Steve Thomas’ Music is Out of This World
 
Innovative composer provides soundtracks for movies of evocative Earth imagery captured from the International Space Station.

November 8, 2024
Shades of Blue featured on the Earth Serenade series produced in collaboration with UCTV and the Association of Space Explorers.

October 27, 2024
Sunset Serenity is featured on the Earth Serenade series produced in collaboration with UCTV and the Association of Space Explorers.

October 6, 2024
Association of Space Explorers (ASE) and the University of California Television (UCTV) announced their Earth Music Theater partnership and launched  Earth Serenade on UCTV’s popular Arts Channel.  A newly remastered Windows on Earth kicked off the programming as the first Earth Movie feature. Additionally, Guitarscapes music was featured at the ASE Planetary Congress media event held October 4th in Amsterdam.
 
July 2023
Windows on Earth places you in the International Space Station, looking out the cupola windows. The 48-minute movie inspires with evocative and unique views of Earth captured from the International Space Station, while Thomas’ music helps you float along and immerse yourself in the experience. The music was originally created for several Steve Thomas projects, notably his Audnoyz Project and Guitarscapes
 
Released by The Association of Space Explorers (ASE; the professional association of flown astronauts) and TERC, a STEM-education nonprofit, Windows on Earth is available in 4K resolution and is free for public viewing at Earth Movie Theater’s YouTube channel or at the website.

Earth Movie Theater is an ongoing collaboration between TERC, ASE, and NASA's Crew Earth Observation program that showcases astronaut photography. Each movie animates thousands of still photographs into varied and evocative views of Earth to deliver a visually compelling experience with world-class music, serving as a valuable tool for learning about Earth and planetary stewardship.
 
Steve Thomas’ music soundtrack for Windows on Earth was first commissioned by TERC in 2008 for Richard Garriott's trip to the International Space Station. TERC also commissioned Thomas to provide sound design for a permanent exhibit installation of Windows on the World at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. “It seems only fitting to bring all this imagery together with the original soundtrack, using today’s video-creation tools,” said Dan Barstow, Education Mission Specialist for ASE and founder of Earth Movie Theater, who oversaw the movie animation. “What a pleasure it is to bring together these thousands of astronaut photographs, setting them in motion in such a compelling presentation today for the space explorers of tomorrow.”
 
“I was excited to hear from Dan Barstow, who brought me in when TERC commissioned the 48- minute Earth Orbits soundtrack created to accompany the specially developed Windows on Earth software for the 2008 Richard Garriott Mission to the International Space Station,” recalls Thomas. “I was immediately intrigued by Dan’s description.

He mentioned he was reimagining the original soundtrack with astronaut photography of Earth, and he was interested in usingsome of the new music I was working on. With that call, a new collaboration was born. Dan selected music that resonated with him and I selected material that worked with the visuals I was drawn toward. It’s thrilling to be part of a collaboration that’s truly out of this world.”

Click here to listen Steve Thomas' Guitarscapes in Earth Movie Theater videos.