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Bear McCreary — Battlestar Galactica
Album: Battlestar Galactica soundtrack
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Released: 2003
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Nice! So say we all!
Posted 1 year ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
At 42 seconds, this might be the shortest track in the RP library.
Posted 2 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Never expected this here. Or anywhere. 
Posted 3 years ago by Dalsir    [ Reply ]
 darrenwwwa wrote:

Great, but too short! it just ends after the drums start to get exciting. I was hoping for and entire piece instead of just an intro clip.
Is that all there is?


Existential question.
Posted 3 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 ajstone wrote:

Nice interlude.  Makes me want to go fire up Netflix instead of working.


Any excuse....
Posted 3 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
That was short.
Posted 3 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
    EdEastridge wrote:


Leave it to Ron D. Moore to tell the series that gave him his start to "hold his beer".
 
Agreed, the FTL jump in, free fall, launch, and FTL jump out was jaw dropping and had everything to do with the Galactica 'breaking it's back' and being unfit for more than a handful of jumps afterwards. The old girl gave her all.

BS 75 may have missed the sun
Posted 4 years ago by Triquel67    [ Reply ]
One of the best tv shows I've ever experienced.  First rate everything. 
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Nice! Such a good series. 
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 pirhan wrote:

It may have been due to airing half seasons. It was a great show, but my patience wore very thin having to wait months to see the rest of the season. (Any why I haven't bought the box sets since they're also sold in half seasons.)

The New Caprica rescue is one of the top space battle scenes to date.
 

Leave it to Ron D. Moore to tell the series that gave him his start to "hold his beer".
Posted 5 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:


Shortest track on RP?  I can't think of one shorter....guess it's all for the segue master to add to.....Eallin (Life) by Mari Boine.  
 
Gotta say that is a pretty frickin' phenomenal segue. Personally I love it.
Posted 5 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
 otaznick wrote:
Too short for PSD. {#Mrgreen}
 

Shortest track on RP?  I can't think of one shorter....guess it's all for the segue master to add to.....Eallin (Life) by Mari Boine.  
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
I'm old enough to remember the original series when Starbuck was Face, eggs benedict?
Posted 6 years ago by the_real_mccoy    [ Reply ]
Thank you for playing this one - just perfect for monday morning at work :)
Posted 9 years ago by heleneta    [ Reply ]
Always catches me off-guard hearing this here.  For some reason this one reminds me of the Twin Peaks theme...I guess just the general atmosphere of it.  Oddly, I've heard that piece played on RP as well.
Posted 9 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
Too short for PSD. {#Mrgreen}
Posted 10 years ago by otaznick    [ Reply ]
More from Bear McCreary, PLEASE!  {#Wave} Maybe some of the longer pieces from Season 3 or 4 soundtracks.
Posted 10 years ago by nicolaluna    [ Reply ]
Love how they used the Gayatri Mantra in the beginning, and then molded the overarching show theme around it.  
Posted 10 years ago by deepgaze    [ Reply ]
I always liked this song, I do wish there were an extended cut though, it's just a bit to short, betraying it's intro-credits purpose.
Posted 10 years ago by ench    [ Reply ]
Where's the 11's? ;)

Still an utterly fantastic theme.
Posted 10 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
I... uh... well, Bill, you've surprised me once again. In a good way, though! {#Wink}
Posted 11 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
I thought the music was every bit as great as the series. Thanks for playing that!! Too cool. 
Posted 11 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Nice interlude.  Makes me want to go fire up Netflix instead of working.
Posted 11 years ago by ajstone    [ Reply ]
 j1sey wrote:
they only cancel the best programs on TV.
 
It may have been due to airing half seasons. It was a great show, but my patience wore very thin having to wait months to see the rest of the season. (Any why I haven't bought the box sets since they're also sold in half seasons.)

