“2001: A Space Odyssey” Music Massacre

by Chris Hardwick on September 24, 2009

Film by Kubrick. Music by Strauss. Performance by FAIL.

Though, we can’t be too hard on the orchestra: The Portsmouth Sinfonia was founded in the 70s with the requirement that all of its members had to be either non-musicians or new to the instrument they picked up.

Mission accomplished!

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19 comments

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Dan hickson September 24, 2009 at 5:43 pm

Fail. just Fail

Kaileigh September 24, 2009 at 5:50 pm

OMG. Will somebody please check and see if my ears are bleeding? I would but I think the horns temporarily halted the function of my limbs…..

Aaron September 24, 2009 at 6:26 pm

sounds like the tortoise sex line played backwards.

West September 24, 2009 at 8:00 pm

“Wow, that was something else!”

“You mean it was good?”

“No, it was something else.”

Jason September 24, 2009 at 11:49 pm

Wow, it’s the musical equivalent of having your mom catch you masturbating…in her bedroom

NURUL September 25, 2009 at 12:12 am

Hy nerdist ..? wow .. i like A SPACE ODDISEY ??

Zola the Gorgon September 25, 2009 at 1:16 am

Stupendous, I love it. So this is what raw enthusiasm sounds like…

coloween September 25, 2009 at 3:18 am

I cant breathe I’m laughing so hard. This is now going to be my wake up music.

tyson September 25, 2009 at 5:57 am

this is amazing

thorsten September 25, 2009 at 10:49 am

the horror…

Deltus September 25, 2009 at 12:44 pm

Sweet baby Jesus, that made my SOUL hurt. I stopped it at 12 seconds, I couldn’t take any more.

Lisa G September 25, 2009 at 2:39 pm

Oh, that’s made of win! The only way to improve on this would be to see the faces of the “musicians” as they played.

markfromhouston September 26, 2009 at 3:50 am

no, Lisa G, it’s the conductor’s face you want to see.

thanks, nerdist, for showing us this. it is a spectacular treat. “spectacle” being the root word, there.

honnysays September 26, 2009 at 6:21 am

Wow, so that’s what an elephant massacre sounds like!

jeffkoe September 27, 2009 at 6:00 am

They were chewing bubble gum, and the gum became lodged in the mouth piece of their horns. That’s the only possible explanation.

MastaFast September 30, 2009 at 6:49 pm

That was the worst ever interpretation of that usually wondrous piece I have ever heard. My ears started bleeding. Something I thought before only my mother’s nagging could do.

You should put that on WebSoup dude. “Things You Can’t Un-hear!”

Jackson October 1, 2009 at 9:32 am

This is actually from a CD from 1993 called “Dead Parrot Society: The Best of British Comedy”. There are multiple tracks of the same orchestra playing well known music badly and other stuff from the likes of Monty Python.

Still hilarious though.

ModstRob October 1, 2009 at 11:31 am

I think that if this was the actual soundtrack the movie would be a lot more fun to watch.

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