| DVD, 51 minutes, IMAGE...In 1916, Gustav Host, a composer of music and self-admitted mystic, wrote a brilliant orchestral suit entitled The Planets. This work has been enjoyed by millions in concert halls, under the stars in outdoor amphitheaters, and at home on phonograph records, audio tapes and compact discs. Sixty years after The Planets was written, internationally renowned keyboard artist and composer. Isao Tomita created a highly popular electronic version of the Holst suite. It is The Tomita Planets that award-winning Director Don Barrett has chosen for the soundtrack of his musical video grand tour of the Solar System. Barrett makes use of actual outer space photography returned to Earth by the Marnier, Viking, Voyager, Pioneer, Magellan and Galileo spacecrafts. That footage, combined with supercomputer animation and special digital video effects created expressly for The Planets, is choreographed to the Holsts/ Tomita music. Scientific accuracy throughout the planetary segments co-exists with artistic license within transitional material (including portions labeled Interlude) to create a magnificent marriage of sight and sound, art and science. Writer/ Director Don Barett is one of the worlds most prolific creators of original videos. His works have received both critical acclaim and public praise, and have been twice nominated for Best Special Interest Video for the Year by the American Film Institute. Among his 24 releases are: The Voyager Odyssey (1977-1989), The Wonderful Planet, The Floating World Destination: Universe, The NFL Football Trivia Game and The Story Of The Space Shuttle..... Click here or on the image for details | 
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