The New Caprica rescue is one of the top space battle scenes to date.
Posted 11 years ago by pirhan    [ Reply ]
Dang, I forgot how exciting it was to hear that.
Posted 11 years ago by komainu    [ Reply ]
they only cancel the best programs on TV.
Posted 11 years ago by j1sey    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
Damn, I miss that show.
 
Watching the whole series again on Netflix with my wife, who's never seen it.  Totally worth the $7.99/mo for such a frakkin' good show {#Propeller}
Posted 11 years ago by igwanna    [ Reply ]
So say we all!
Posted 11 years ago by TIMX    [ Reply ]
Instant 10

(Its in the frakking ship)
Posted 11 years ago by CanuckMakem    [ Reply ]
wha..?
Posted 12 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Frackin' Great!
Posted 12 years ago by skipperadam    [ Reply ]
WOA... that came out of nowhere. Jolt of memory and on to the next song—perfect example of how sound is tied to recall.
Posted 12 years ago by cpw    [ Reply ]
 acolt wrote:
Whoa. Bill put on a TV theme song. That was unexpected.
 

Not unheard of... I've heard the Kids in the Hall theme several times...

(and I dont think these count, but the theme from House and the old Chris Elliot show Get a Life... and more I'm probably not thinking of right now...)

We need to work on getting The Ballad of Serenity added though...
Posted 12 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 Lenora wrote:
One of the best TV theme songs ever!
 
One of the best TV shows ever too!
Posted 12 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
AWESOME!  Didn't expect to hear this at all and thought I had played it by accident from my iTunes library.  Hope you are able to play other selections from the BSG soundtrack.  Bear McCreary is a musical genius!
Posted 12 years ago by Siljanus    [ Reply ]
Oh my I love it.! Sigh...
Posted 12 years ago by pbjstudios    [ Reply ]
One of the best TV theme songs ever!
Posted 12 years ago by Lenora    [ Reply ]
Oh, wow! I miss this series.
Posted 12 years ago by gambler    [ Reply ]
 sajitjacob wrote:
Frack! that was weird. It's actually that short huh? Good way to end the Teng->Beethoven suicide section. Suicide is painless would have  been truly amusing.
 
Was never meant to be anything more than a title and preview bed. The main theme from "The Plan", titled "Apocalypse" fleshes (so to speak) the theme out slightly more but not significantly. Basically, Bear and the BSG Orchestra combine fragments of the original main title sequences with thematic portions from his reimagining of "All Along the Watchtower", interesting, but still not a real deep treatment of the theme.

All in all, it's similar to the Doctor Who theme in that there's just not that much original material to work with and you'd be caught composing if wanting to extend the piece much. 
Posted 12 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
Oh FRAK Yes... Thank you... that made my day.
Posted 12 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
Whoa!

I.....

Whoa!

 
Posted 12 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Frack! that was weird. It's actually that short huh? Good way to end the Teng->Beethoven suicide section. Suicide is painless would have  been truly amusing.
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Damn that was short & abrupt!  I liked it, but don't watch that show so it wasn't familiar — to me it sounded just like Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance.
Posted 12 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
Damn, I miss that show.
 
Just watched the first few episodes on DVD recently.  Nothing live revisiting an old TV show that you really loved and didn't stay around long enough to stink.
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
Damn, I miss that show.
 
Me too! {#Sad}
Posted 12 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Battlestar Galaxative!
 
Open the pod-bay doors, Hal!
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Every time Abhi watches this show, I do an interpretive vocalise (read: awful squawking rendition) on this tune.  Comedy ensues.
Posted 13 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
Whoa. Bill put on a TV theme song. That was unexpected.
Posted 13 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
One of the most exhilarating pieces of music... for being under 45 sec....
Posted 15 years ago by Moonflower31    [ Reply ]
Battlestar Galaxative!
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
Damn, I miss that show.
 


Posted 15 years ago by Moonflower31    [ Reply ]

I enjoyed this. The occasional eclectic TV/film offering mixes things up nicely.


