The Music of Battlestar Galactica.

OmegaRed

So important I felt that it needed its own thread.

First off all let me start off by saying that Bear McCreary is a frakin' geniuses. I loved ever piece of music. My two favourite songs are Admiral and Commander (Exodus parts 1 and 2) and Storming New Caprica (Exodus 2). I still get chills listening to Storming New Caprica and at the part where the Galactica jumps it the atmosphere and falls to the planet while lunching the Vipers. Best, part, ever!

Wikipedia has some good content on the music. Worth a read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Battlestar_Galactica_(reimagining)

Looking forward to getting season 4 OST.

tvnutz

The music is brilliant. I love his version of all along the watchtower. I remember when the four of the final five were being revealed and that song was being used,I was just thinking how brilliant the music was and how much it added to that whole reveal.

I also love the Opera House music. Its a brilliant soundtrack.

telemachus

tvnutz wrote: »

The music is brilliant. I love his version of all along the watchtower. I remember when the four of the final five were being revealed and that song was being used,I was just thinking how brilliant the music was and how much it added to that whole reveal.

I also love the Opera House music. Its a brilliant soundtrack.

+ 1 on the opera house, I think the opera section in that late episode of season one where Six takes Baltar into the now intact opera house to see the cradle is probably my favorite ever section of the show; I think it's why i'm slightly miffed at what the grand future relating to the child came to be , that scene had me enthralled from then on as to the grand future of Baltar.

MisterAnarchy

tvnutz wrote: »

I also love the Opera House music. Its a brilliant soundtrack.

Its my favourite tune ,its "The Shape of Things to Come".

Leprachaun

tvnutz wrote: »

The music is brilliant. I love his version of all along the watchtower. I remember when the four of the final five were being revealed and that song was being used,I was just thinking how brilliant the music was and how much it added to that whole reveal.

I also love the Opera House music. Its a brilliant soundtrack.

It's by BT4 if you wanna download the whole song.

eamon234

The knockoff Celtic style stuff was a bit annoying mind you.

degrassinoel

eamon234 wrote: »

The knockoff Celtic style stuff was a bit annoying mind you.

i quite liked that, i think part of the reason i enjoyed the music so much is that it was varied from what seemed like every culture. Am glad the celtic bit was included in the list of extraordinary music.

User45701

i like
adama falls
batlestar sonatica

both very good ones from season 3.
have all the other season sound tracks and looking forward to season 4's. I liked piece in 401

noodler

Season 2 is my outright favourite. There is a whole sequence of brilliance going on there from Pegasus to Prelude to War. The Lords of Kobol version they used on the Pegasus epidoes was an absolute travesity compared to the album version.

Something Dark is coming is king, it was randomly watching that unbelievable opening ten minutes to LDYB Pt1 that I made up my mind to byt the season 2 OST.

Season 3 has grown on me bit by bit as time goes on though. Obvious choices are the crunchy gutairs from All along the Watchtower or the heroism of Kats Sacrifice. Songs like Violence and Variations and Somebody to trust have really started to grow on me recently (prob cos if Daybreak Part 1). Heeding the Call by the way, what a track, they used it well in the show but I personally would have preferred the main part of the song to REALLY kick in once the final four had entered the room and the camera moving about the room highlighting their various reactions (Tigh shouting denials violently, Chief in quite shock, Anders in fear and Tory on the ground crying btw!)

Season one hasn't grown on me though. Maybe it is beacuse alot of the song are redone in 2 and 3 and I listened to them first. Wander My Friends is good though.

Syferus

eamon234 wrote: »

The knockoff Celtic style stuff was a bit annoying mind you.

Nope.
The Irish music was only ever used in variations of the Adama family theme, and it was always effective when it was used. A definite highlight.

AnCapaillMor

Got a srious Buzz when starbuck started practising on the piano and it broke into the full song.

Vokes

In the last episode, right at the end where Hera looks up to the sky just before the 150,000yr fast forward....... what is that bit of music playing, does anyone know ?

User45701

Vokes wrote: »

In the last episode, right at the end where Hera looks up to the sky just before the 150,000yr fast forward....... what is that bit of music playing, does anyone know ?

we wont get the names till the season 4 sound track is out i assume?

noodler wrote: »

Season one hasn't grown on me though. Maybe it is beacuse alot of the song are redone in 2 and 3 and I listened to them first. Wander My Friends is good though.

Same here but very odley there seems to be a different season 1 track in the US than here in the EU and i like the other one but i cant find where to buy it.

