Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
Studio album by
Released29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)
Recorded1981–1982
StudioGrant Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
GenreAmbient
Length48:08
LabelEG
ProducerBrian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Brian Eno chronology
Ambient 4: On Land
(1982)
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
(1983)
Music for Films Volume 2
(1983)

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks is a studio album by the British musician and producer Brian Eno, the Canadian producer Daniel Lanois, and the composer Roger Eno, who is Brian Eno's brother. It was released on 29 July 1983 through EG Records. The music was originally written for a documentary film about the Apollo program, For All Mankind, though the film was not released until 1989. The music was written and performed by the trio.

Music from the album has appeared in the films 28 Days Later, Traffic, and Trainspotting, whose soundtrack sold approximately four million copies. Two of the songs from the album, "Silver Morning" and "Deep Blue Day", were issued as a 7" single on EG Records.