Apple Music and NASA Team Up on Short Film and Exclusive Songs Celebrating Juno Mission

[MacRumors]

Apple and NASA have collaborated on a short musical film [Direct iTunes Link] called "Visions of Harmony," which is designed to celebrate NASA's Juno spacecraft reaching Jupiter's orbit. First launched in 2011, Juno is expected to enter Jupiter's orbit on the evening of July 4, giving us our closest ever look at the gas giant and the secrets hidden beneath its dense cloud cover.

Artist's rendering of Juno in Jupiter's orbit, image via NASA​

According to the new "Destination: Jupiter" section of Apple Music, Apple has collaborated with NASA and the Juno team to offer "education and inspiration throughout the historic journey."

"Visions of Harmony" celebrates the link between exploring space and making music, featuring songs from artists like Weezer and Nine Inch Nails frontman and Apple exec Trent Reznor. Reznor and collaborator Atticus Ross created a song inspired by sounds emitted by Jupiter, which features actual recordings from the planet, while Weezer wrote a single called "I Love the USA."

Celebrating the intersection of art and science. @AppleMusic x @NASAJunohttps://t.co/LcnGZMwxWG pic.twitter.com/p5JpmaCg82 - Apple Music (@AppleMusic) June 30, 2016

Other music featured on Apple's Destination: Jupiter page comes from artists like Corinne Bailey Rae, Quin, Brad Paisley, Zoé, Jim James, and GZA the Genius.

Article Link: Apple Music and NASA Team Up on Short Film and Exclusive Songs Celebrating Juno Mission

 

[You are the One]

Crrow triple seven on YT has some interesting things to say about NASA.

 

[Tech198]

Gives NASA some extra converge i guess. I was trying to see what science has anything to do with Apple music.

 

[keysofanxiety]

I'm not the biggest fan of Apple Music by any stretch, but anything that promotes the exploration of the universe is absolutely fine by me.

 

[JPLC]

GZA the Genius. God I love Liquid Swords. Best HipHop solo album ever made.

Good Ol' days...

 

[carrrrrlos]

Please NASA, do not let Siri run the mission.

 

[rizzo41999]

Precursor to video streaming service?

 

[yaxomoxay]

I wish they would team up to give us a great AppleTV app...

 

[Mollan]

If at least one of these songs was appropriate for a mission close to the biggest planet of our solar system. It's all pop music -_-
Probably searching for Space Music in Spotify produces better results.

 

[samh004]

Does the list feature Gustav Holst? His composition would be ideal in this situation I would think!

 

[Cassette-86]

I couldn't get halfway through it. They couldn't get artists who were actually into space?

 

[diipii]

"education and inspiration throughout the historic journey." who writes this nebulous poop ? Sounds like the spin Tony Blair fed us just before the manure hit the fan.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

The text overlays font is too small for mobile and doesn't stay on screen for long enough. Such a shame.

 

[CPx]

It looks like the video is in standard def.

 

[Mactendo]

NASA better hope Elizabeth Warren never gets on the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

@majestic12, finally you're here.

 

[neuropsychguy]

I could only take about 3 minutes of the video. It was experimental film meets dry documentary with mind numbing background noise instead of music. It is better though if you watch it on mute.

If it gets someone interested in space exploration then that's great but the video wasn't good.

 

[tennisproha]

Okay idk how you guys felt about it but that video was pretty flat and boring.

 

[DragonJade]

First launched in 2011

You mean they've had to launch it again?

 

[thingstoponder]

Crrow triple seven on YT has some interesting things to say about NASA.

HAHA. Chem trails? You can't be serious. This guy is a nut.

 

[Mr Fide]

"Short film." Is there any more tedious expression in English? Story on Spotify. 600 comments. Story on short film. 20 comments.

 

[Matthew.H]

The classical music score "Jupiter, The Bringer Jollity" composed by Holst would have been more appropriate for this video.

 

[gnasher729]

The classical music score "Jupiter, The Bringer Jollity" composed by Holst would have been more appropriate for this video.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is touring through Europe right now. For example:

https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/the-planets-an-hd-odyssey

The program varies from venue to venue, but includes the complete "Planets", and either the complete "Also sprach Zarathustra" or parts of it, with some film music from 2001 added.

Available from Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/Houston-Symphony-Director-Present-PLANETS/dp/B003HV0QPS

 

[BJMRamage]

it looks like all the songs are only available through AppleMusic. i was thinking if good enough from a sample, I'd buy but no thanks. i don't need to sign up to hear a sample.

 

[ultranoia]

Cringing at the intersection of liberal arts and technology.