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I have not seen Season 3 (but intend to next month, when I can stream it here). I was always somewhat skeptical about a third season, as -- obviously -- the original series had a story arc which was set up, told and resolved in two seasons, the story was "finished". It was always supposed to be a two season show.
Once I begin watching the first two series, I'd like to do an episode-by-episode-and-music review thing. I may be alone in that endeavor, but with just sixteen episodes it won't take much time at all, depending on how I arrange my viewing schedule; mustn't binge something like this.
Strange how a popular and critical hit series like BB isn't discussed here more, but then that's always been the tragedy of FSM. 
I'd be curious to see how much music is in the original miniseries that isn't on the original 2-disc album.
I kind of got the sense that they might have reused a few score cues over the course of the 16 hours, but I'll bet there's score that's not on the score CD. Also, each episode has a different cover version of the theme song over the end titles, which I loved, and I don't think any of those are on the CDs, or maybe just one or two are.
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Nachtlied is aptly named, as it evokes the (loneliness of) night. A hauntingly-beautiful piece; can't wait to hear it in context (no spoilers, please):
Many of these cues get used multiple times in the miniseries, (I can't tell if it's the same recordings repurposed, or just the same themes) so there's often not really one context for them. A few cues are from specific scenes, but many appear quite often. This one is a lovely theme. 
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BB is just an amazing show!!!
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Love BB. Any advance word on S4?
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Currently we are watching Season 3 and it's still an excellent show; we're halfway through now. It's a "genuine" sequel, as it continues some threads of the (otherwise finished) first, most of the major characters (who didn't die) and many of the minor ones return. Not finished watching it but so far it's quite good as far as "sequels" (and that's what it is) go.
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My Babylon Berlin "S1-S2" Blu-ray arrived last week. I was out of town, so I haven't started to watch it yet, but I will begin this Saturday; I'm looking forward to the show!
I've been listening to the soundtrack frequently since February(?), so it will be fun to finally hear the score in context.
I'll bump this thread in vain with my wee thoughts on each episode/score; I sincerely hope fans of the series will join in with their thoughts. After all, everyone else has had three years to see this thing, whereas I'm strictly Johnny-come-lately.
My Blu-Ray arrived a few days ago too. I checked and it looks a lot better than the Netflix stream I get.
Be aware through, since this series was filmed 25fps for PAL broadcast, the American BD slows it down by 4% for NTSC. It's unavoidable, US systems can't play 1080i/50, which is the format used in Europe to release local 25fps TV on BD.
Each episode gains about 2-3 mins in running time, the video is slower and the audio pitch drops a tiny bit.
This is the first BD anywhere in the world with English subs though, so it's the best available.
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I've been aware of PAL releases or UK shows having that issue, but it's not something I've ever noticed; I'm observant that way, or maybe I've just mellowed with age.
Tomorrow begins my BB "journey."
Back in the DVD days, they didn't bother with it, they just let the PAL shows run at their native speed and the frames didn't really match,causing PAL-NTSC ghosting of individual frames.
With BD/HD, they couldn't be that lazy, so they just slow down the HD master.
The streaming masters are not slowed down though, Babylon Berlin runs on Netflix USA at its natural speed. I've watched it twice there, I'm curious to see how it'll look on the BD.
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