Dutch electronic wizard Legowelt scores Stanley Kubrick's ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.

For this special Grauzone event, synthesizer legend Legowelt will provide a new soundtrack to this science fiction classic in which he combines his love for science fiction with a musical journey of discovery, electronics and imagination.

Legowelt:
There is no one like Legowelt aka Danny Wolfers who has been producing, DJ-ing and making magic with synths for 30 years and achieved international cult-status doing so. He is a key part of the Dutch West Coast scene who takes inspiration from Detroit and Chicago pioneers but also fantasy films and sci-fi culture.

Legowelt seems to be no-way-near-done when it comes to his development and added making live film scores to his resume. He got invited by Eye, the Dutch film museum, to score the screening of Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht and by ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event) to do a live score of Fata Morgana by Werner Herzog. Now he will, exclusively for Grauzone, provide a live score to the best, most influential science fiction movie ever made: Kubrick's ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.

2001:A Space Odyssey:
Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is the most important, influential sci-fi film ever made and often ranked as one of the top 10 films of all time. The film is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, ambiguous imagery and its innovative use of classical music. 

Not many films can match the influence, ambition or visionary inspiration of Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi opus. A transcendent epic that charts the evolution of humanity from prehistoric apes through to our unknowable interstellar future. The movie really has everything you could possibly want. It's got impressive outer space scenes. It's got drama that borders on horror thanks to a slightly deranged computer. Then it's got completely off-the-wall imagery and symbolism from Stanley Kubrick that still has people talking and asking questions to this day.

2001 suggested a existential shift for music in sci-fi and beyond. Kubrick specifically made Space Odyssey to be a nonverbal film, putting the music in the forefront. Pairing the 'dawn of man' sequence with the Nietzsche-inspired tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, and Johann Strauss’s 1866 Blue Danube waltz with the interstellar docking scene. Both pieces have since become synonymous with space travel; the BBC, for instance, used Zarathustra as theme music for its TV coverage of the Apollo space missions.

Legowelt's original live soundtrack on synthesizers is gonna be an unforgetable not-to-be-missed one-off experience!
Legowelt scores 2001: A Space Odyssey will take place at February 7, part of Grauzone festival.
We’ll announce the other films, symposium and exhibition on Monday January 6, expect some surprises!

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