LIGHTSHIP
  COMMAND:
  Hyperlight
  Conditions

  AUDIO:
  sub-space

Serrie's list of achievements and contributions is both diverse and esteemed.

  While at Lucasfilm,
  I was able to spend
  some time with Gary
  Rydstrom, sound
  designer on The
  Empire Strikes Back
  and Return Of The
  Jedi.

  Rose Center of
  Earth and Space,
  New York City

  Formerly known as
  the Hayden
  Planetarium

He was comissioned to compose the music for the world's first interactive planetarium theatre production about the advanced application of robotics in space with Lucasfilm and the Rose Center Of Earth and Space in New York City. His music has been heard in hundreds of theatres worldwide including London, Munich, Sweden, Japan, China, Canada, South America and Australia. He scored the IMAX Corporation and Space Telescope Science Institute  feature film about the Deep Field survey of galaxies researched at the edge of the known universe.

 "Galaxies Across
  Space And Time"

  Narration:
  Barbara Feldon

  Direction:
  Dr. Frank Summers

  Music:
  Jonn Serrie

  Post Production:
  David Keighley
  70 mm IMAX

  Computer
  Resolution
  Versions

The film won major award categories at the Large Format Academy Awards Festival in Los Angeles.


Jonn's music is also featured in the planetarium theatre aboard the Queen Mary II, the world's most advanced cruise ship.

  The Planetarium theatre on board the
  Queen Mary II was designed and built
  by Sky Skan, Inc.

  Steven Savage, President
  Glenn Smith, Project Manager

 "Power And Grace"

 EAA Oshkosh
Theatre In The Woods

 Concert presentation
 with Jonn Serrie

His music is used in World's Fair exhibits around the globe, including the Futures Pavilion in Seville that recieved first place for Best Science Exhibit. Jonn has contributed music to PBS (John Glenn an American Hero), the Discovery Channel "Wings" series, the Weather Channel, the U.S.Navy Blue Angels, custom music for aviation's aerobatic champion, Patty Wagstaff and a unique presentation of educational narrative and live music with NASA astronaut Story Musgrave called "Space Stories".

  "Nobody sets foot on
   stage with 
   Story Musgrave
   without being
   Instrument Rated..."

  Just to make sure I
  had the honor, I
  earned the
  Commercial
  Rating as well.

Jonn has composed music for the hit Hollywood film "What The Bleep Do We Know?" starring Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin and for the Bernie Segal Wellness DVD series. Jonn performed worldwide at the Anniversary Celebration of Apollo 11 with Neil Armstrong in attendance, televised live from Cape Canaveral, as well as premier performances at the Ansari X-Prize and International Space Development Consortium events in Washington, DC.

  Neil Armstrong
  X-15 pre-flight
  1961

  Apollo/Saturn 5 Visitor Complex
  Kennedy Space Center
  Cape Canaveral, Florida

  This is where the
  Anniversary Celebration of
  Apollo 11 took place.

  Roger McGuinn of the Byrds
  and I were the musical guests.

  The astronauts who participated
  in Project Mercury, Gemini and
  Apollo were present along with
  NASA personnel going back to
  the 1950's.

 

"My music exists to help us explore a
sense of ourselves and our place in the universe".