pete 902 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Live BSG album coming this week and remastered soundtracks (just download I assume) and the live album will be released on CD by Lala... Pretty extensive interview here too! https://gizmodo.com/battlestar-galacticas-bear-mccreary-knows-what-concert-1847006819 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWMike 117 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Still great after all these years. Signed CDs available from LLL this Tuesday. Unsigned CDs on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Say-All-Battlestar-Galactica-Live/dp/B0941B4Y82 For anyone who didn't see the live shows or catch it on youtube, these versions are certainly quite different at times and may take some getting used to. On the other hand that means getting to dig in to some 'new' BSG for the first time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 21 hours ago, serenifly said: For anyone who didn't see the live shows or catch it on youtube, these versions are certainly quite different at times and may take some getting used to. Different doesn't mean bad. This is still one of the best things McCreary has done: Romão and ChrisAfonso 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWMike 117 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said: Different doesn't mean bad. This is still one of the best things McCreary has done: Didn't say it did. Weird that that's what you took from what I said. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Looking forward to this. I don't love all of Bear's music for BSG, but there's enough great material for a 2 cd set of highlights, at the very least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, serenifly said: Didn't say it did. Weird that that's what you took from what I said. Oh well. I didn't, not from your comment. But often people will complain about "re-recordings" sounding different, so I wanted to emphasise that this is often the whole point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Quote AUTOGRAPH EXCLUSIVE SO SAY WE ALL: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA LIVE SNS102 Music by Bear McCreary RETAIL PRICE: $15.98 STARTS SHIPPING JUNE 8 Order yours starting June 8 at 12 noon (pst) at www.lalalandrecords.com COMPOSER BEAR McCREARY CELEBRATES THE RELEASE OF HIS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SCORES ON STREAMING SERVICES WITH THE RELEASE OF A LIVE ALBUM SO SAY WE ALL (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA LIVE) GET YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY NOW, exclusively from La-La Land Records! From the composer: To start this process, the Battlestar Galactica live record that began life over a decade ago is, at long last, complete. I’m thrilled to announce that So Say We All: Battlestar Galactica Live, will be available this Friday (June 4) from Sparks & Shadows on all streaming platforms, along with limited signed copies available in partnership with La-La Land Records next week (June 8). In addition to these newly produced live arrangements, check out your favorite streaming platforms for the long-awaited arrival of my original scores for the first four seasons of the soundtracks! Bear McCreary Live Album Interview: TRACK LISTING: 1. A Distant Sadness 2. Prelude To War 3. Baltar’s Dream 4. Roslin and Adama 5. Apocalypse 6. Fight Night 7. Something Dark Is Coming 8. Wander My Friends 9. Lords Of Kobol 10. Storming New Caprica 11. Heeding The Call 12. All Along The Watchtower 13. Colonial Anthem / Black Market https://secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/show/4our-2el811--uzxl6-ag4f6q4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Always good to be reminded of this fantastic f*cking show (BSG). The first two seasons in particular were flat out among the best TV ever. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 What didn't you like about seasons 3 and 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I did like seasons 3 & 4. They were good. But I also think there was a lot of treading water, like the writers didn't quite know what to do with it (which was the case in fact). And there were a few just really bad episodes in there (Hero, Black Market) whereas I don't think there was a bad moment in seasons 1 & 2. Not that they're bad by any stretch, just the first two seasons set such a high bar that I don't think the latter two could match up to. But those first two seasons, damn, they even rivalled Game of Thrones at its high point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,367 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, Nick1066 said: But those first two seasons, damn, they even rivalled Game of Thrones at its high point. I consider BSG in its prime (which, as you said, was in its first two seasons) better than any era of GoT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 You're probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,736 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Edmilson said: I consider BSG in its prime (which, as you said, was in its first two seasons) better than any era of GoT. The first 2 seasons were definitely the best, yes. The best Thrones easily trumps the best BSG for me, but I do generally prefer Bear's scoring to Ramin's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,637 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I missed the zeitgeist of BSG and watched it all a handful of years after the finale. I, too, thought