Track listing
- Wingless Sting [0:18]
- Theme from Capsule [1:53]
- If You Could See (Sitting in a Tin Can) [0:32]
- Something Wrong [1:07]
- Pretty Far Out [1:05]
- Feeling Very Still (Pts. 1 & 2) [1:21]
- Far Above the World [2:19]
- There's Nothing I Can Do [1:27]
- Very Much (She Knows) [1:19]
- The Spaceman (An Ending) [0:48]
- Black Box (Post-Credits Scene) [0:32]
- The Spaceman's Theme [1:59]
- A Most Peculiar Orbit [0:51]
- The Pod in Space [0:51]
- Message Aftermath (Space Transition) [0:15]
- My Spaceship Knows Which Way to Go [2:47]
- Can You Hear Me? [0:51]
- Your Circuit Is Dead [1:23]
- Time to Leave the Capsule [1:13]
- Space Reel (A Lament) [0:42]
- Signals [1:29]
- Capsule Sting [0:10]
Capsule was our two-part science fiction drama from February 2011, filmed in-studio at Plymouth University. Inspired variously by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Red Dwarf, Dan Doyle: Space Person and "Space Oddity", the short opens with Sam trapped aboard his training capsule in deep space, having become stranded after the destruction of his mothership. Dealing with the on-board computer "Pod", Sam is forced to come to terms with his situation and impending fate.
Musically, the project was initially inspired by John Barry's score for You Only Live Twice (1967), which blends sci-fi tension and bombast ("Capsule in Space") and Oriental strings and harps ("Tanaka's World", "The Death of Aki"). In particular, the Capsule Theme was derived from the chimes and plucked string motif from "The Wedding", evident in one of the project's earliest tracks, "A Most Peculiar Orbit". The central theme appears in a variety of forms throughout the score, primarily played in full in tracks two and thirteen.
"Something Wrong" and "Pretty Far Out" are the score's first incidental music cues, covering Sam learning about his predicament and questioning Pod. Tracks such as "Far Above the World" and "There's Nothing I Can Do" were composed prior to filming, and were left unused in the finished edit as they did not match the atmosphere of the footage. These tracks were partly inspired by the music for the Halo series. Tracks nineteen to twenty-two were composed as demos during production, and were completed following the film's release, for inclusion on an expanded version of the soundtrack.
Many of the track titles reference lyrics from David Bowie's "Space Oddity". "Pretty Far Out" is a reference to the Flight of the Conchords parody song "Bowie". The film features a fingerstyle guitar version of "Space Oddity" performed by JAW, which was not included on the soundtrack release.
Musically, the project was initially inspired by John Barry's score for You Only Live Twice (1967), which blends sci-fi tension and bombast ("Capsule in Space") and Oriental strings and harps ("Tanaka's World", "The Death of Aki"). In particular, the Capsule Theme was derived from the chimes and plucked string motif from "The Wedding", evident in one of the project's earliest tracks, "A Most Peculiar Orbit". The central theme appears in a variety of forms throughout the score, primarily played in full in tracks two and thirteen.
"Something Wrong" and "Pretty Far Out" are the score's first incidental music cues, covering Sam learning about his predicament and questioning Pod. Tracks such as "Far Above the World" and "There's Nothing I Can Do" were composed prior to filming, and were left unused in the finished edit as they did not match the atmosphere of the footage. These tracks were partly inspired by the music for the Halo series. Tracks nineteen to twenty-two were composed as demos during production, and were completed following the film's release, for inclusion on an expanded version of the soundtrack.
Many of the track titles reference lyrics from David Bowie's "Space Oddity". "Pretty Far Out" is a reference to the Flight of the Conchords parody song "Bowie". The film features a fingerstyle guitar version of "Space Oddity" performed by JAW, which was not included on the soundtrack release.