Artist	Song	Buy
John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra	Main Title Theme from Star Wars
from Encore!: Best of the Boston Pops (2004)
Star Trek	Star Trek (Main Theme)
from The Ultimate Star Trek (2000)
David Bowie	Space Oddity
from Best of Bowie (2002)
Elton John	Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
from The Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (2002)
Queen	Flash's Theme
from Flash Gordon (1994)
Styx	Mr. Roboto
from Styx: Greatest Hits (1995)
Oingo Boingo	Weird Science
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo (2002)
Zager And Evans	In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
from Nipper's Greatest Hits 60's, Vol. 2 (1999)
Parliament	Mothership Connection (Star Child)
from The Best of Parliament - Give Up the Funk (1995)
The Byrds	Mr. Spaceman
from The Essential Byrds (2003)
John Williams	Suite (From "Close Encounters of the Third Kind")
from The Music of John Williams - 40 Years of Film Music (Box Set) (2003)
Meco	Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band
from The Best of Meco (1997)
Buchanan And Goodman	The Flying Saucer
from Top 40 Rock n Roll (2010)
Train	Drops of Jupiter
from Drops of Jupiter (2001)
The Flaming Lips	Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1
from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2006)
The Tornados	Telstar
from The Tornados Play Telstar and Other Great Hits (2010)
Radiohead	Paranoid Android
from The Best of Radiohead (2008)
Beastie Boys	Intergalactic
from Solid Gold Hits (2005)
Steve Miller Band	Space Cowboy
from The Best of 1968-1973 (2006)
Parliament	Theme from the Black Hole
from Gloryhallastoopid (2005)
Sun Ra	Space Is the Place
from Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (1973)
Pram	The Last Astronaut (Andy Votel Mix)
from Somniloquy (2001)
MC Frontalot	Yellow Lasers
from Nerdcore Rising (2005)
Smog	I Am Star Wars!
from Julius Caesar (1993)
Genesis	Watcher of the Skies (New Stereo Mix)
from Foxtrot (2008)
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
from Due South (1996)
John Williams	The Imperial March
from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2004)
Billy Lee Riley	Flyin' Saucers Rock 'N' Roll
from The Best of Sun Rockabilly (2006)
Leonard Nimoy	Highly Illogical
from Spaced Out - The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner (2005)
David Bowie	Starman
from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Remastered) (1999)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression, Pt. 2
from Come and See the Show - The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer (2008)
Styx	Come Sail Away
from Styx: Greatest Hits (1995)
SoftLightes	The Robots In My Bedroom Were Playing Arena Rock
from Say No to Being Cool Say Yes to Being Happy (2007)
Trans Am	Futureworld
from Futureworld (1999)
Stanley Clarke	Vulcan Princess
from Stanley Clarke (1989)
Creedence Clearwater Revival	It Came Out of the Sky
from Chronicle, Vol. 2: Twenty Great CCR Classics (Remastered) (2006)
The Misfits	I Turned Into a Martian
from Walk Among Us (2006)
XTC	Science Friction
from Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles Collection (1977-1992) (2009)
Kanye West, GLC & Consequence	Spaceship
from The College Dropout (2004)
The Rolling Stones	2000 Light Years from Home
from Their Satanic Majesties Request (2005)
Leonard Nimoy	Music to Watch Space Girls By
from Spaced Out - The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner (2005)
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army	Are "Friends" Electric?
from Replicas (1998)
Bernard Herrmann	Prelude and Outer Space
from The Day the Earth Stood Still (2003)
The Ames Brothers	Destination Moon
from Destination Moon & Other Favorites (2011)
The Orb	Into the Fourth Dimension: Essenes in Starlight
from The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1994)
Deep Purple	Space Truckin'
from The Very Best of Deep Purple (2005)
Rush	Red Barchetta
from Moving Pictures (Remastered) (2011)
Billy Preston	Space Race
from Ultimate Collection: Billy Preston (2000)
Duran Duran	Planet Earth (Single Version)
from Greatest (2008)
Neon Neon	I Told Her On Alderaan
from Stainless Style (2008)
Spizzenergi	Where's Captain Kirk?
from Where's Captain Kirk? the Very Best of Spizz (2002)
Ornette Coleman	Science Fiction
from The Complete Science Fiction Sessions (2000)
Earth, Wind & Fire	Jupiter
from All 'n' All (1997)
The Alan Parsons Project	I Robot
from Ultimate the Alan Parsons Project (2004)
The Police	Omegaman
from Ghost In the Machine (Remastered) (2003)
Flight of the Conchords	Robots (Live)
from The Distant Future - EP (2007)
Crosby, Stills & Nash	Wooden Ships
from Crosby, Stills & Nash: Greatest Hits (2005)
Drive-By Truckers	Puttin' People On the Moon
from The Dirty South (2004)
The Stranglers	Waiting For The Meninblack
from (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2003)
The B-52's	Planet Claire
from The B-52's (2008)
Richard Barone	Barbarella
from Between Heaven and Cello (2007)
Marvin Gaye	A Funky Space Reincarnation
from Here, My Dear (1994)
Elvis Costello	Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)
from Mighty Like a Rose (2005)
Be-Bop Deluxe	Honeymoon On Mars
from Modern Music (2004)
Bo Hansson	Lothlorien
from The Lord Of The Rings (2002)
Magma	The Last Seven Minutes
from Attahk (2009)
Return to Forever	Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
from Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1991)
The Bonzo Dog Band	I'm the Urban Spaceman
from Tadpoles (2007)
Blue Öyster Cult	Take Me Away
from Don't Fear the Reaper - The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (1996)
Yes	Starship Trooper: A. Life Seeker, B. Disillusion, C. Wurm
from The Yes Album (Remastered) (2005)
Iron Maiden	To Tame a Land
from Piece of Mind (2011)
A Flock of Seagulls	Modern Love Is Automatic
from Platinum & Gold Collection: A Flock of Seagulls (2003)

Comment:

Danger, Will Robinson! You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of [i]mind[/i]. From the days of bubble-helmeted space cowboys (and their bubble-headed comical sidekicks), science fiction (or "S.F.", but [i]never[/i] "sci-fi") has loomed large in pop culture.including music. Whether Jedi knight or imperial storm trooper, Reese's Pieces-loving alien or scary visitor from an alien solar system, they all entered our lives with theme music that etched its presence on our puny Earth-brains in a way that no mere visual ever could. So blast off with us (and a few of our close musical pals, from Pink Floyd, Parliament, and Oingo Boingo to John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra) on a mission to boldly play the galaxy's finest tunes!

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