ORIGINS BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON 

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Extraterrestrial to terrestrial,‘Origins‘ (SBB Original Soundtrack) spans space, time, matter, and continuum. Featuring songs by Ornette Coleman… to Musical Pioneer Blind Wille Johnson (whose ‘Dark Was the Night’*) was shot into space — included on the 1977 Voyager.

*Dark Is the Night by Blind Willie Johnson was (aboard the 1977 Voyager) included on the Golden Record — chosen by American astronomer and Planetary Scientist Carl Sagan to represent human sound to possible extraterrestrial life.

*The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) by Missy Elliot was the first hip hop song transmitted into deep space by NASA to Venus — on July 15th 2024.

TRACKLIST

PREFACE: A Meditation on the Origins of Science and the Science of Origins

Science Fiction             Ornette Colman

OVERTURE: The Greatest Story Ever Told

E.T. (Extraterrestrial)             Outkast

Part I: The Origin of the Universe

Universal Consciousness             Alice Coltrane 

CHAPTER 1: In the Beginning                

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face              Roberta Flack

CHAPTER 2:  Antimatter Matters 

Pink Matter            Frank Ocean (feat André 3000)

CHAPTER 3: Let The Light Shine 

Shining Star             Earth, Wind & Fire

Sun Is Shining Bob Marley & The Wailers

CHAPTER 4: Let There Be Dark       

Slipping Into Darkness             War

CHAPTER 5: Let There Be More Dark 

Dark Was the Night            Blind Willie Johnson

CHAPTER 6: One Universe or Many?

57821 Janelle Monáe ‍

Part II: The Origin of Galaxies and Cosmic Structure

CHAPTER 7: Discovering Galaxies 

Computer Love Zapp & Roger

CHAPTER 8: The Origin of Structure

Walking In Space Quincy Jones

The Space Program A Tribe Called Quest

Spacemen Duke Ellington

Space Is The Place Sun Ra

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Part III: The Origin of Stars

All The Stars       Kendrick Lamar & SZA

CHAPTER 9: Dust to Dust 

Dust Dorothy Ashby

CHAPTER 10: The Elemental Zoo

The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) Missy Elliot

Water No Get Enemy Fela Kuti

Atomic Dog George Clinton

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Part IV: The Origin of Planets

Saturn       Stevie Wonder

CHAPTER 11: When Worlds Were Young

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CHAPTER 12: Between the Planets

Saturn SZA

Sally Ride Janelle Monáe

Rocket Love Stevie Wonder

hey now Kendrick Lamar (feat Dody6)

CHAPTER 13: Worlds Unnumbered: Planets Beyond the Solar System   

Another Part Of Me     Micheal Jackson

7 Prince & The New Power Generation

Part V: The Origin of Life

CHAPTER 14: Life in the Universe

CHAPTER 15: The Origin of Life on Earth

CHAPTER 16: Searching for Life in the Solar System

CHAPTER 17:  Searching for Life in the Milky Way Galaxy

Voyage To Atlantis The Isley Brothers

CODA: The Search for Ourselves in the Cosmos

Say You‘ll Go Janelle Monáe