This is a complete explanation of the opening to '2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
This is the protracted intro to 2001: A Space Odyssey where you hear the powerful humming sound of the black monolith that, according to Kubrick, represented alien beings millions of years old, progressing from biological beings to “immortal machine entities", and then into "beings of pure energy and spirit"; beings with "limitless capabilities and ungraspable intelligence.” The thundering composition here is called Sprach Zarathustra and it is heard at three pivotal moments in the film: The Dawn of Man, Jupiter, and Beyond the Infinite. In all 3 instances, this composition follows a revelation or revealing of something greater, or a movement of man to a higher level of knowledge. This is a very powerful and iconic score.
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