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ivyficI've been trying to keep my Stargate musings to myself as I realize that for the people who are actually watching it, seasons 1-4 are really old news. There are no new squees under the sun. But I can't help myself on this one.
I just watched the Season 4 episode "Double Jeopardy," which is a sort of a sequel to "Tin Man." During the whole opening sequence where you're following the androids without knowing that they are androids, if you followed the score, it would be a dead giveaway. The themes being used are those from the original episode "Tin Man," not the main SG1 themes. This is especially noticeable in the scene where Daniel gets his head blown off. The pathos is there in the music, the orchestration is being treated as it would in a normal episode, but it is again the "Tin Man" theme.
I'm incredibly partial to the music for "Tin Man," probably because it reminds me of Terry Riley's "Sun Rings," a piece I performed with Dessoff and the Kronos Quartet last year for which there are, unfortunately, no recordings. What's amusing is that "Tin Man," which came out in 97/98 predates "Sun Rings" - which premiered in (I believe) 2003. It's not often you see big classical composers imitating TV soundtracks, though the opposite is frequently the case. The similarities are superficial enough that I'm sure they were unintentional.
The Stargate TV show soundtrack is pretty damn good, actually. Too bad they released two soundtracks for season 1 and haven't done any since. Enough rambling over the music... For now, anyway.
I just watched the Season 4 episode "Double Jeopardy," which is a sort of a sequel to "Tin Man." During the whole opening sequence where you're following the androids without knowing that they are androids, if you followed the score, it would be a dead giveaway. The themes being used are those from the original episode "Tin Man," not the main SG1 themes. This is especially noticeable in the scene where Daniel gets his head blown off. The pathos is there in the music, the orchestration is being treated as it would in a normal episode, but it is again the "Tin Man" theme.
I'm incredibly partial to the music for "Tin Man," probably because it reminds me of Terry Riley's "Sun Rings," a piece I performed with Dessoff and the Kronos Quartet last year for which there are, unfortunately, no recordings. What's amusing is that "Tin Man," which came out in 97/98 predates "Sun Rings" - which premiered in (I believe) 2003. It's not often you see big classical composers imitating TV soundtracks, though the opposite is frequently the case. The similarities are superficial enough that I'm sure they were unintentional.
The Stargate TV show soundtrack is pretty damn good, actually. Too bad they released two soundtracks for season 1 and haven't done any since. Enough rambling over the music... For now, anyway.