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And arrived, autographed, and listening now between meetings. Already sounds fantastic.
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The samples already take me back to my youth when this kind of scoring was prevalent.
Ordered!!!
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I bought it digitally today. The quieter passages ("System Searching", "Possible Life", "Laura's Theme" etc.) are quite convincing and have a remarkable symphonic quality for a TV series. The unimaginatively crescendoing string clusters of Dennis McCarthy and other TNG composers (Ron Jones not included, of course) can't even come close to keeping up with The Oriville . The action scoring (e.g. in "Battle for Earth") is skillfully crafted, but does not leave a lasting impression. Nevertheless, the cleverly integrated quotes from the great sci-fi scores of the Silver Age are a nice treat; for example, the string ostinato in the finale of "Activating the Device", which is very strikingly reminiscent of "Snowspeeder Rescue".
All in all, a great orchestral score for a series. However, nothing here really sweeps me off my feet in the long run. I can't get rid of the feeling that in the absence of new really excellent (genre) scores, pretty much everything with a big orchestra and a classical scoring approach is hyped here and on similar boards. Tough times for film music fans...
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DaveM
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Out on digital and enjoying. A few disappointing edits made in the "Kaylon's Dark Secret" and "Prisoners of the Kaylon" tracks but I'll get over them. The latter in particular is odd because the cue taken out sets up the big finish thematically.
Agreed. I miss that atonal part, when the Kaylon's dark secret is revealed and in "Prisoners of the Kaylon" when the Kaylon escorts the crew to the shuttle hangar.
But everything else is great. "Possible Life / The Big Rescue","Alara Goes Home / Arriving Home", "To The Island", "Alara Says Goodbye", "Making First Contact", "Isaac and Claire Kiss", "New World", "Battle for Earth", "Laura's Theme" & "Lifting Off the Ocean Floor" are my favorites. CD is ordered and on the way.
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McNeely really hit it out of the park on this series.
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Mine has same (illegible) signatures. I assumed they are Debney and McNeely, but could be wrong. Isn't Cottee in the UK? The other two are in La La Land's neck of the woods.
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Hard to answer that question. The first season included the pilot score which was written by Broughton, and I consider that essential. Also, his theme is more prominently featured throughout. Having said that, I am high on the second season release right now, just playing it over and over. The McNeely scores, in particular, are stunning. And let's take a moment to appreciate the incredible playing of the Hollywood studio musicians on both of these releases. Anyway, to get back to your question, I would start with season one and if you love it, then eventually acquire season two.
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If you were only going to get one of the two seasons, which would fans recommend?
Is it a case of either/or as both are pretty much similar?
Or does one of the seasons have some especially compelling content over the other?
Never seen the show, so I have no agenda that needs filling as far as specific ep scores.
You can listen to both albums for free on youtube or spotify or whatever your streaming service of choice is, before you make an investment in either (or both) physical edition(s).
That being said, right now I'd say Season 1 gets the edge over Season 2, but I've only heard the Season 2 album once so who knows if my opinion will change down the road.
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I mean yea, I obviously thought so; If you recognized it right away, cool
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