For Strauss’s 200th birthday and ESA’s 50th, Vienna set out to correct a 1977 oversight. The Voyager Golden Record left Earth without The Blue Danube, despite Kubrick making it the de facto soundtrack of space.
A motion design world bridging Voyager’s 1977 visual language with a contemporary toolkit assisted by AI. The film anchored the live event at Vienna’s MAK Museum, where the Wiener Symphoniker performed The Blue Danube before ESA transmitted it into deep space.
I joined Roman Buchberger (Roberto Roboto) as motion design support and animated large stretches, combining 2D/3D and AI assisted passes. To keep up with the pace I built custom motion tools during production. Credited as Editor alongside Roman.
On May 31, 2025, ESA transmitted The Blue Danube from Cebreros toward Voyager 1. The campaign hit NPR, Euronews, The Register, Fox Weather and Space.com, completing the Golden Record’s missing track.