2001: A Space Odyssey

I did not like the film 2001: A Space Odyssey when I watched it in high school, and I thought that after watching it again this time while focusing on the music I would appreciate it more, but I still did not like any part of this movie. Although the theme is very well known and a well written piece, the music overall is not melodic or in any way an asset to the film. While the space ship is traveling to the moon there are random waltzes playing, which are very pretty pieces but they seem to have no relevance to the action. I did not feel that the "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies" had anything to do with a spaceship. Also all of the music used in the film was stock music. I checked on the DVD case and a composer was not even credited, leading me to believe that the music was all borrowed from other composers. When the main theme or random waltzes were not being played there was a lot of noise made by a synthesizer. I would not call this music necessarily because it had no harmony, melody, rhythm, or key. It sounded at many times like an orchestra was warming up. There was also a great deal of time where there was no music which was almost better because the music seemed so out of place. There was a scene too where the one man was floating off into space where there was absolutely no sound at all, not even diegetic sounds. Overall, I did not think the music enhanced the movie or benefitted it in any way except for the beginning and ending scenes when the main theme was played.