From Raw Deal:
I always said I like talking to a sharp guy. You don’t waste breath. Precious thing, breath.
When people think of the soundtrack to 2001: A Space Odyssey, they think of Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, but the soundtrack is suffused with the sound of breathing, which is what I think of. The breathing in the space suits, in the space pod, as Dave decommissions HAL9000, and in the final scene, as the old man Dave meets his end.
Posted by Lichanos 
