The deal with NASA made Mythodea the official music of the mission involving the spacecraft 2001 Mars Odyssey. This mission took the spacecraft to the orbit of Mars on October 23, 2001, and the audio CD of Mythodea was scheduled to be officially released on the same day. The premiere of Mythodea was held on June 28, 2001. The setting was the ancient (6th century BC) Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, Greece. The spectacle involved 224 musicians on stage. The budget was set at US $7 million.
The concert used NASA's Mars imagary combined with elements of ancient Greek mythology among the projected imegary, resulting in a surprisingly focussed combination.
" I made up the name Mythodea from the words myth and ode. And I felt in it a kind of shared or common path with NASA's current exploration of the planet [Mars]. Whatever we use as a key - music, mythology, science, mathematics, astronomy - we are all working to decode the mystery of creation, searching for our deepest roots." - Vangelis - NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey official website
All music composed, arranged and produced by Vangelis.
He also wrote the lyrics in Ancient Greek.
Length: 1:16:21
Codec: div3
Audio Codec: AC3
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