Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks is a studio album by the British musician and producer Brian Eno, the Canadian producer Daniel Lanois, and Brian Eno's brother, composer Roger Eno. It was released on 29 July 1983 by EG Records. The music was originally written for For All Mankind, a documentary film by Al Reinert about the Apollo program, though the film was not released until 1989. The score was written and performed by the trio.

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
Studio album by
Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno
Released29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)
Recorded1981–1982
StudioGrant Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
GenreAmbient
Length48:08
LabelEG
ProducerBrian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno chronology
Ambient 4: On Land
(1982)
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
(1983)
Music for Films Volume 2
(1983)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic89/100
(extended edition)
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideB
Mojo
Pitchfork9.1/10
Q
Record Collector
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10
The Times
Uncut8/10

Music from the album has appeared in the films 28 Days Later, Traffic, Trainspotting, and The Lovely Bones, whose soundtrack sold approximately four million copies. Two of the songs from the album, "Silver Morning" and "Deep Blue Day", were issued as a 7" single on EG Records.

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