Posted 15 years ago by CortezTheKiller    [ Reply ]
Damn, I miss that show.
Posted 15 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
 grocerygetter wrote:
I just wanted to say!  Frak - That was a great!  Thank you Radio Paradise.
 

{#Tongue}
Posted 15 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
hmmmm ... using a hindu sloka for the "weird alien language" effect
...charming = /
oh wells! still a great show


Posted 15 years ago by uwnav    [ Reply ]
Not just the theme but he did the complete soundtracks for BSG and the Sarah Conner Chronicles.
www.bearmccreary.com.

Anyone heard them?

Posted 15 years ago by jef3fowler    [ Reply ]
Look at the ratings.  Look at all those sci-fi geeks!
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Great, but too short! it just ends after the drums start to get exciting. I was hoping for and entire piece instead of just an intro clip.
Is that all there is?
Posted 15 years ago by darrenwwwa    [ Reply ]
I just wanted to say!  Frak - That was a great!  Thank you Radio Paradise.
Posted 15 years ago by grocerygetter    [ Reply ]
{#Whipit}
Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
Good Lord!  I heard it and came to ask if anyone else though "this song sounds like Battlestar Galactica".  And then..... Wow.
Posted 15 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
ummm... what?

whats next? the theme from seinfeld? 
Posted 15 years ago by michaeleconomy    [ Reply ]
I feel sad.
 
Posted 15 years ago by jsjacob    [ Reply ]
Frakkin' awesome!
Posted 15 years ago by jjuntunen    [ Reply ]
Short but sweet. For an intro piece, it's nicely orchestrated.

Posted 15 years ago by Dirktooth    [ Reply ]
Yes!

I was hoping for a cool extended version, but the normal version does just fine, too.
Posted 15 years ago by lpython    [ Reply ]
 endoboy wrote:
This just reminds me that the second half of season 4 still isn't here! Oh, the agony of waiting is driving me frakking crazy. {#Yell}
 
It's here now! It's funny that I'm hearing this, because I just got into it and have been negotiating with my husband over our Netflix queue. {#Smile}
Posted 15 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
Ha!
Posted 15 years ago by mybaldbird    [ Reply ]
Awesome!  Wish it were longer.
Posted 15 years ago by heberman    [ Reply ]
This just reminds me that the second half of season 4 still isn't here! Oh, the agony of waiting is driving me frakking crazy. {#Yell}
Posted 16 years ago by endoboy    [ Reply ]
 flipchurn wrote:
When does the series come back?!?
 

January 16, 2009

Here's a link to the season 4.5 trailer:
https://video.scifi.com/player/?id=850122
Posted 16 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]

Instantly recognizable!  {#Jump}

8.


Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Holy Cobal Starbuck!  Praise Gods, this is good!
Posted 16 years ago by Eric_Denison    [ Reply ]
Cruithne3753 wrote:

Which one of them is Boomer?

/me like Boomer... {#Shifty} ...but I wouldn't want to snuggle up to N° 6 by accident (she scares me).


