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  Cube said:
But he completely and utterly failed. He set out to prove that TV shows don't need character/plot themes or any orchestrated music.

 

Still, doesn't change the fact that it was utterly awesome.

 

Well, true, he really never made a proper theme song for characters, the only one I can think of that resembles that is the "Adama-Roslin" song, and also "Pegasus". Instead he always used songs that fit in the on-screen action. His music is based more on the situation, he uses different music for the same characters, depending of their actions.

 

Also, he has used before an orchestra to perform for the show, the only time he wasn't allowed to use orchestral elements was in the first season (lack of budget). His score, though, blends really well when he merges synth and real world instruments. Heavy use of percussion and other etnichal instrumentation are convicing enough with good quality sound banks, sounding almost like the real thing.

 

The "DayBreak" finale, though, had unmistakably heavy sessions of orchestral music performed in Eastwood Scoring Stage by Warner's own orchestra. Even the "Colonial Anthem" used in this episode is very different from the synth-based rendition he used in the mini-series. "Passacaglia" would have sounded awful had it been made in a computer, string intruments don't translate very well and sound very artificial even with good sound banks from good orchestras.

 

Very interesting that he is also scoring "Caprica" with the same orchestra: http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=1089

 

Looking forward to hearing what he composed for this.:)

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  Meo said:
Well, true, he really never made a proper theme song for characters, the only one I can think of that resembles that is the "Adama-Roslin" song, and also "Pegasus".

 

There are actually quite a lot. I didn't say it (or orchestrated music) was a bad thing. In fact, I absolutely love the music.

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  Cube said:
There are actually quite a lot. I didn't say it (or orchestrated music) was a bad thing. In fact, I absolutely love the music.

 

No character has really a fixed theme. There is no "Lee Adama" theme or "Gaius Baltar" theme; characters are tied to plot music that happens to involve those characters. If you look at the official soundtracks playlist you'll never see a "Theme" there, you'll see "Starbuck on the Red Moon" or "Starbuck Takes on All Eight". Plot music for characters.

 

About the rest, you quoted me when I said that his music was fantastic, and you said "he completely and utterly failed", and "He set out to prove that TV shows don't need character/plot themes or any orchestrated music.", implying that he didn't use any orchestrated music, hence my response. Maybe I misunderstood what you tried to say.

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Anyone have an idea how long we will have to wait before there's a complete DVD boxset with all the seasons... and if we're lucky with the mini seris and Razor included?

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  Ashley said:
Also apparently it will have extended episodes from 4.5.

 

Hopefully we'll get all the extended episodes.

 

I think I'll wait until The Complete Series is out before getting Season 4 & The Final Season (and I may just pick up the complete pack, depending on price - I got the Season 1 - 3 box set when I already had seasons 1 & 2 because it was cheaper than Season 3 + Miniseries). I think I'll be waiting until The Plan to watch through it all again anyway.

 

It'd be nice if it had all the episodes (including the current extended episodes, the extended Unfinished Business and the Season 4 extended episodes), the miniseries, Razor and The Plan in one complete pack. Hopefully they'll also update the disks (IIRC, Season 1 doesn't have the handy "Play All" option) so they all share the same menus and stuff.

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Yeah I'm gonna wait for the Complete Set hope it has the miniseries and Razor at least... would be waiting way too long if i had to wait for one with The Plan also.

 

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Right, I finally watched all of Season 4 over the past couple days.

 

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Yeah I found it and have it but will watch it tonight as some of us have things to do during the day :p

 

(maybe I should stop mocking you jayseven...)

 

Either way, the programme itself doesn't air for 8 months so no rush eh? ::shrug:

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  Daft said:
Everyone still loves the series finale even though it undermines everything?

 

Yes. 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.

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Are we using 'everything' in the literal sense because if so I want detailed lists, preferably with graphs :heh:

 

I personally found it an enjoyable conclusion. I like the show, but I am not passionately in love with it to be able to spot the potential faults if I'm honest but im willing to hear.

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  Cube said:
Yes. 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.

 

That's a different question.

 

  jayseven said:
I'll bite.

 

Yes.

 

I've posted what I'm on about,

 

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