it was really good but today my most vivid memory is Fat Lee Adama and looooooooool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,314 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 thought the BSG pilot was good but....the series was garbage. Shot on video to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I just noticed that the remastered versions of the Season 1, 2, 3, and 4 OST albums are on digital platforms now https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bear-mccreary/204012062/see-all?section=full-albums Anybody listened yet and have an opinion on how they sound compared to the original releases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I recently re-listened to the miniseries album, and then all 4 season albums. This was my first time listening to any of this music in quite a while! So many memories of the music, as well as the show itself, had faded, so it was nice to rediscover these scores. They're really good! I had a vague memory that Gibbs' miniseries score was nothing special and quite different from Bear's series scores, but on this listen I realized how much the entire series' musical approach all stems from this. It's clearly a low budget score, but it works great, the sparse orchestrations and percussive drive are very enjoyable. And I was reminded by the booklet that Bear was already working on the show at this point too. Then the season 1 OST begins in much of the same style but slowly expands a bit with new newer ideas and bigger arrangements. It's ultimate a better and improved version of what we got from the miniseries. It was nice to hear the show's main title music again too! And it's cute to see Bear working with Raya all the way back here at the start of it all! Season 2 continues to bring new new ideas, like a string quartet track By season 3 we're switching from style to style, string quartets, piano sonatas, japanese instrumentation, solo vocalists, percussive rhythmic tracks... and then at the end we get that great Dylan/Hendrix/McCreary hybrid All Along The Watchtower which is great! That was such a memorable TV moment and its impact is still felt every time I listen to the track. A great idea that was executed perfectly. The season 4 album was interesting, it was more subdued than I remember, being for the final season! The first disc feels like one long setup to the second disc, which contains the score to the 3-part series finale. It seems like every idea from all the prior seasons is brought back and iterated on / given some kind of finale, and the All Along The Watchtower idea is taken in fun new directions too. Then the finale score is interesting, no grand finish really, the I remember the show ending in a bit of a subdued way. it was nice to revisit these 6 discs of music. I know I bought the Caprica, Plan/Razor, and live releases, maybe I'll check those out soon KittBash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,938 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Never saw the series. And only ever heard S1, amd at the time it didn't grab me. Mever got arpumd to revisiting it soon. Is there maybe a breakdown off all the themes he wrote (besides his own blogs) or cues breakdowns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 The season 3 album is probably the best one to try out if you want to give the score another chance JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 This morning I listened to the free promotional CD I have, "The Best of Seasons 1-4" This is - by far! - my favorite single disc I could listen to if I'm in the mood for BSG music. It's really quite wonderfully curated and organized. The flow of music is terrific! One thing I like is that the "All Along The Watchtower" melody is introduced early and then recurs throughout, until the actual song is the second-to-last track. Well done! And along the way it just has all the best parts. It really covers all the styles well.. Oh, and about this CD........ On 14/09/2014 at 10:35 AM, Jay said: Bear McCreary - The Best of Battlestar Galactica On 23/09/2014 at 6:27 PM, JWMike said: Never heard of this. What exactly is it? On 23/09/2014 at 7:44 PM, A. A. Ron said: It's a promo (never commercially available) that has tracks from all four seasons, including a slightly alternate version of "Resurrection Hub." On 24/09/2014 at 12:01 PM, JWMike said: That's interesting. I think I've seen rumours of future Battlestar releases, most notably a live dvd of one of the concerts Bear did. I wonder if a new album would be a 'best of' or completely unreleased stuff. As the series gets older, I wonder if it gets cheaper to release more material. On 24/09/2014 at 12:09 PM, Jay said: After the show ended, they put together a nice coffee table book for the cast and crew full of pictures of and stories from everyone who worked on the show, across all departments. The neat thing was they cut the corners off it like the paper in the show Also included attached to the back cover was a "Best of BSG" CD assembled by Bear McCreacy, something like 79:58 of his personal favorite cues from the 4 seasons. I found a few pics of the book online: http://grantgould.blogspot.com/2008/09/notes-on-fallcon-and-bsg-treat.html http://www.yourprops.com/Cast-Crew-Yearbook-original-film-crew-items-Battlestar-Galactica-TV-2003-YP43647.html I can post the track list of the CD if you like, you can assemble it from the existing 4 season soundtracks. On 24/09/2014 at 12:50 PM, DreamTheater said: Please do, Jason, saves me the trouble of having to assemble it myself. On 24/09/2014 at 12:59 PM, Marian Schedenig said: Would interest me as well - just to see how McCreary's own favourites compare to mine - and what potentially interesting material I may have overlooked so far. On 24/09/2014 at 1:17 PM, Jay said: Will do! On 24/09/2014 at 2:24 PM, JWMike said: Wow, that book looks really cool. Would be good to see the tracklist. Cheers. On 06/10/2014 at 10:58 AM, Jay said: Woops sorry guys, I'll make a note to get that tracklist soon 8 years later, I can fulfill this request! 