New Theme Song

POSTED BY: DevilSnake
UPDATED: Thursday, February 19, 2004 20:40
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BOBKNAPTOR

Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:08 AM

I'm not a huge fan of the theme song... but I don't know that changing it would really do anything to help the show. The show is wonderful, and with or without a great themesong, it will continue to be wonderful.

I think the theme song really stands out, showcasing Firefly as "outside the norm". I can't think of another show I've ever seen that has that type of opening number. (by the way, in the opening credits when it's showing Mal, and it's that sort of black and white/yellowy western scene of Mal wearing the duster and pulling his gun from his hip holster... I LOVE THAT!)

Joss does a great job of picking theme songs that fit the mood of the show. Buffy is the rockin song that just feels like a big group getting ready to kick booty... Angel is the sad melancholy cello that just feels so alone and forlorn. Firefly gives the Westerny/Independence feel. I think it fits... even if I don't really like it.

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DEVILSNAKE

Saturday, November 23, 2002 7:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by InvisibleGreen:
[B I see the suggestion of a new theme as a sort of betrayal.

Well then, call me "Judas". I guess Mal will have to threaten to send me out the airlock.

I think if you're already a sci-fi or Whedon fan, the song doesn't matter so much. I just think if you want to attract people who haven't heard of the show, people who are just channel-surfing, than a theme-song with some punch is needed.

Anyway, they should have gotten Willie Nelson to sing the theme. THAT would have been cool.

DevilSnake

RHYSLINGFAN

Saturday, November 23, 2002 7:20 PM

The theme song seems perfect to the show- it has all the necessary features for a folk song:

-a catchy melody that echoes to tenor of the story, easily passed from one person to another (several of you have mentioned that you find yourself humming it at work)

-easy to remember lyrics that condense the theme (take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't comin' back)

The first time I heard it, I immediately thought that this is a song that would be part of the repetoire of Rhysling, the blind minstrel of the spaceways. If you're not familiar with his mythic life, check out Heinlein's "The Green Hills of Earth".

Rhyslingfan

TABITHA

Saturday, November 23, 2002 7:45 PM

I love the song Copperhead Road, I think it would be quite fitting for Firefly, but I do quite like the actual song too.
I doubt if a theme song would make or break a series, or even significantly alter viewing numbers. Having said that the Buffy theme does rock, although I prefer the Angel theme.

ZATHRAS10

Saturday, November 23, 2002 11:03 PM

Well, I love American traditional/roots music, and I think Joss did a lovely job in composing "Ballad of Serenity." It really has a traditional (or at least neo-traditional, whatever that means) sound. IMHO, they should keep it--captures the spirit of the show nicely, and a decent song to boot. I rather like all the traditional/trad-sounding music ME uses for the series, actually--both incidental soundtrack music, and the dance/hootenany/drinkin' music we hear on the planets they visit. The song for Jayne on Canton was very much in the tradition. Nice touch.

And since I love roots music so much, I'm of course a huge Steve Earle fan. Copperhead Road rocks, which is actually part of the problem for using it on Firefly. Mind you I love the song, but I think acoustic, traditionalish music suits
Firefly better. That, and the fact that its lyrical content very much roots it in 20th century America, which your instrumental suggestion does mitigate, though.

I was just thinking the other day, actually, that a song by one of Steve Earle's main direct influences, Townes Van Zandt (they were close friends, actually), "Lungs" would be appropriate for background music in a bar scene on Firefly. Lyrics here: http://home.swipnet.se/~w-36794/tvz/tvz_019.html. Check out the song itself, though, if you can. The original by Townes, which has an old-timey feel with fiddle, not Lyle Lovett's cover, which is good but much more comtemporary and rock-y.

Chris

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:03 AM

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Originally posted by Tabitha:
the Buffy theme does rock, although I prefer the Angel theme.

I agree, I think the Angel theme is better. I love hearing it. And I get the chills when I hear the Firefly theme.

APEMAN61

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:22 AM

The Angel Theme is one of the best but so is Firefly's and I don't really like the one from buffy.

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CARLATAM

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:09 AM

All three theme songs reflect their own show so perfectly. I love the Buffy theme, but it would never work on Firefly or even Angel. The same goes for the rest of them. Firefly's good because it's got words, it's harder to sing Buffy or Angel to yourself. lol.

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:32 PM

I would never think of changing Firefly's theme, and I hope Joss doesn't either. Everytime I watch the DVDs the theme gives me chills and I sing right along loudly.

I like the Angel theme better than the Buffy theme too. Both are very well suited for their shows, and I like both of them.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

SERENITYNOW

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:43 PM

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Originally posted by DevilSnake:
Well then, call me "Judas". I guess Mal will have to threaten to send me out the airlock.

Don't be silly. All this "betrayal" stuff. Like /all/ the actors said the song had to grow on them--and remember what the guy who played Wash (whose name I cannot spell) said about having his own suggestions. I think one of them involved a polka.

I say--let Weird Al loose on the thing. ;)

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