All along the…wait, WHAT!?
There’s so many zingers in the season finale of Galactica, I’d think this episode was sponsored by Dolly Madison. I don’t even know where to start. I’m going to have to re-watch it to try to process it all again, though one thing that sunk in with the first viewing was that the music was flat-out awesome. I e-mailed Bear McCreary to find out if “All Along The Watchtower” is going to be on the season 3 soundtrack CD, and then I paid his site a visit, only to discover that he’s got a blog for every episode, and the entry for Crossroads Part 2 says that yes, there will be a season 3 CD, and yes, “Watchtower” will be on it. (Come to think of it, I really dug the music from last week’s Lost episode as well, so as long as McCreary and Giacchino and their respective labels want to keep doing season soundtracks, count me in.) It’s hard to find a version of “Watchtower” that really blows the doors off the barn the way the original did, or especially the Hendrix version, but this interpretation of it just floored me. (Slight bit of self-pimpery: if you haven’t already, you should read our 2005 interview with Bear, who’s just one of the nicest guys I’ve spoken to in a sub-career of interviewing film and TV composers. For such a soft-spoken soul, this guy makes some awesome noise. And he’s taking over the music for Sci-Fi’s Eureka next season!)
Other than that…I have no comments (or spoilers) at the moment on the story itself. Still digesting. I’m sure I’ll have things to say later though.
Not much else to report from the past few days. Same old incidents and accidents. I’ve been soaking up the Alan Parsons Project remastered goodness, and as much as I like it (the track of Eye In The Sky orchestral & choral overdubs, sans rhythm section tracks, is just breathtaking), I’m coming away from each one just a little bit let down. I must’ve gotten really spoiled by the relative wealth of “found and finished” songs on the ELO remasters. I wouldn’t even be making comparisons, except that virtually the same team at Sony is responsible for both groups’ remastered albums.
Counting down the days to the new season of Doctor Who. Dunno about you, but I’m pretty happy – for the first time in quite a while, all of the shows I’ve been following faithfully have gotten renewed this year, even though at least a couple of them (Galactica and Torchwood) won’t be seen again until next year. (Word has it that this is also likely to be the case with Lost once it finishes its season.) I know some folks are bemoaning the fact that there’s a long gap between seasons, but y’know, somehow the Brits have been able to settle into this rhythm of watching TV, so I don’t see why we can’t do the same. Besides, I’m sure I’ll have something to occupy my time between now and then.… Read more