I dont really listen to much music so i dont know are sites that let you listen to songs illigal? there is one i went to (am i allowed to say it started with dee because that gives away **** all if you google it and you would have to know the site to know what im talking about?) it had a complete album of bsg music that was different to the 3 i already have.

Vokes

User45701 wrote: »

we wont get the names till the season 4 sound track is out i assume?

Well, that particular piece sounded somewhat familiar (could be wrong of course) - must get my hands on it. OST can't come soon enough.

The majority of the music in the finale end seemed to me to be an excellent reworking of all the major pieces of the various scores throughout the miniseries + 4 seasons interwoven together:

BSG Theme
Opera House
Passacaglia
Adama Family
Adama + Roslin
Lee + Kara
Colonial Theme
+ lots others

Magnificent.

Annatar

What about the tiny bit of music as the fleet goes sunwards...
From the original series.

Scráib

My personal favourite is 'Reuniting' which they played in season one (or two?) when Galacitca rejoined the fleet, and then at the end of 'The last Frakking' special' when the cast were essentially saying their goodbyes to the fans.

That piece of music is just beautiful. I even have it on my iPod!

MisterAnarchy

Vokes wrote: »

In the last episode, right at the end where Hera looks up to the sky just before the 150,000yr fast forward....... what is that bit of music playing, does anyone know ?

It is 'One Year Later' from the 2nd season OST.;)

Vokes

Nice one.

So thats the track that's playing when the camera zooms in on Baltar's head (right after he's elected) and then zooms out a year later?

Super piece of music.

MisterAnarchy

Vokes wrote: »

So thats the track that's playing when the camera zooms in on Baltar's head (right after he's elected) and then zooms out a year later?

Exactly.That was some season finale.

Calibos

Vokes wrote: »

Nice one.

So thats the track that's playing when the camera zooms in on Baltar's head (right after he's elected) and then zooms out a year later?

Super piece of music.

Yeah, I loved that piece in the finale episode. Thrilled when I was listening to the other soundtracks the otherday and realised it had actually been used before in the Season 2 soundtrack.

I could listen to all the soundtracks all day long. Best TV series music ever!!

Kevok

http://www.bearmccreary.com

He has a blog on his official site above. His most recent post today is amazing.

Vokes

Great stuff a 2-disc set for the season 4 OST.

It's mad that Bear converted the musical cues of the Watchtower theme into actual Galactica-verse coordinates. Super nerdy

ManOfMystery

I've downloaded an MP3 of the Bear McCreary version of Passacaglia, its probably my favourite piece of symphonic music ever ............. I'm not normally a fan of that type of arrangement, but something about this one just gets to me.

Tenger

Are the soundtracks only avail online? Haven't seen them in HMV, and iTunes has no Bear McCreary stuff.

Currently sans credit card so online ordering not an option.

Am in the states next week so may look there.

noodler

Bramble wrote: »

Are the soundtracks only avail online? Haven't seen them in HMV, and iTunes has no Bear McCreary stuff.

Currently sans credit card so online ordering not an option.

Am in the states next week so may look there.

You should get a cc to be honest.

Never seen them in bricks and mortar shops here and got 1-3 online fairly cheap.

Bacchus

Fantastic soundtrack to the show
Playlist of it here on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlcUwUwjLrs&feature=PlayList&p=16FAF3A034237F84&index=32

Tenger

noodler wrote: »

You should get a cc to be honest.

Have just got rid of two!!!!!!!!!!

Am 'restructuring' my finances and paid them off,will get a new one in a few months. Wife got the U2 tickets and I don't plan to order online until Starcraft 2 comes out!

Syferus

A two disc season four soundtrack?
A box set of material from Razor and The Plan and off cuts that didn't fit on the other soundtracks?
And Caprica pilot soundtrack pretty much next month to add to that?

Best news all week.

The finale was laden with so many little flourishes it does derseve a disc of it's own to show them off and let us hear them in their fullness.

It's also worth noting how good it is that they brought McCreary back to compose the music on Caprica because I'm sure it will mean some manner of musical continuity between the shows, which is no bad thing considering how coherant and genuninely good Battlestar's music has been.

MisterAnarchy

Just saw this,would love to go.

Bear McCreary's music written for Battlestar Galactica is going to be performed in Germany (in the Hagen Theater from 7 March onwards for 13 weeks).
It has been transformed into a 36 minute long piece of orchestral music and will be accompanied by ballet.

As it is orchestral music, music that never could be performed before in Bear's live concerts (like the last ones in the Roxy in LA) can be performed now.