Posted 16 years ago by spaceman    [ Reply ]
gandalfbmg wrote:
Amen! I'd have uploaded it long ago, but can't find it on CD, other than the instrumental arangement from the end of the movie. I've thought of getting some other Joss works uploaded too... he's got a such a strong musical sense...
Original Firefly Soundtrack (click here)
Posted 16 years ago by ryuujin23    [ Reply ]
winter wrote:
Well, they need the time to redeem themselves after that awful season finale.
Have they yet? Razor and then the half-season finale of season 4 blew me away!
Posted 16 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Frakking sweet! Just caught up through the end of season 3/razor and so this has been burned into my head lately!
Posted 16 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Love the chords in this thing. a 10
Posted 16 years ago by Gednabb    [ Reply ]
I did not know this existed! Wow.
Posted 16 years ago by MonkeyPod    [ Reply ]
Paxus wrote:
i wish there was a longer, more defined version of this song. i love the haunting melody, and it would be great to passivly lisen to...
I think there's a new bit. The season 4 previews had something different and it seemed unfamiliar.
Posted 16 years ago by lkbooth71    [ Reply ]
slartibart_O wrote:
So sad, I had one of these and utterly destroyed it. What I wouldn't give...
Posted 16 years ago by thekid    [ Reply ]
winter wrote:
Well, they need the time to redeem themselves after that awful season finale.
So say we all.
Posted 16 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
sstepak wrote:
April
And that can't come quickly enough!!
Posted 16 years ago by lkbooth71    [ Reply ]
i wish there was a longer, more defined version of this song. i love the haunting melody, and it would be great to passivly lisen to...
Posted 16 years ago by Paxus    [ Reply ]
flipchurn wrote:
When does the series come back?!?
April
Posted 16 years ago by sstepak    [ Reply ]
When does the series come back?!?
Posted 17 years ago by flipchurn    [ Reply ]
glad it was short -- I thought someone turned on the tv. I love BSG, but my first reaction was "this does not belong on RP, it sounds like a comercial on the scifi channer"
Posted 17 years ago by scruzer    [ Reply ]
Wow, this song is coo......oh, wait. It's over.
Posted 17 years ago by heberman    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
Amazingly wonderful. No doubt my reaction is very much influenced by my love for the TV series, but it's still a real reaction. I just wish it was a full-length piece. It's far too short.
Posted 17 years ago by Murray    [ Reply ]
Uh hey that sounds just like... ...oh OK. Hey where did it go?
Posted 17 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
Bear Rocks!!! Now back to playing my MMOPG Eve Onine
Posted 17 years ago by sstepak    [ Reply ]
megmoves wrote:
Yay! Unfortunately it got me whining about them not releasing any eps. until 2008. Frag that!
Well, they need the time to redeem themselves after that awful season finale.
Posted 17 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Yay! Unfortunately it got me whining about them not releasing any eps. until 2008. Frag that!
Posted 17 years ago by megmoves    [ Reply ]
OMG, I loved it. What a cool little pick up during the work day!!! Now lets go frag some toasters. (damn, I'm such a nerd)
Posted 17 years ago by rushfan    [ Reply ]
This makes me start quivering -- good things are soon to follow!!
Posted 17 years ago by lkbooth71    [ Reply ]
UltraNurd wrote:
Agreed - I wonder if there's an album version, like some of the full orchestral versions of Star Trek themes that never got shown on TV or in a movie.
That's good stuff, innit? I have the collection up to VOYAGER. Masterfully done. On a par with Howard Shore's LOTR music.
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Not to sound like a total nerd, but-- This is way cool!
Posted 17 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
that totally psyched me out for a moment there... awesome. only wish it were longer!
Posted 17 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Cruithne3753 wrote:
It'd be shiny to see The Ballad of Serenity from Firefly here, too... (click here)
I'd upload the version I have, except it's at a 112 and not at 256 (the minimum "rate" for RP uploads). Thanks for the BG theme. It's really a nice, wide-ranging piece... we just got the first disc of the original BG last night in the mail, and it's neat to hear which musical cues/themes carried over from the original to the 2003 reincarnation.
Posted 17 years ago by Cookie    [ Reply ]
Love the series, but, taken out of context, this isn't really special.
Posted 17 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
I did an aural double take.. Galactica? Yes indeed. Unfortunately its so frackin short.
Posted 17 years ago by teeyodi    [ Reply ]
AWESOME!!!!!!
Posted 17 years ago by anniebear    [ Reply ]
{{{CHILLS}}}
Posted 17 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
Fiji5555 wrote:
