amoon - The Stationary Ark
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Like many of you, I loved Synth Sample and I am infinitely grateful to Georg Feil for introducing me, as a child, to composers like J.M. Jarre and Vangelis, whom I would have discovered much later otherwise. Regarding The Stationary Ark, Georg didn't leave us many details apart from the title, so I had to wait for the advent of the internet (Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.) to discover that it was a documentary TV series hosted by zoologist Gerald Durrell, dedicated to our planet and the animals that inhabit it.
Inspired by Vangelis's track Albedo 0.39 which lists the astronomical data of planet Earth, I took up Georg Feil's iconic melodic line and decided to continue where Vangelis left off, adding the biological data of the planet, as well as those atmospheric and chemical characteristics that make life possible on what is, in every way, an ark floating in space.
The changing voices throughout the remix (from an adult woman to a teenager to a child) are meant to represent the continuous passing of the ark's legacy to future generations.
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Excellent concept done really well. From the whale songs to the Earth-based factoids (with a big nod towards Vangelis) it's just a really good, cohesive piece that also pays homage to the original TV series of the same title. And on top of it the tune would totally stand on its own even without the voiceovers. A wonderful piece, thanks for sharing it with us!
PS: A HUGE thank you, amoon, for finding that video of the original, genuine theme song! You have no idea how long I've been searching for it! Many of the videos on the Internet that claimed to be the genuine original were just remixes of it snagged from RKO. Then there's also this from 2019 but I think John Mills-Cockell admitted that this wasn't the OG tune, but rather a recreation of it. So, again: THANK YOU!