1 Main Title 2 Colonial Anthem 3 Baltar's Dream 4 Farewell Apollo 5 Prelude To War 6 A Distant Sadness 7 Passacaglia 8 Fight Night 9 The Resurrection Hub 10 A Promise To Return 11 Storming New Caprica 12 Refugees Return 13 Roslin And Adama 14 Lords Of Kobol 15 Black Market 16 Deathbed And Maelstrom 17 The Shape Of Things To Come 18 Heeding The Call 19 All Along The Watchtower 20 Diaspora Oratorio All Music Composed, Orchestrated and Conducted by Bear McCreary Except: Track 1: Composed and Produced by Richard Gibbs Track 2: Music by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson, Adapted and Produced by Bear McCreary Track 19: Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan, adapted and produced by Bear McCreary This limited edition CD contains my personal favorite musical moments from 'Battlestar Galactica.' I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I've enjoyed writing it. So Say We All! -Bear McCreary June 2008 Our heartfelt thanks to everyone onboard Galactica for graciously inviting us into your amazing universe. We are deeply honored to have had the privilege of sharing Bear's phenomenal music with the world. Say so we all! Everyone at La La Land Records https://www.discogs.com/release/11715211-Bear-McCreary-Battlestar-Galactica-The-Best-Of-Seasons-1-4 JWMike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderdrag64 624 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 What's different about the alternate Resurrection Hub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 No idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,973 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Looks like a wonderful CD indeed. Shame I didn't order whatever it came with. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 32 minutes ago, Jay said: After the show ended, they put together a nice coffee table book for the cast and crew full of pictures of and stories from everyone who worked on the show, across all departments. http://www.yourprops.com/Cast-Crew-Yearbook-original-film-crew-items-Battlestar-Galactica-TV-2003-YP43647.html crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 On 02/11/2022 at 8:32 PM, Jay said: And I was reminded by the booklet that Bear was already working on the show at this point too. He did some work on the miniseries, then while they were searching for a composer for the series itself, they let him do 33, and after that they decided to just keep him on board. I guess I'll make a playlist to mirror that best of album to see how it plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWMike 117 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 10 hours ago, Jay said: This morning I listened to the free promotional CD I have, "The Best of Seasons 1-4" This is - by far! - my favorite single disc I could listen to if I'm in the mood for BSG music. It's really quite wonderfully curated and organized. The flow of music is terrific! One thing I like is that the "All Along The Watchtower" melody is introduced early and then recurs throughout, until the actual song is the second-to-last track. Well done! And along the way it just has all the best parts. It really covers all the styles well.. Oh, and about this CD........ 8 years later, I can fulfill this request! 1 Main Title 2 Colonial Anthem 3 Baltar's Dream 4 Farewell Apollo 5 Prelude To War 6 A Distant Sadness 7 Passacaglia 8 Fight Night 9 The Resurrection Hub 10 A Promise To Return 11 Storming New Caprica 12 Refugees Return 13 Roslin And Adama 14 Lords Of Kobol 15 Black Market 16 Deathbed And Maelstrom 17 The Shape Of Things To Come 18 Heeding The Call 19 All Along The Watchtower 20 Diaspora Oratorio All Music Composed, Orchestrated and Conducted by Bear McCreary Except: Track 1: Composed and Produced by Richard Gibbs Track 2: Music by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson, Adapted and Produced by Bear McCreary Track 19: Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan, adapted and produced by Bear McCreary This limited edition CD contains my personal favorite musical moments from 'Battlestar Galactica.' I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I've enjoyed writing it. So Say We All! -Bear McCreary June 2008 Our heartfelt thanks to everyone onboard Galactica for graciously inviting us into your amazing universe. We are deeply honored to have had the privilege of sharing Bear's phenomenal music with the world. Say so we all! Everyone at La La Land Records https://www.discogs.com/release/11715211-Bear-McCreary-Battlestar-Galactica-The-Best-Of-Seasons-1-4 At last! Will give this edition a listen for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 I usually end up listening to Season 2 more than any other BSG disc. Prelude to War is my jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,842 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 BSG is a modern tv score classic. The show was unafraid to have the