The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, conducted in July 1975, was the first joint U.S.-Soviet space flight. The event symbolized the slow and gradual easing of political tensions between the two superpowers.
"Apollo-Soyuz" in turn chronicles a careful collaboration between two opposing forces. Similarly, the music video uses the classical elements of earth, air, water, and fire to represent the theme of opposing forces coming together. The track opens with an introductory speech, held by an ambient texture and a piano motif. A bright bass guitar answers with the same phrase, before molding into a solid groove that in turn carries the first piano motif as it's presented again.
Written by Michael William Chambers
Published by All Your Genres Are Belong To Us (SOCAN)
Public domain samples and audio clips from:
NASA Audio Highlight Reels, Soundbites and Launch Sounds | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Available at: archive.org/details/nasaaudiocollection
Cover artwork based on Cosmonaut Space Suit (photo credit: Stefan Schweihofer)
Music video is a derivative of the following works used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) license:
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