Appearances in Other Media
- "Pulstar" was used as the theme music for a children's BBC television programme, Horses Galore. It was also used as an early theme tune for ESPN's SportsCenter and ABS-CBN's news program TV Patrol. Some local newscasts used Pulstar as theme music, including WNEV in Boston, CBLT in Toronto and CFCF (channel 12, CTV) in Montreal. Pulstar is also the name of an arcade shoot 'em-up published by SNK in 1995. In Brazil it appeared on a TV ad for the cigarette brand Advance, in a high-tech styled, three-minute long clip by director João Daniel Tikomiroff involving several cigarettes rolling and moving to make geometric shapes. It was an instantaneous success due to its vanguard look for the time.
- Excerpts from "Pulstar" and "Alpha" can be heard on episodes of Carl Sagan's documentary series Cosmos, along with several other Vangelis themes. "Alpha" was used over animation illustrating evolutionary theory, with the music's climax timed to coincide with the appearance and achievements of humans.
- An excerpt from "Pulstar" was used as the title track in the 2009 BBC documentary Micro Men.
- Excerpts from "Pulstar" and "Alpha" were used in the 1980 film Death of a Princess. Despite the controversy over the film that outraged the government of Saudi Arabia, two tracks of its music (namely, 'Pulstar' and 'Alpha') were used for a long time as background music for interludes on Saudi national TV.
- "Alpha" was used in the 1981 XXX movie American Desire.
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