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A blue-sky Mars of seas, forests and white cities at dawn
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Red Horizon

A Mars Odyssey

Ten orchestral tracks follow HELIX's first crew to Mars, and the generations who grow up under its butterscotch sky, from a farewell on Earth to a starship leaving the Sun behind.

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A blue-sky Mars of seas, forests and white cities at dawn
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We Are The Stars

Captain Kaia Okafor takes the starship NOVA out past Saturn.

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Red Horizon

Ten tracks, one story

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Lena kneeling in the wet grass, seen from above01Earth RememberedLiftoff through storm clouds at dawn02IgnitionThe Ares in deep space, Earth a dot behind it03The Long SilenceLena's palm against the viewport with Mars beyond04Ghost PlanetThe capsule wrapped in orange plasma05DescentA boot pressing into red soil06First FootfallThe Milky Way with Phobos over the outpost07Red Dust & StarlightYuki rocks baby Nova at the dome glass08Children of Two WorldsMira with her face to the first rain09The Long ViewNOVA leaves the solar system10We Are The Stars
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The characters speak

Thirty-second scenes from each track, voiced by the people who lived them. Every Short points back to its full video and its chapter here.

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One switch. Seven months of home, gone in a thud.Scene 13One switch. Seven months of home, gone in a thud.A robot looked up at us and said hello. I cried.Scene 12A robot looked up at us and said hello. I cried.My daughter gave me a three-hundred-year-old toy. I am taking it to another star.Scene 29My daughter gave me a three-hundred-year-old toy. I'm taking it to another star.I've known this patch of ground for three years. Today it looked back.Scene 11I've known this patch of ground for three years. Today it looked back.
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Daniel Dash Music makes cinematic orchestral albums and gives each one a world: characters, chapters and films you can explore track by track.

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