Battlestar Galactica: Season Two
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Free Music Notes for Battlestar Galactica: Season Two
Free Music Review: An evolution beyond compare
Hit: 5 Stars
This iteration of the Battlestar Galactica soundtrack series is, so far, the best. In fact, I'm convinced this is one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard, for film or TV. First - the variety of styles from episode to episode involves a lot more string and guitar arrangements than did season 1, yet they all still maintain a cohesive thread that binds them together. The taiko drums depicting the deep, dark, quiet solitude of space are still there, and very prominently on a couple of tracks. The refinement of the opening credits theme song, which appears 2nd to last on the disc, fits nicely... and provides a nice gap between the main part of the soundtrack, and the killer finale - a heavy guitar laden tour de force written for the Black Market episode.
I'm already eagerly aniticpating what Bear will create for Season 3, and after watching the first two episodes, I'm all ready to pre-order the Season 3 soundtrack!
Free Music Review: Memoriable Soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
Let me start that I'm grossly absorbed by this show. The drama is very compelling as I find it near to my own experiences in life, asside from the mass genocide of the human race by the machines they built
After watching each episode of Season 2 many times, I feel like I know the show pretty well, so to get the soundtrack, I was excited to relive those moments again. Much like the Season 1 Soundtrack, Bear McCreary, the composer, held true to the diversity of instruments that brings together the culture of our world into a musical tapestry. Instead of reapeating the same instruments though, he reached out and brought new tools which give the world of Battlestar Galactica the richness it deserves in telling a story as well developed and egrossing as it does every episode.
Get it and enjoy it. I bought mine, in fact, I even got Bear to autography my copy. Sniff. My Precious.
Free Music Review: If I smoked, I'd be lighting up right now.
Hit: 5 Stars
Bear McCreary manages to make his illustrious Season One CD pale in comparison this amazing work. The drums and ethnic instruments are blood-surging. The vocals make you weep. The strings break your heart.....and then piece it together again.
Even if you don't watch the show (but you really really should), I don't know how anyone could not be swept away by this amazing collection of music that is extraordinarily diverse in tone and style. This is the kind of music that revolutionizes film score, and can bring it back into popular culture.
I'm dying to have all of the other music that Ron D. Moore mentioned in the liner notes and hope they will one day release an entire catalog of Bear McCreary's BG work.
Free Music Review: A New Standard for Scoring
Hit: 5 Stars
When Ronald D. Moore and company set out to redefine the Sci-Fi drama with their incarnation of Battlestar Galactica, they realized at the very beginning the grandious orchestal scores typical of space genre pieces had to go.
Young composer Bear McCreary was choosen to score the ground-breaking series that has been called the best show on television by numerous critics. McCreary helps set that standard with his dark tones and fierce percussion statements. The depth or emotion present in his scores are the highlights of this re-imagined series and accent the incredible drama perfectly.
Give this score a listen and you'll agree, I'd have it no other way. It's frakking delicious.
Free Music Review: Likely the greatest TV score *ever*
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm a music snob. I find most scores pedestrian and repetitive, aspiring for greatness. Bear McCreay's "Battlestar Galactica Season 2" masterpiece more than outdoes itself in the "genius" category. McCreary thumbs his nose at convention (as does the series, I must add) and produces music that ranges from classical and *exquisite* ("Roslin and Adama") to out-of-the-box and extraordinary ("Scar" and "Baltar's Dream"). If only film composers would show the bravery and creative thinking (I'm looking at you, James Horner) that Bear McCreary shows week to week on this series. He and this series are a credit to creative thinking. I thank you! Keep up the amazing work, the mass media needs you... ;-)