music take center stage frequently and to great effect. Bear was firing on all cylinders on BSG (and so far on ROP too). enderdrag64 and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 04/11/2022 at 3:17 PM, Jay said: 1 Main Title 2 Colonial Anthem 3 Baltar's Dream 4 Farewell Apollo 5 Prelude To War 6 A Distant Sadness 7 Passacaglia 8 Fight Night 9 The Resurrection Hub 10 A Promise To Return 11 Storming New Caprica 12 Refugees Return 13 Roslin And Adama 14 Lords Of Kobol 15 Black Market 16 Deathbed And Maelstrom 17 The Shape Of Things To Come 18 Heeding The Call 19 All Along The Watchtower 20 Diaspora Oratorio Not a bad playlist, and it includes several of my standard go-to tracks. Also a lot of stuff that's not that interesting to me - probably little to no filler (there's quite a bit of that in the show as well), but I've never been particularly fond of most of the "ethnic" stuff in these scores. It's fine, it works, but it doesn't hold any special interest for me. Three of my regular tracks are missing though, and at least the first two are major favourites: Allegro, Battlestar Sonatica, and Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1. The first of these in particular I find important, because it was the moment in the show when I realised that Passacaglia wasn't a one hit wonder and that there was in fact (going to be) more outstanding music in the show. (Passacaglia and its further development in The Shape of Things to Come are the only really major tracks from S1 for me, and for some reason I hadn't really noticed the latter when I first watched the show). Jay and Romão 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I finally ripped my CD so I have this album as files. Here are the times, in case anything jumps out that shows it's not the same as an OST track of the same name (I haven't compared) 01 Main Title (0:46) 02 Colonial Anthem (4:03) 03 Baltar's Dream (2:46) 04 Farewell Apollo (2:54) 05 Prelude To War (8:23) 06 A Distant Sadness (2:51) 07 Passacaglia (5:14) 08 Fight Night (2:29) 09 The Resurrection Hub (3:59) 10 A Promise To Return (3:04) 11 Storming New Caprica (7:49) 12 Refugees Return (3:43) 13 Roslin And Adama (2:49) 14 Lords Of Kobol (2:50) 15 Black Market (5:48) 16 Deathbed And Maelstrom (5:53) 17 The Shape Of Things To Come (2:54) 18 Heeding The Call (2:12) 19 All Along The Watchtower (3:34) 20 Diaspora Oratorio (4:47) TOTAL TIME - 1:18:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,367 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 There has been over a decade since I watched the show, but I remember loving this piano theme: And its reprise on the final season: Romão and JibberJabberwocky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 It's a good playlist, but some tracks I really can't do without when trying to sum up the music from Battlestar Galactica. Apart from @Marian Schedenig's and @Edmilson's excellent suggestions, I would also add these: This is a rather long track and I can see why it would take too much space in a single disc release, but it's a track that immediately puts me in a BSG headspace, so to speak, and greatly evocative of the good times I had watching the show. It really captures the overall mood of the show, somehow: I've always found this one quite moving: This is my favorite action track from the whole series: This would be my last addition: It might be a good time to rewatch the series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Nice, maybe I'll make myself and expanded best of with these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,736 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 4/11/2022 at 8:33 AM, enderdrag64 said: What's different about the alternate Resurrection Hub On 4/11/2022 at 8:34 AM, Jay said: No idea Well "alternate" probably isn't the right word really. The version from the "Best of" album just has an additional 19 seconds of music starting at about 2:53. I believe the OST track is microedited. enderdrag64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wholock 75 Posted September 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2023 1m03 Pegasus vs Galactica. Unreleased Cue. Steffromuk, fommes and enderdrag64 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,488 Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 I can't say that I know the music, and I've not seen one second of CAPRICA, but I never skip the BSG titles. Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hego-Damask-II 15 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 15/09/2023 at 9:29 PM, wholock said: 1m03 Pegasus vs Galactica. Unreleased Cue. Great to see this! Specifically for the drums as the two groups of Vipers face off. enderdrag64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Thanks! Where did this come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholock 75 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 4 hours ago, fommes said: Thanks! Where did this come from? recording sessions enderdrag64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderdrag64 624 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 2 hours ago, wholock said: recording sessions I'd be interested in a full cue list if you're willing/able to post one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 What black magic is making that embedded video play automatically when this page is opened? Hego-Damask-II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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