Battlestar Galactica: Season 4
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Composer: Bear McCrearyEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2009-07-28
Music Label: La-La Land Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Gaeta's Lament (4:49)
- The Signal (5:09)
- Resurrection Hub (3:40)
- The Cult of Baltar (5:42)
- Farewell Apollo (2:55)
- Roslin Escapes (2:55)
- Among the Ruins (7:44)
- Laura Runs (2:21)
- Cally Descends (3:08)
- Funeral Pyre (3:57)
- Roslin and Adama Reunited (1:59)
- Gaeta's Lament - Instrumental (4:50)
- Elegy (2:55)
- The Alliance (2:30)
- Blood on the Scales (5:19)
- Grand Old Lady (0:51)
- Kara Remembers (3:28)
- Boomer Takes Hera (2:39)
- Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1 (5:35)
- Diaspora Oratorio (4:52)
- Caprica City, Before the Fall (4:34)
- Laura's Baptism (2:40)
- Adama in the Memorial Hallway (2:11)
- The Line (3:57)
- Assault on the Colony (15:07)
- Baltar's Sermon (4:25)
- Kara's Coordinates (4:21)
- Earth (3:08)
- Goodbye Sam (2:11)
- The Heart of the Sun (3:20)
- Starbuck Disappears (2:09)
- So Much Life (5:01)
- An Easterly View (4:23)
- The Passage of Time (1:18)
Music reviews of Battlestar Galactica: Season 4
Music Review: A Fitting Conclusion to the Best Television Score Ever
Rating: 5 Stars
And so it ends. We Galactica addicts have been eagerly anticipating the soundtrack to Season Four for almost a year and a half, and it's even two discs! So, was it worth the wait? Was it everything you thought it would be? Is it the best Galactica soundtrack yet? In a word, yes. Battlestar Galactica: Season Four is a fantastic album, not just because of it's music, but because of the whole package deal. The liner notes, the arrangement of the album, and the music are all fantastic.
I'll start with the definite highlights of the album, and of immediate note is Gaeta's Lament. The album version is a whole different beast than what you heard on the show, and it's fantastic. Alessandro Juliani's haunting vocals combine with Bear McCreary's fantastic instrumentation to make a truly unforgettable song. The Cult of Baltar is also of note, as we get the new Baltar theme from Season Four along with Raya Yarborough's beautiful vocals. Also of immediate note is Elegy and Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1. Both tracks come from "Someone to Watch Over Me", and they are beautifully haunting piano solos that demand numerous listenings. Resurrection Hub is also a completely new action piece that gives us something refreshing for action in Galactica. Finally, The Signal and Diaspora Oratorio come from "Revelations", and they're fantastic. The Signal is a great action theme with the use of a choir, and I can't say enough good things about Diaspora Oratorio.
Season Four also has a lot of new renditions of older themes. We get a fantastic version of the Adama family theme in Farewell Apollo. There's a new version of the Roslin and Adama theme in Laura Runs, a beautiful piece that goes perfectly in the album. A definite fan favorite is Kara Remembers, and this is where we get the Final Four theme, piano style. The bridge of the song is unique to the album, and it's absolutely fantastic. Kara's Coordinates also features the Final Four theme, and it's definitely the rock-out track of the album. Also of note is The Heart of the Sun, a piece that combines the Adama family theme with the original theme, or the Colonial Anthem in the new show. There's also An Easterly View, the beautiful closing piece of the series that takes the "Shape of Things to Come" theme to new heights. But one of the best tracks of the album is So Much Life. It deftly and perfectly combines the Adama theme and the Roslin/Adama theme into one heartbreaking piece that is truly brilliant.
So, I've been ranting and raving about the album for a while now, but is there anything it doesn't get right? Well, yes. Probably the biggest thing is that about half of the album is indeed new renditions of the same themes we've been hearing for four seasons. This isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but it leads to a few problems on the album. For example, we have Grand Old Lady and Roslin and Adama Reunited, two completely superfluous tracks that really shouldn't even be on the album. Taking these off could have made room for the "No Exit" prologue, but we get two new tracks for two themes that we already have three different versions of.
Unfortunately, the only other problem with the album is Assault on the Colony. This is the big massive action piece from Daybreak, but it pales in comparison to both Prelude to War and Storming New Caprica. Prelude was an extremely simplistic yet unbelievably powerful action piece. Storming mixed it up a little bit with more variations on the timing, but it was still a powerful action piece throughout. Assault on the Colony has about five minutes, total, of great action music. But the track is 15 minutes long. The first ten are the preparations for the attack and then the attack itself. The last five consists of the scenes of Hera running through the Galactica and the visions being brought to reality. This track really should have been split into two. It would have given both sections a better chance to develop and become truly extraodinary. Unfortunately, by mashing the two together, it creates a clash that relegates Assault on the Colony to being only good.
Let me reiterate, the Season Four soundtrack is definitely the best soundtrack of the entire series. It has a lot of fantastic themes and great music. Just stick to Prelude to War for your action piece and don't expect a whole lot of brand new material. I'd recommend the whole album, but the highlights are:
Gaeta's Lament
The Cult of Baltar
Farewell Apollo
Laura Runs
Kara Remembers
Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Diaspora Oratorio
Assault on the Colony
Kara's Coordinates
The Heart of the Sun
So Much Life
An Easterly View
However, you can't go wrong with this album. Just buy the whole thing, right frakkin' now. Trust me, you won't regret it.
Description of Battlestar Galactica: Season 4
La-La Land Records proudly presents its 100th soundtrack release, the 2-CD Set BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SEASON 4. Acclaimed BATTLESTAR composer Bear McCreary pulls out all the musical stops with his sensational music score to the fourth and final season of the critically lauded Sci-Fi Channel television series starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff.McCreary enriches and expands his glorious, one-of-a-kind mix of orchestra, vocals, rock, world-beats and synth. A sonic powerhouse that lives on beyond this beloved television show. Disc One collects Season Four's best musical moments up to DAYBREAK, the series finale, which is presented on Disc Two. A 20-Page CD booklet contains exclusive liner notes from the show's cast and crew.
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