Planetary Chronicles Vol. I Meadville PA

Planetary Chronicles Vol. I

Jonn Serrie

New World Music, 1992

REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 07/01/2004

When I was in the Cub Scouts - a fact I'm not proud of - one ofour big field trips was when we got to go to a planetarium. We'dsit back in the seats, stare at the ceiling - obviously inpreparation for some mind-numbing job we'd have at some point inour lives - and watch as the darkess was illuminated by a lightshow of stars while our ears were filled with trance-like music andfacts read by someone who fancied themselves to be the next JamesEarl Jones. With all of that training in my youth, it's a miracle Ididn't become a serial killer.

Betcha never gave a second thought as to who created the musicyou heard in the planetariums you visited - that is, unless youwere there for the laser show orchestrated to the music of PinkFloyd. One such artist is Jonn Serrie, and from the notes I have,he appears to be the top of his field, having been selected tocreate music for events involving the likes of George Lucas,Charlton Heston and Vincent Price. (What?!? No Shatner?)

Planetary Chronicles Vol. 1 is a selection of five musicalpieces from such works, all of them instrumental.

That's about as descriptive as I can get in this review.