I do love the music, but not for the film. However, I think that the end of the cue provides a lot more of an unsettling feeling than Kubrick simply repeating the beginning of Ligeti's music.
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If Kubrick helped NASA to produce the visuals for Apollo he certainly lifted his game significantly. He also changed the look of the moon from this old jaggedy look that everyone had thought the lunar surface looked like.
The Ligeti composition is definitely superior for the unease it brings to the viewer. I thought the exact same thing as another reviewer wrote... this version sounded a bit like Star Trek. Might not be bad but would definitely have dated the movie and definitely not as unsettling as the score chosen.
With Ligeti’s original music the contrasts in this scene are fascinating. The film itself pulls out all the stops to excite our wonder, awe and terror, yet the humans on the rocket bus discuss this profound discovery in the most dispassionate, blandest way possible, as if they were taking a trip to the dentist. This is sheer genius.
While I understand and agree with what you're saying, North's music was original, not the music eventually used in the film (that is, not original to the picture). If anything, it was the so-called temporary track music that was the better choice, though in the end, it wasn't temporary.
For those wondering: this piece is actually called "Festival Fifty." It was written in 2008 (or 2009) for the 50th anniversary of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, by Maurice Wininsky, then a member of the bass section. The orchestra performs it here under former Music Director Andreas Delfs. I figure this video is titled "Olympic Spirit" because this piece sounds a lot like John Williams's Olympics music!
