{"id":10215,"date":"2009-12-26T04:02:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T12:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=10215"},"modified":"2009-12-25T04:16:39","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T12:16:39","slug":"planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/10215","title":{"rendered":"Holst’s The Planets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gustav Holst<\/a> (1874-1934) composed The Planets<\/a><\/em> suite sometime between 1914 and 16. It’s become the ‘go to’ source for motion pictures ever since John Williams did some creative borrowing<\/em> for Star Wars (1977). <\/p>\n

Above, a very odd album cover for a 1978 recording of The Planets<\/em> by Sir Adrian Boult.<\/a> A remastered Boult recording can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

And a 1976 moog\/synthesizer version by Isao Tomita<\/a> can be snagged here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

One of the most beautiful interpretations of The Planets<\/em> is by John Eliot Gardiner,<\/a> recorded in 1994. NPR review here.<\/a> Album here.<\/a> Track below:<\/p>\n

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\nGustav Holst: Mars, The Bringer of War<\/em><\/p>\n

some trivia<\/strong>
\nThe Planets<\/em> was also creatively borrowed<\/em> for Cliff Eidelman’s<\/a> haunting score used in Star Trek VI<\/a> (1991). Paramount had tried to license the actual suite for the film, but the price was too high – so Eidelman crafted his own take.<\/p>\n

Holst wrote different movements for each of the planets – but Pluto and Earth didn’t make it into the suite; since the themes were based on astrology\/Roman gods<\/a> instead of the actual<\/em> planets. And Pluto wasn’t discovered until 1930.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Tho, as of 2006, Pluto is no longer a planet<\/a> anyway.<\/p>\n

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