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- Summary: The latest compilation of Canadian artist Mort Garson's work features music he wrote for ads, a track for the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, as well as TV and movie scores.
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- Record Label: Sacred Bones
- Genre(s): Electronic, Soundtracks, Stage & Screen, Experimental Electronic, Easy Listening, Exotica, Instrumental Pop, TV Music, Space Age Pop
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The WireSep 5, 2023This batch is a collection of film and advertising themes that stretch the limits of library music. “See The Cheetah”, credited to The Big Game Hunters, would have had all the kids frugging at a 1990s easy listening club. Best of all is “Moon Journey”, Garson’s symphony of tootling chugs, zaps, bloops and blasts that scored the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing on CBS News. [Sep 2023, p.66]
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Sep 5, 2023Just as rewarding as the deeper dives into Garson's discography, Journey to the Moon and Beyond's breadth makes it a tremendously entertaining time capsule and a must-listen for his aficionados.
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Sep 5, 2023Journey is a carefully curated sampling of Garson’s talents as a composer, arranger, synthesist, and sound designer. It adds to his mystique as a channeler of otherworldly frequencies, a grinning virtuoso tapping into the beyond one patch cable at a time.
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UncutSep 5, 2023It's a rather ragtag collection. .... You do, however, really get a sense of what a playful, unique and ahead of his time composer Garson was. [Sep 2023, p.42]