What tracks make you think "space travel"

[Schilcote]

I'm writing some incedental music for a writing project I've been working on for a while, and I need some more music that would be appropriate for travelling in space. This project's soundtrack is going to be composed mostly of remixes, and I've already remixed the Hyperspace theme from Star Control 2, so I need suggestions for tunes to remix. I'm better at remixing from a MIDI, so if there's one available a link to it would also be nice.

Thanks.

[Rayza]

I wrote this a while ago, made me think of something spacey. Included space art as the video too..

[PROTO·DOME]

It may seem stupid at first, but most of the Kirby soundtrack could easily be made 'spacey'; lots of reverb and fast acending chip arps should do the trick.

[noTuX]

Space Lion (Cowboy Beebop Version)

http://youtu.be/WKnVaDwUg5s

IMO, the first few minutes of the song kinda illustrates the vastness and emptiness of space, like you're just drifting aimlessly.

[The Damned]

That was the point, seeing how the song was used in the part where they're in space.

Mind you, that's like two thirds of the series, but still...

[noTuX]

That was the point, seeing how the song was used in the part where they're in space.

Mind you, that's like two thirds of the series, but still...

I was just saying that for people that never had the chance to watch it (for some ungodly reason).

...shaddup.

[The Damned]

Takes one to know one!

[Koriantor]

No one's posted Uncharted Worlds?

[Yami]

[lazygecko]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PoNnW4Gjk

[Otakatt]

A lot of the Star Ocean 2 music makes me think of space and space travel, but all considered I think that's appropriate.

[GravitySuitCollector]

Would you mind a flash game suggestion? I got the Tower of Heaven soundtrack from the game music bundle, and there are a few on it that might be good.

[Schilcote]

Would you mind a flash game suggestion? I got the Tower of Heaven soundtrack from the game music bundle, and there are a few on it that might be good.

Not at all, though I doubt there are MIDIs of it out there.

[DarkeSword]

Basically any ReMix by Mark Vera.

[Rayza]

Basically any ReMix by Mark Vera.

Yes! One of my favorite remixers.

[EC2151]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PoNnW4Gjk

I'd never thought I'd ever see anyone around the internet who has heard of, let alone likes Gyorgy Ligeti. One of my favorite modern composers.

As for something more gamey, you can check out these two tracks from RayStorm:

Luminescence

[djpretzel]

http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01383/

Love what Akumajo did on this one; very space-travelly in a romanticized, 1970's sort of way, totally dig it.

[BardicKnowledge]

Major tritone progressions make me think of space, and I'm not alone, according to Scott Murphy:

Murphy, Scott. 2006. “The Major Tritone Progression in Recent Hollywood

Science Fiction Films.” Music Theory Online 12/2.

[Electronic Samurai]

, by Preston Reed - acoustic guitar, but I think it fits really well.

[Schilcote]

Major tritone progressions make me think of space, and I'm not alone, according to Scott Murphy:

Murphy, Scott. 2006. “The Major Tritone Progression in Recent Hollywood

Science Fiction Films.” Music Theory Online 12/2.

That's helpful, but what exactly is a major tritone progression and how do I create one?

[BardicKnowledge]

It refers to two major chords (scale degrees 1, 3, and 5 of a standard major scale) a tritone apart. Example: C Major followed by F# Major.

Full article by Murphy: http://www.mtosmt.org/issues/mto.06.12.2/mto.06.12.2.murphy.html

Edit: Even if the theory is beyond you, the examples Murphy cites all have that progression in common, and should be a good starting point for "space" as a musical topic.