REQ: Earth Final Conflict theme song
Greg Lewis
have searched Napster and no luck. Help?
Thanks,
G'kar
William Boone
M3of4
William Boone
William
M3of4 wrote:
> It's cheaper at Amazon.com
Wiesinger Roland
Greg Lewis schrieb in Nachricht ...
>Hi, Any one have a Mp3 of the tv show theme song to Earth Final Conflict? I
>have searched Napster and no luck. Help?
Someone said: At Amazon.
Dont you have to pay for it?
The cheapest way I know is to download the video from roddenberry.com and
extract the audio track.
Wisi
William Boone
Ford A. Thaxton
The cheapest way I know is to download the video from roddenberry.com and
extract the audio track.
Wisi >>
If you'd like to support the folks who COMPOSED the music you can find copies
of the CD for sale at any of the online stores such as Amazon.com or CDNOW.COM.
You can also order it directly from sonicimages.com.
Speaking as one of the producers of this album I just wanted to express the
thanks of the composers and the record company for your support this CD release
of the music.
Regards
Ford A. Thaxton (for...@aol.com)
Paaj
It is a great CD! Everyone involved in the making of this CD should be
paid for their efforts and not ripped off. I am only hoping there will
be a CD#2 in the future. The Secret of Strandhill is just hauntingly
beautiful!
The theme from Once & Future World would be great in a second CD, if we
could be so lucky as to have another one.
Here was a pretty good review of the CD from:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~cm1jwb/earthfcd.htm written by Jonathan Broxton.
This article is his property:
"The music for Earth: Final Conflict is by Canadian husband-and-wife
scoring duo Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon who, from their base in
Toronto, have spent the last ten years or so writing for innumerable
IMAX movies, made-for-TV dramas and straight-to-video fodder such as
Dancing In The Dark, Friends At Last, John Woo's Blackjack. I am quite
proud to say that I HAD heard of Erbe and Solomon before this CD
dropped through my letterbox, although they were pretty low down on the
list of composers I thought I'd ever own a CD by. Earth Final Conflict
is by far the most high profile assignment of their career to date, and
they have responded to the thought-provoking stimulus with one of the
best synth scores I have ever had the pleasure of hearing.
Intriguingly, much of Erbe and Solomon's work features a variety of
instrumental soloists, all of whom lend their considerable talents to a
series of wonderfully atmospheric synthesised textures and melodies.
The main title is a decent sounding affair, mixing synth grooves with
the beautiful, ethereal voice of Leah Erbe, Ernie Tollar's flute and
George Gao's erhu, cleverly capturing the show's central message of
alien societies being thrown together, past and present and future
colliding. The various soloists feature in many subsequent cues, with
sublime piano and trumpet tones of 'Decision' and the erhu of 'Law and
Order', 'Atavus' and 'Payback' sounding especially effective. In
addition to these, Erbe's haunting vocal performances lend a much-
needed human touch to several tracks, especially the
soothing 'Defector', while 'Sleepers' contains just a hint of Tubular
Bells in its countermelody, and the amazing 'Moonscape' is almost like
Wendy Carlos classical adaptation, with a distinctly baroque aspect.
However, by far the best cue on the entire album is the second
one, 'The Secret of Strandhill/Redemption', which somehow manages to
conjure up the evocative sound of Ireland with some goregous pipe
solos, traditional fiddles and pennywhistles, heavenly vocal
performances, and a core of delicately beguiling themes. Quite how this
lovely music fits into a science fiction series I have no idea - it
sounds like it would be more at home accompanying a rural romantic
drama - but as a standalone listening experience it is undeniably
superb. Some of this thematic material is also recapitulated in 'Float
Like a Butterfly' and the delightful 'Bliss'.
Quite frankly, this is the most un-science fiction like science fiction
music I have ever heard - but this is in no way a criticism. Instead,
it is just a word of warning to those who might approach Earth: Final
Conflict expecting to be bombarded with patriotic fanfares and rousing
action in the style of Stargate SG-1 and Star Trek. In fact, the
closest EFC ever comes to raising its voice is during the
exciting 'Second Chances' and the heroic 'Déjà Vu'. Instead, the music
for Earth: Final Conflict is much more akin to the meditative, ethereal
music one might expect to hear on a relaxation album, but with much
more interesting themes and an increased sense of musical originality.
As my introduction to the music of Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, I
admit to being highly impressed with their efforts, and look forward to
hearing more. Evan H. Chen please take note.
Track Listing:
Main Title (0:53)
The Secret of Strandhill/Redemption (5:50)
Old Flame (1:27)
Defector (3:59)
Decision (1:29)
Float Like A Butterfly (0:55)
Sandoval's Run (2:02)
Bliss (2:24)
If You Could Read My Mind (1:42)
Lilli (1:53)
Law and Order (2:11)
Atavus (2:00)
Between Heaven and Hell (0:57)
Sleepers (2:57)
Dimensions (2:23)
Moonscape (4:34)
Isabel (0:55)
The Gauntlet (1:24)
Second Chances (4:45)
One Man's Castle (1:22)
Payback (1:35)
Truth (4:16)
Déjà Vu (0:54)
Crossfire (3:08)
Volunteers/End Credits (1:54)
Running Time: 58 minutes 02 seconds
Sonic Images 828-278-920-2 (2000)
Music composed and arranged by Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon.
Performed by Ray Parker, Donald Quan, Tom Szczesniak, Lou Pomanti,
George Gao, Lenny Solomon, Ron Korb, Ernie Tollar, John Johnson,
Cynthia Steljes and Robert Venables. Special vocal performances by Leah
Erbe. Recorded and mixed by Michael Banton-Jones. Edited by Vic Pyle.
Mastered by James Nelson. Album produced by Micky Erbe, Maribeth
Solomon and Ford A. Thaxton."
--
"There was an immediate connection, which rarely happens in film or TV.
I was watching myself during looping yesterday, and I looked at Da'an
sitting in the chair, and I thought, that will be an image I will keep:
this lonely, displaced soul." Quote Leni Parker 8/99-anotheruniverse.
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