Killer Tracks, a Universal Publishing Production Music Company, supplied the   
   otherworldly soundscape for a new video from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance   
   Orbiter (LRO) mission that reveals Earth's nearest neighbor as it's never been   
   seen before. Titled Tour    
   of the Moon in 4K, the video features breathtaking flybys of more than a half   
   dozen sites on the Moon's surface produced from data gathered by LRO and set   
   to the ethereal rhythm of Never Looking Back, a track from the Killer Tracks   
   library composed by    
   Frederik Wiedmann and Joel Goodman.   
      
   The video presents incredibly detailed renderings of the structure and   
   features of the Moon's exterior, including the Orientale Basin, a nearly   
   600-mile wide impact crater formed 3.8 billion years ago. The reason the   
   imagery looks so real, according to    
   David Ladd, the producer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is it's a full   
   3D model of the Moon built entirely from actual LRO data, rather than being   
   just an artistic approximation. Ernest T. Wright, a science data visualizer at   
   NASA, constructed    
   the lunar imagery from several data sets. "That's why this video is so   
   fascinating and awe-inspiring," Ladd says. "We are getting a look at the lunar   
   surface and information about what is under it in an all-new way."   
      
   Ladd searched the Killer Track library for music for the piece and says that   
   Never Looking Back reflected the same sense of "awe" provoked by the videos.   
   "The choice of music can make or break a project," he observes. "It can engage   
   the audience or turn    
   them away."   
      
   Never Looking Back was written and produced by Wiedmann and Goodman earlier   
   this year for their trailer music company ICON, which licenses its music   
   through Killer Tracks. Wiedmann, who won an Emmy Award for his score for the   
   animated series All Hail    
   King Julien, describes the track as electronic ambient and notes that it   
   features unusual instrumentation. The theme is carried by a guitarviol, a   
   handmade hybrid of a guitar and a violin, played with a bow. "It has a modern   
   sound and epic feel that    
   evokes mystery and a curiosity for the unknown," he says.   
      
   NASA released Tour of the Moon in 4K on its websites and social media   
   platforms. It's topped 2 million views on NASA's YouTube page and has been   
   featured on CNN, Space.com, Thrillist.com, EarthSky.org, Mashable.com, BGR.com   
   and TheSun.co.uk, among other    
   sites. "It will also be used at science conferences, in schools, museums and   
   at public outreach events," notes Ladd. "It's meant to educate, inform and   
   inspire. We not only want to share and explain science information, but we   
   hope to encourage others to    
   engage in scientific pursuits and arouse a passion for exploring our universe."   
      
   Composer Joel Goodman says that when he and Wiedmann were working on Never   
   Looking Back, they had no idea it would be employed by NASA, but adds they are   
   delighted to be part of the unique project. "When we compose music, we often   
   don't know how it will    
   be used; we start with an idea and see where it takes us," he says. "We're   
   often surprised by how others interpret our work. That's one of the great   
   things about music."   
      
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   catalog spans every    
   genre and features original works from some of the music industry's most   
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