It will be one of the three featured pieces in the evenings programme called "Three Faces". Tickets can be purchased at: http://www.theater.hagen.de/index.php?id=14&st=129

User45701

if its ok to link to the songs on youtbue try www.deezer.comand just search battlestar they have all the bsg stuff including some bsg songs that are defiantly not on my sound tracks -could be from the min series

Syferus

User45701 wrote: »

if its ok to link to the songs on youtbue try www.deezer.comand just search battlestar they have all the bsg stuff including some bsg songs that are defiantly not on my sound tracks -could be from the min series

The mini series has its own soundtrack cd, composed by Richard Gibbs.

MisterAnarchy

Upcoming projects ,the first 3 will be in 2009.:D

1. Caprica Soundtrack
2. 2 Disc Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Soundtrack
3. Razor/The Plan Soundtrack
4. CD Of Unreleased Battlestar Galactica Music
5. Music Of Battlestar Galactica Concert DVD

noodler

Haha, milking BSG FTW!

Well if season 4 is two discs for the same price-feck it!

dimejinky99

Noticed the theme tune for the original series at a few points in the last episode. As well as a few original Cylons. Nice touch.

magick

can anyone tell me the music used in the end of exodus part 1 , when Adama is giving the speech to the crew before the end of the ep?

Syferus

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Upcoming projects ,the first 3 will be in 2009.:D

1. Caprica Soundtrack
2. 2 Disc Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Soundtrack
3. Razor/The Plan Soundtrack
4. CD Of Unreleased Battlestar Galactica Music
5. Music Of Battlestar Galactica Concert DVD

From what he said he's leaning towards, the Razor/The Plan cues will be on the prospective boxset of unreleased BSG music, not a seperate album.

User45701

i just realised i shouldhave posted this in here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CguEY9e2SqQ

Its Bear playing the new caprica tune - early edition

Syferus

Syferus wrote: »

From what he said he's leaning towards, the Razor/The Plan cues will be on the prospective boxset of unreleased BSG music, not a seperate album.

I was mistaken - Iwas taking that from McCreary's earlier comments on one of his blog posts, not the newer update.

All and all, I don't care about abot McCreary doubling up as I'm more interesting in all of those releases than most other prospective music releases.

OmegaRed

Season 4 OST available July 21st:

http://www.bearmccreary.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Season-Bear-McCreary/dp/B0028ERCMU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1244267239&sr=1-1

2 CD's

Derek Coleman

I got my hands on the Caprica Soundtrack at last and its very good. Delighted to have something new to listen to until July 21st. 1 month from now.

noodler

The new picture for the soundtrack.

EDIT: From Bear's site: The tracklisting is now available too!
http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=2107

noodler

Wheres a good place to buy this actually?

I don't really want to pay the 27 sterling Amazon.co.uk are asking.

jor el

It's 40euro on Cdwow, that's crazy money for a CD. The soundtrack is more expensive than the DVD!

I won't be buying that at release, like I was planning to do.

noodler

Its only 17 dollars from Amazon.com but havent't checked what it will come to with tax and shipping.

MisterAnarchy

Had the priviledge of listening to the Season 4 OST today and I can categorically say that it is the best soundtrack I have ever heard .
A Masterpiece and I dont use that word lightly .

GSPfan

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Had the priviledge of listening to the Season 4 OST today and I can categorically say that it is the best soundtrack I have ever heard .
A Masterpiece and I dont use that word lightly .

You are not Helping! :mad: Why cant it be out today.... its not fair.

OmegaRed

Listening to some of the tracks on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5WGn0fn0hM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLSeX7lJJMY

So epic! When I get home I have to watch the Finale again!

noodler

There appears to be absolutely no one on this side of the pond stocking this for a reasonable price.

jor el

noodler wrote: »

There appears to be absolutely no one on this side of the pond stocking this for a reasonable price.

Yeah, it's a bit crap alright. I pre-ordered on Amazon.com anyway, $26 incl expedited shipping. Doesn't ship till the 28th though, and then it'll be about 10 days for delivery.

GSPfan

If anyone wants to get their hands on the songs and get them on to their ipod then I suggest downloading "Free Studio Manager". Has a nice download from youtube and convert to mp3 feature.

Kiith

GSPfan wrote: »

If anyone wants to get their hands on the songs and get them on to their ipod then I suggest downloading "Free Studio Manager". Has a nice download from youtube and convert to mp3 feature.

Fairly sure thats illegal. Your basically downloading copyright material.

Soundtrack is brilliant, in case anyone is wondering.