The Blue Danube – Johann Strauss II (2001: A Space Odyssey)
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The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (German for "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866.
The piece was prominently used in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz is heard as a space plane approaches and docks with a space station, and then again while another spacecraft travels from the station to the Moon. It is also heard over the film's closing credits.
The piece was prominently used in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz is heard as a space plane approaches and docks with a space station, and then again while another spacecraft travels from the station to the Moon. It is also heard over the film's closing credits.