koenigrules
September 19th, 2004, 10:39 AM
Richard Gibbs is indeed doing TNS BSG theme song.
I posed some questions to him over at MB & he responded:
KR: OK Richard:
Any news on the theme song?? Is it a variation of the mini??
How many episodes have you scored (two, more than two)?
Do you think it likely a new CD of your series' scores will be released by lalalandrecords later this year?
Hope to hear some good news.
Richard: Okay, the theme has finally been approved after many different versions, singers, themes, and variations. What we have arrived at is a kind of melange of heavy metal punk with a very cool rap on top. Not really. My original attempts did involve the theme from the mini, but the powers that be desired the Gayatri mantra - which is what they now have. I hired two singers, male and female, for the first half of the theme (which is the mantra) and then the second half is a massive taiko drum piece by yours truly as well. Actually all of the episodes will open with three pieces of mine - first, an amped up version of the number 6 theme for the introduction of the show where we learn the cylon rules; second, a version of the mini theme for the recap of the previous episode; third, the main title described above. It was a long hellacious process but I think the result is worth it.
I did score episodes 2 and 3 - 1 wasn't ready. I was also busy with the main theme so Bear helped with my eps as well. He has scored ep. 1 and will take over from here - I need to keep working on Fat Albert for the next six weeks or so.
As far as a soundtrack goes, who knows? A little early to speculate.
The link is
http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7502&start=180
I wonder what the Cylon rules are??? As Aaron said, we will learn more about the Cylons. I wonder as the series progresses whether these "rules" will be more fleshed out.
I also like the recap at the beginning of each episode. Sounds like TNS will be space opera-ish after all (i.e., dependent on previous episodes).
KR
I posed some questions to him over at MB & he responded:
KR: OK Richard:
Any news on the theme song?? Is it a variation of the mini??
How many episodes have you scored (two, more than two)?
Do you think it likely a new CD of your series' scores will be released by lalalandrecords later this year?
Hope to hear some good news.
Richard: Okay, the theme has finally been approved after many different versions, singers, themes, and variations. What we have arrived at is a kind of melange of heavy metal punk with a very cool rap on top. Not really. My original attempts did involve the theme from the mini, but the powers that be desired the Gayatri mantra - which is what they now have. I hired two singers, male and female, for the first half of the theme (which is the mantra) and then the second half is a massive taiko drum piece by yours truly as well. Actually all of the episodes will open with three pieces of mine - first, an amped up version of the number 6 theme for the introduction of the show where we learn the cylon rules; second, a version of the mini theme for the recap of the previous episode; third, the main title described above. It was a long hellacious process but I think the result is worth it.
I did score episodes 2 and 3 - 1 wasn't ready. I was also busy with the main theme so Bear helped with my eps as well. He has scored ep. 1 and will take over from here - I need to keep working on Fat Albert for the next six weeks or so.
As far as a soundtrack goes, who knows? A little early to speculate.
The link is
http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7502&start=180
I wonder what the Cylon rules are??? As Aaron said, we will learn more about the Cylons. I wonder as the series progresses whether these "rules" will be more fleshed out.
I also like the recap at the beginning of each episode. Sounds like TNS will be space opera-ish after all (i.e., dependent on previous episodes).
KR