So, yeah, my dad put out a new music video.
John Boswell over at Colorpulse Music is a mad genius, sampling both Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series into three minutes and thirty-four seconds of pure, concentrated awesomeness:
Love it, love it, love it. Dad would have loved it, too.
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A wonderful remix of a wonderful series from a wonderful person.
Posted by: Tony | September 27, 2009 at 08:27 PM
This is awesome. :-)
Posted by: Fur Gots | September 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM
I'm glad you liked it too, Nick. I watched it over and over all weekend long and can't get parts of it out of my head. Disappointing that it's a little over my four-year-old's head yet, but I'm looking forward to sharing it with her when she's a bit older.
Posted by: Leon Baradat | September 28, 2009 at 03:36 PM
"A still more glorious dawn awaits
Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise
A morning filled with 400 billion suns
The rising of the milky way"
Chills ran down my spine.
Posted by: Jimbo | September 29, 2009 at 09:55 AM
Best music video. Ever.
And the YouTube comments brought me to your site and my first glimpse of your books, which I look forward to reading, especially Idlewild.
Posted by: Rachel Morris | October 02, 2009 at 06:50 PM
i kept playing it over and over again. it's etched in my mind.
just awesome.
Posted by: toomanytribbles | October 03, 2009 at 04:32 AM
"Cosmos" was very important to me, so I was a little skeptical when I first learned of this (via Boing Boing). When my friend Austin emails the link to me, and says that this is proof that there s still talent in the US & Great Britain, then, and only then, did I check it out.
This... is moving.
Posted by: Robert Little | October 04, 2009 at 06:04 PM
Beautiful video of a beautiful human being.
Posted by: Katie Malone | October 07, 2009 at 06:44 PM
Cosmos changed my life as a child. I couldn't have been more than 7 when I found a show that talked to me and not down to me. I watched every episode every time it ran. It gave me the wonder of the universe that I carry with me to this day.
Then, this song comes out and taught me something new, something I did not realize - your father was a poet. His turn of phrase was simple, yet awesome and powerful.
I am going to go and buy Idlewild as I hear you have similar talents!
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=676023076 | October 08, 2009 at 05:08 PM
I'll echo the sentiments above. This artist's treatment Dr. Sagan's works made me tear up and shiver in a way I didn't think possible, considering the application of the dreaded autotune. The chorus is absolutely haunting.
At the same time, it brought me to this site and to your novels that I wasn't aware of. I look forward to discovering them.
Posted by: Michael Burton | October 10, 2009 at 02:21 AM
It's so beautiful and awesome. I love it!
Posted by: Hope | October 17, 2009 at 02:51 PM
There's a new video up by the same artist (featuring Carl again). It's just as beautiful and addicting as the first one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk&feature=player_profilepage
Posted by: Tristan Liedel | October 22, 2009 at 11:52 AM
i love it
a absolutely love it
Posted by: luis felipe gaviria | October 25, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Nick, I found your site after viewing A Glorious Dawn. When I first went to watch the video, I expected something rather campy. Instead, I was deeply moved by your father's prose (sung or not) accompanied by such beautiful images of the cosmos.
Posted by: Elisa | November 06, 2009 at 03:07 PM
My six year old daughter knows all the words to it and the other "we are all connected" but "glorious dawn" is our favorite. I think I might play over and over a bit much :)
I did some websearching on your father's personal life and my heart is happy to know he has offspring! I am glad to know you exist.
Posted by: Theresa | November 09, 2009 at 12:23 PM
I cried when I saw this. So well done. Howbefitting for one of the kindest, gentlest, wisest souls we have to miss.
Posted by: adam | November 13, 2009 at 01:21 PM
What can I say? Just beatiful!!!
This video make me feel... happy, melancholy, hopeful... many feelings in a single one. Thanks for sharing this little masterpiece.
Maybe our children, or the children of our children, are gonna contemplate an amazing and marvelous dawn like this one.
Hey Nick: your dad and Stephen Hawking are the best astronomers I've known in all my life!!!!
Greetings from La Paz-Bolivia-South America... XDDDDD
Posted by: Antonio Miranda | November 16, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Never knew Carl had a Son, your very lucky to be the Son of the greatest man to ever live :) Love Mr Sagan he was a genius and has inspired me ever since I seen Cosmos.
Love this music also, theres 2 more out now http://www.symphonyofscience.com/
Posted by: Ste | November 28, 2009 at 08:00 PM
Amazing! Your father always fascinated me from an early age and I still can't get enough years later!
Posted by: Carmen Tomassetti | December 14, 2009 at 09:40 PM
Amazing video! Cosmos really inspired me to learn as much as I can about science and the universe.
Posted by: Alexander Blake | December 27, 2009 at 04:46 AM