The film “ORBIT: Journey To The Moon” will be shown on Discovery HD Europe and Asia Pacific at 1am on July 20th and again at 8pm on July 21st 2009. Right on the 40th Anniversary of the moment man stepped onto another planet for the first time.
The second phase of the project “ORBIT – Beyond The Moon” will be complete by December 2009 and will tour the US in 2010. The tour will feature a 61 piece orchestra, choir and full screen back projection system featuring the footage from the moon missions and amazing CGI animations of our galaxy and beyond.
Please check back for the tour dates which we’ll announce here on the site as soon as they are confirmed.
ORBIT are Andrew W. Ellis & Craig Leon.
Craig Leon is a composer, arranger and producer. He has worked with some of the leading artists of his generation in both classical and cutting edge pop recording over the last three decades. Credits include Pavarotti, Talking Heads, Natasha Marsh, Blondie, The Ramones, Flesh For Lulu, Jeffery Lee-Pierce and Joshua Bell.
Andrew W. Ellis is a Grammy nominated art director and designer. He has worked with Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Dave Gilmour, DuranDuran, Jeffery Lee-Pierce, Flesh For Lulu, Jimmy Page, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross and ABBA. His original “Choose Life” range of T-Shirt designs for Katharine Hamnett became a much copied graphic global icon and have just been re-released.
Go Guys. I hope your Eagle lands with grace. Looking forward to seeing and hearing it all. Great Project…. Best wishes Nathan