SPACE ANTHEM
Huge spaceships and rotating space stations floating through the galaxy to the three-four time of the Viennese waltz – this iconic scene was created by Stanley Kubrick in his movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The harmony between the weightlessness of space and the lightness of Johann Strauss' waltz The Blue Danube made film history. What was once heard in the grand ballrooms of Vienna suddenly became the anthem of space.
Since then, The Blue Danube Waltz has regularly accompanied scenes aimed at depicting weightlessness. But it’s not just fictional characters like Homer Simpson that have been sent floating through the air in three four time; The Blue Danube Waltz has also found a place in real space travel. Astronauts on the International Space Station regularly enjoy the sounds of the Viennese Waltz during wake-up calls and docking maneuvers.