Me too........some people have complained about how this season is progressing but I like it myself. More depth to the characters instead of just being a "shoot em up" scifi show.
Good sci-fi has always been about having relevant political allegory underlying the lazercatspewpewpew action. The 3rd season of BSG has that in spades.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
gandalfbmg wrote:
well, we have a thread for this kind of discussion, but quite frankly, the old galactica blows, on a par with how the Batman TV show blows, sacrificing good 'genre' storytelling to the alter of mass-cornyism. The new one is a masterpiece of modern naturalistic Sci Fi however.
In the mid-'90s, the original Batman TV show was on in reruns. All the biff-pow action was hilariously bad, which is what made it enjoyable; I could still watch the animated series if I wanted "serious" Batman. As much as I hate to admit it, loving it as I do, I'm sure the new incarnation of BSG will look dated in 30 years. We'll all be "ugh, this drama is just nauseatingly thick... FIND EARTH ALREADY!!!" on some 3-D RadioParadise of the Future. Wearing our shiny aluminum jumpsuits, of course.
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
haaaa -- i'm sitting here, coding away, not really paying attention to the music, and suddenly, inexplicable thoughts of BSG start running through my mind. good to know my subconscious was listening!
Posted 17 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
UltraNurd wrote:
I want a new episode nowwwww...
Me too........some people have complained about how this season is progressing but I like it myself. More depth to the characters instead of just being a "shoot em up" scifi show.
Posted 17 years ago by Fiji5555    [ Reply ]
hey, McCreary was my last name! never changed it back after my divorce.
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
rhw: thanks for the upload. i couldnt believe my ears when that theme came on. too bad its not longer.
Posted 17 years ago by donpdonp    [ Reply ]
Frackin' A!
Posted 17 years ago by jsjacob    [ Reply ]
I want a new episode nowwwww...
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
I'm the one who uploaded it...wow, I didn't expect it to get approved and played so quickly. Nice to see some other fellow Galactica geeks around here. I think the tag info got mangled in the upload, though. The full title of this track is "Battlestar Galactica - Main Title" and the album title is "Battlestar Galactica: Season 2."
Posted 18 years ago by rhw    [ Reply ]
palad1 wrote:
Dig one hour into the playlist, you'll see a piece from William Shatner's spoken words albums :)
If you're refering to Common People (played about 20 minutes before this), it's not a spoken word album, but rather a very musical colaboration with the likes of Ben Folds, Joe Jackson, etc. called Has Been
Posted 18 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
Dude or dudette, Ease up...its a TV show. Also, there was a bit of biting sarcasm there. I personally don't care for SCIFI, but I guess you would also have to grow up in that era to understand that at the time this was state of the art. It's kind of like comparing two artist doing versions of the same song...why compare.
Just doing my duty as the physicsgeniuos of SciFi/Fantasy around here ;) "90% of everything produced in the 1970's is crap" (though it's likely more like 40%).
Posted 18 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
UltraNurd wrote:
Agreed - I wonder if there's an album version, like some of the full orchestral versions of Star Trek themes that never got shown on TV or in a movie.
and
Bill's a geek :)
Dig one hour into the playlist, you'll see a piece from William Shatner's spoken words albums :)
Posted 18 years ago by palad1    [ Reply ]
Dude or dudette, Ease up...its a TV show. Also, there was a bit of biting sarcasm there. I personally don't care for SCIFI, but I guess you would also have to grow up in that era to understand that at the time this was state of the art. It's kind of like comparing two artist doing versions of the same song...why compare. gandalfbmg wrote:
well, we have a thread for this kind of discussion, but quite frankly, the old galactica blows, on a par with how the Batman TV show blows, sacrificing good 'genre' storytelling to the alter of mass-cornyism. The new one is a masterpiece of modern naturalistic Sci Fi however.
Posted 18 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Cruithne3753 wrote:
It'd be shiny to see The Ballad of Serenity from Firefly here, too... (click here)
Amen! I'd have uploaded it long ago, but can't find it on CD, other than the instrumental arangement from the end of the movie. I've thought of getting some other Joss works uploaded too... he's got a such a strong musical sense...
Posted 18 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
It'd be shiny to see The Ballad of Serenity from Firefly here, too... (click here)
Posted 18 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]