100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #5: Vangelis, Alpha

If you were around at the time, in the early 1980s you may have seen a science series called Cosmos, fronted by Carl Sagan.  He sped around the universe in a little dandelion-seed spaceship explaining the mysteries of science in affable yet erudite terms.  One of the featured pieces of music was this gem from Vangelis.  Its structure is relatively simple, starting quietly and building up to an agreeably powerful crescendo, but the magic within it is altogether overwhelming.  And today, at 74 years old, Vangelis lives on, his mystique and private life very much intact.

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