Mars 1001
Original score · Mirage3D · 2018
A fifty-minute fulldome film produced by Robin Sip at Mirage3D, telling the story of a hypothetical first human expedition to Mars. Unusually for the format, it was built from real sets, life-size props, and live actors shot on green screen, composited with CGI — modest by feature-film standards, but a significant undertaking for 8K fulldome, where the medium had been almost entirely computer-generated until then. Science journalist Miles O’Brien was among the cast. The score combines original music composed by Mark Slater with excerpts from the classical repertoire, recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at Smecky Studios and mixed in London by Gerry O’Riordan.
Listen
Selected cues from the score.
From the film
The crew, the Mars Transit Vehicle, and the expedition on the Martian surface.
From the sessions
Recording with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra at Smecky Studios, Prague.
Awards
- Best Fulldome Cinematography — Reflections of the Universe International Fulldome Festival, Yaroslavl, Russia. Presented by cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin, with the certificate signed by Valentina Tereshkova — the first woman in space — who visited the festival on 16 June, 56 years to the day after her spaceflight.
- Best Science Communication Film — 9th Beijing International Film Festival, “Science & Technology” section, selected from 31 films and shows including giant-screen, 4D, and dome works.
Credits
Music composed by Mark Slater.
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra · Smecky Studios, Prague.
Mixed in London by Gerry O’Riordan.
Produced by Robin Sip · Mirage3D · 2018.