Back to music with one of my most recent tracks: Orion. It is featured on the compilation Interstellar Engines issued by Legacy of Thought. The premise of the compilation is to showcase tracks on famous spaceships as can be found in movie and tv shows.
My choice was the Orion, the focus of the German series “Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion” (Space patrol) from the 1960s. Seldom enough to find science fiction shows made in Germany, but this one definitely became cult. At least in Germany. Only 7 shows were filmed, where the crew of the Orion had to face fierce alien aggressors to defend the earth. Needless to mention that it was filmed in black and white, and the effects were fun but quite basic. One of the most famous and often mentioned detail of the show was the use of common utilities for its control elements, like a flat iron, pencil sharpener, and plastic cups.
With my track Orion I wanted to give an hommage to the show and to Peter Thomas, the composer of its original soundtrack, which was outstanding and unique for that time. So I incorporated fragments of the theme and tried to find a fitting overall mood.
Being into the show while composing, I also thought about creating a video for it. I found some cool 3D models of Orion and related stuff, so I delved into the latest version of Blender to render a move. Unfortunately, it would have taken several months to create 6 minutes of 3D animations. Hence, I only created several 3D images and composed the video as kind of slide show employing DaVinci Resolve. Still, I am quite proud of the result, which to me does honor to the show, the OST and the track I composed.
