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It's always been my understanding that '2001' made it's way (almost immediately - at least in terms of tone and approach) to the MGM TV documentary 'Africa'. The similarity is so great, in fact, that when Jerry Goldsmith and crew did their reconstruction and re-recording of North's '2001' they mistakenly included the 'Main Theme' from 'Africa' in the project. "Africa" preceded "2001" in composition, and "Shoes of the Fisherman" immediately followed, almost as if allowing North to score another epic was MGM's way of compensation for the "2001" fiasco. The monumental crashing chords depicting the centuries-old splendor of the Vatican in the middle of the "Shoes" Overture (and in the album version of "The Election" cue and elsewhere) were lifted from the "Bones" cue (aka "Main Title" on the Goldsmith recording) from 2001, while the lunar cue "Moon Rocket Bus" was reused in "Shoes" as "Solitary Pilgrimage." BTW, there's an interesting interview with Alex North's son, Alex, and his wife Abby concerning the Intrada release of "2001." http://www.examiner.com/review/2001-a-space-odyssey-the-unused-score-music-by-alex-north North formed Dylanna Music, named after Dylan and Alex's wife Annamarie: http://www.dylannamusic.com/HOME.html
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The confusion is not so surprising given that the score that they were recording — 2001 — had strong commonalities with other major North works, including Shoes of the Fisherman, Dragonslayer and one of his symphonies. It could easily have registered with everyone involved as just a composition that happened to sound like Africa.
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