Mythodea
Sign in to saveMythodea — Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey is a choral symphony by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. It premiered as a single concert in Athens, Greece, in 1993 but a recording was only released in 2001 by Vangelis' then new record label Sony Classical, which also set up the NASA connection and promoted a new concert, this time with a worldwide audience.
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Mythodea is a symphonic/progressive metal project created by Christos Nikolaou from Greece. Christos has always had a passion for music and has openly cultivated this since childhood with many influences: from classical baroque music and soundtracks to progressive metal. Mythodea's artistic vision is to take the listeners on a musical journey through deep emotional landscapes and themes that are easily relatable. In the course of this journey, the listener will feel elevated by the way the music
Key facts
- Album.name
- Mythodea — Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.artist
- Vangelis
- Album.cover
- mythodea_album_cover.jpg
- Album.released
- October 23, 2001
- Album.recorded
- 2001
- Album.genre
- Classical
- Album.length
- 66:00
- Album.label
- Sony Classical
- Album.producer
- Vangelis
- Album.prev_title
- Reprise 1990–1999
- Album.prev_year
- 2000
- Album.next_title
- Odyssey: The Definitive Collection
Key dates
- Published
- 2001
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- Genre
- classical music
- Composer
- Vangelis
- Performer
- Vangelis
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11 sectionsContents
- First concert: 1993
- Second concert: 2001
- Album
- Track listing
- Sales and awards
- Other appearances
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- Personnel
- 1993
- 2001
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Mythodea — Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey is a choral symphony by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis. It premiered as a single concert in Athens, Greece, in 1993 but a recording was only released in 2001 by Vangelis' then new record label Sony Classical, which also set up the NASA connection and promoted a new concert, this time with a worldwide audience.
For the 2001 version of Mythodea, Vangelis expanded and reorchestrated the original composition. It was first recorded and then played live on-stage by: Vangelis on synthesizers and keyboards, the London Metropolitan Orchestra augmented by two harpists, sopranos Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman, the chorus of the Greek National Opera, and, for the concert only, the Seistron and Typana percussion ensembles. The concert was held in Athens, Greece on June 28, 2001, but the record was officially released only on October 23, 2001, to coincide with the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft entering the orbit of planet Mars. The CD, and later the DVD, achieved a number of sales accolades around the world. In 2019 Vangelis released an album called "Nocturne The Piano Album" It featured an edited piano version of Movement 9 clocking in at 3:48.