com/sights/comets/comets.shtml
General
NASA: www.pds.jpl.nasa.gov/
Introduction to the nine planets with excerpts from Holst's The Planets:
www.seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/intro.html
ABC Space Science: www.abc.net.au/science/news/space/default.htm
Excursions
The Planetarium at Scienceworks. 2 Booker Street, Spotswood (tel: 9392 4800)
www.museum.vic.gov.au
www.museum.vic.gov.au/planetarium/
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