All rights reserved.Ĭ Editor, Contributor Watch the Apple Music original short film " Visions of Harmony" about the Juno mission-inspired songs at collectSPACE.įollow on Facebook and on Twitter at collectSPACE. "It is kind of interesting that it all comes down to musical notes, basically," Bolton said. "What they really are is musical notes that, based on what musical note is sent, how something is doing. "The whole spacecraft is set up to send out tones during this critical maneuver when we go into orbit," said Bolton. "Juno represents what you can create when you mix a lot of different people together - some more scientific, some more artistic, some more creative, some more analytical - and we can use that as example of how humanity can do even more," Bolton said.īeyond the symbolic though, music is also integral to Juno itself in how the probe will communicate its status as it enters polar orbit around Jupiter. The relationship between the Juno mission and music was natural, according to principal investigator Scott Bolton. "And in fact there will be a little bit more that is going to be done with Bill Nye in Apple University, so you will see that in the fall." that in the fall will be available in digital form for to use, distributed via our Apple University product," Kondrk said. "We are also working on an interactive guide. The agreement between NASA and Apple is such that the space agency neither incurs expenses nor reaps funds from the project.
The tracks are available through Apple Music and iTunes for $1.29 each, with the exception of Reznor's and Ross' "Juno" and Quin's "LightSpeed," which are 99 cents each. Other contributors to Apple's "Destination: Jupiter" include British songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, singer Quin, rapper GZA the Genius, and the Mexican rock band Zoé. Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor and composer Atticus Ross recorded "Juno," a nine-minute cinematic soundscape that serves as the soundtrack to the project's original short film, "Visions of Harmony." Reznor and Ross previously created the Academy Award-winning score for Sony Pictures' 2010 movie "The Social Network." "When Apple and NASA asked us to be involved with Juno's historic landing on July 4th, this song seemed like the perfect fit," Rivers Cuomo, Weezer's lead vocalist, wrote on the band's website about their single, "I Love the USA." Eight tracks varying in style and genre have been recorded to date by performers including country music singer Brad Paisley and the alternative rock band Weezer.
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