3 Things to Know About Also sprach Zarathustra’s Sunrise Fanfare
- The fanfare is the opening of Richard Strauss’s 1896 tone poem, inspired by Nietzsche’s philosophy.
- It became world-famous only after Stanley Kubrick used it in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Without Kubrick’s choice, the piece would likely remain a lesser-known classical work.