SF Signal has a guest post about science fiction music<\/a>. The focus of that post is on instrumental music, and in that category one album that comes to mind is Mike Oldfield\u2019s \u201cSongs of Distant Earth,\u201d<\/a> named after the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.<\/p>\n But if one branches out to vocal music, then there is a piece that deserves to be better known than it is: a setting of Ray Bradbury\u2019s poem\/cantata \u201cChristus Apollo\u201d by Jerry Goldsmith<\/a>, well known for his film<\/a> scores<\/a> for many movies, including quite a number in the science fiction genre.<\/p>\n The piece can be listened to in parts<\/a> on<\/a> YouTube<\/a>. I\u2019m embedding the first part here. An excerpt from the text of Bradbury\u2019s poem that I shared once before<\/a> will follow below the video. You can read the piece in its entirety<\/a> online in more than one place<\/a>.<\/p>\n