2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused) is Alex North’s composed soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick’s landmark science fiction film, ultimately rejected in favor of the now-iconic compilation of classical music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8239846 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused) Context triple: [Alex North, notableWork, 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused)]
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A.
Apollo 13 (film score)
Apollo 13 (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by James Horner for the 1995 space drama film "Apollo 13," noted for its emotional depth and patriotic, suspenseful themes.
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B.
Alien (1979 film score)
Alien (1979 film score) is Jerry Goldsmith’s atmospheric and suspenseful orchestral soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film Alien, renowned for its eerie textures and tension-building themes.
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C.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind film score
The "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" film score is John Williams’s landmark, thematically rich orchestral soundtrack renowned for its innovative use of a five-note motif to communicate with extraterrestrials.
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D.
The Martian (film score)
The Martian (film score) is a science fiction film soundtrack by composer Harry Gregson-Williams that blends orchestral and electronic elements to underscore the survival story of an astronaut stranded on Mars.
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E.
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score)
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score) is an influential, avant-garde film soundtrack known for its experimental orchestration and pioneering use of unconventional percussion and tonal techniques.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused) Target entity description: 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused) is Alex North’s composed soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick’s landmark science fiction film, ultimately rejected in favor of the now-iconic compilation of classical music.
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A.
Apollo 13 (film score)
Apollo 13 (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by James Horner for the 1995 space drama film "Apollo 13," noted for its emotional depth and patriotic, suspenseful themes.
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B.
Alien (1979 film score)
Alien (1979 film score) is Jerry Goldsmith’s atmospheric and suspenseful orchestral soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s science-fiction horror film Alien, renowned for its eerie textures and tension-building themes.
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C.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind film score
The "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" film score is John Williams’s landmark, thematically rich orchestral soundtrack renowned for its innovative use of a five-note motif to communicate with extraterrestrials.
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D.
The Martian (film score)
The Martian (film score) is a science fiction film soundtrack by composer Harry Gregson-Williams that blends orchestral and electronic elements to underscore the survival story of an astronaut stranded on Mars.
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E.
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score)
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score) is an influential, avant-garde film soundtrack known for its experimental orchestration and pioneering use of unconventional percussion and tonal techniques.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Stanley Kubrick filmography
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science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| basedOn |
2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)
NERFINISHED
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2001: A Space Odyssey (screenplay) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | MGM production 2001: A Space Odyssey ⓘ |
| composer | Alex North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerBirthName | Isadore Soifer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| composerOf |
Main Title (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score)
NERFINISHED
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Stargate (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| era | 1960s film music ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Adrift (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score)
NERFINISHED
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Discovery (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Eat Meat and Kill (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ HAL (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Main Title (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Moon Rocket Bus (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Station Docking (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Talk (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Stargate (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ The City (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Foraging (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Transformation (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Trip to Jupiter (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Trip to the Moon (from 2001: A Space Odyssey original score) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| medium | orchestra ⓘ |
| musicGenre |
classical music
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film score ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey
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being rejected in favor of classical needle-drops ⓘ controversy over director’s decision to discard original score ⓘ |
| recordedForLabel | Varèse Sarabande NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rejectedBy | Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseForm | album release of original score ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Also sprach Zarathustra
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Atmosphères NERFINISHED ⓘ Lux Aeterna NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blue Danube NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-existing classical music recordings ⓘ |
| status | unused score ⓘ |
| usedIn | early cuts of 2001: A Space Odyssey ⓘ |
| writtenForFilm | 2001: A Space Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused) Description of subject: 2001: A Space Odyssey (original score, unused) is Alex North’s composed soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick’s landmark science fiction film, ultimately rejected in favor of the now-iconic compilation of classical music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.