Morton Subotnick
Return (LP)
FormatLPLabelNew AlbionGenreExperimental
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Commissioned to mark the 1985-86 return of Halley's Comet and premiered with an accompanying planetarium sky-show at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles in 1986. Return is a 36-section electronic score realised entirely on the YCAMS (Yamaha Computer Assisted Music System) at Yamaha's R&D facility in Glendale, California, where Subotnick had research access during the system's development.
The piece is a chronological journey: the first half traces creation from the beginning of the universe to 1758 (the year Edmond Halley correctly predicted the comet's return); the second half follows the comet's appearances from 1758 to the projected 1986 return and beyond. Sections include Earth: The Beginning of Our Solar System, 12 B.C., 1066 (the comet's appearance recorded on the Bayeux Tapestry), Giotto (after the Giotto di Bondone Adoration of the Magi in the Scrovegni Chapel, with the comet as the Star of Bethlehem), 1682=Halley, 1910, 1986 and Future. Foster Reed's San Francisco label New Albion, which had launched in 1984, released the recording in glossy picture sleeve with insert interview.
Release notes
Subtitled: a triumph of reason. Return was realized on the Yamaha Compouter Assisted Music System. Recorded at the Yamaha Research and Developpement Studios (Glendale, California, USA). Includes a 12x12 sheet with a short interview with the composer. (C)(P) New Albion Records 1986
| A1 | Start... Beginning Of The Universe | ||
| A2 | Comet 1.. Clouds | ||
| A3 | Earth. The Beginning Of Our Solar System | ||
| A4 | Comet 2.. First Appearance At Earth | ||
| A5 | Descending Dance | ||
| A6 | First Chord A Passage Of Time | ||
| A7 | Chord Dance: Dance Of Destruction | ||
| A8 | Low Note Transition To Time Travel | ||
| A9 | Comet 3... Leads Into 12 B.C. | ||
| A10 | 12 B.C. | ||
| A11 | Comet 4 | ||
| A12 | Comet 5 | ||
| A13 | 1066 | ||
| A14 | Comet 6 | ||
| A15 | Giotto | ||
| A16 | Transition | ||
| A17 | 1682=Halley | ||
| A18 | Comet 7 | ||
| A19 | Crescendo To Coda | ||
| A20 | Coda=Return | ||
| A21 | D Major | ||
| B1 | D Major | ||
| B2 | Building To 18th Century | ||
| B3 | 18th Century | ||
| B4 | Transition | ||
| B5 | Building To 19th Century | ||
| B6 | Five Chords | ||
| B7 | 19th Century | ||
| B8 | Transition | ||
| B9 | 1910 | ||
| B10 | Transition | ||
| B11 | 1986 | ||
| B12 | Transition | ||
| B13 | Future | ||
| B14 | Coda | ||
| B15 | Epilogue |
- Karen Ezekiel
- Artwork
- Morton Subotnick
- Composed By
- Keith Cohen
- Engineer
- JG
- Lacquer Cut By
- Ara Guzelimian
- Liner Notes
