Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983) is an album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno. It was written, produced, and performed by Brian Eno, his brother Roger and Daniel Lanois. Music from the album appeared in the films 28 Days Later, Traffic and Trainspotting, whose soundtrack sold approximately four million copies. Two of the songs from the album, Silver morning and Deep blue day, were issued as a 7" single on EG Records.
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Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983) is an album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno. It was written, produced, and performed by Brian Eno, his brother Roger and Daniel Lanois. Music from the album appeared in the films 28 Days Later, Traffic and Trainspotting, whose soundtrack sold approximately four million copies. Two of the songs from the album, Silver morning and Deep blue day, were issued as a 7" single on EG Records.
This music was originally recorded in 1983 for a documentary called For All Mankind, directed by Al Reinert. This film’s release was delayed until 1989. By that time several tracks on the album were omitted from the soundtrack and replaced by other pieces by Eno and other artists.
The tracks from the album that remained on the film are:
The tracks from the film not on the album are:
In the liner notes, Eno relates that when he watched the Apollo 11 landing in 1969 he felt that the strangeness of that event was compromised by the low quality of the...
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