music - firefly or serenity

POSTED BY: wytchcroft
UPDATED: Thursday, June 19, 2008 15:21
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BIGGESTDAMNHERO

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:46 PM

Both, FF the Funeral scene in The Message was tops! But I love the intro to serenity with the change from the haunting notes to the western theme. And the end music in Serenity where she flies again!

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ARTCAT81

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:24 AM

you know.. nothing quite sends the chills down your spine like a theater full of browncoats quietly singing along with the themesong during the credits. THAT is an amazingly touching experience.

THough I still stand by Greg Edmonson's music being superior lol, but then again I got to hang out with him for a full weekend and he is just awesome and down to earth.

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PENNAUSAMIKE

Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:34 PM

Greg Edmonson's scoring of Firefly was just-so-unique and (except for River's Theme)
David Newman's was just-so-generic.
Normally, the purpose of a score is to hide in the background and add a sense of mood,
which David Newman's very professional score did.
But Greg Edmonson's score was like another person in the room with you.
It really lept out of the screen and intensified the feelings of the moment.
The viewer and the score breathed a sigh of relief together when Mal and the crew "mooned" the Dortmunder.
The viewer and the score felt the dread of the "Bushwacked" ship.
The viewer and the score sat for dinner with the crew at the end of "Safe".
The viewer and the score felt the sad homecoming of Tracey's funeral and the joy of the improvised basketball game that opens "Bushwacked".
Edmonson evoked the western style but was never a slave to it.
And as final note, Newman's score used horns to loudly proclaim, "I'm a big movie score!" where Greg hardly ever used horns,
truer to Joss' original concept for the scoring of the 'verse.
David Newman did a top-notch job and there are things that show he genuinely cared about producing a great score, but Greg's work more captured the ethos of the 'verse, in my opinion.

WYTCHCROFT

Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:37 PM

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Originally posted by pennausamike:

And as final note, Newman's score used horns to loudly proclaim, "I'm a big movie score!" where Greg hardly ever used horns,
truer to Joss' original concept for the scoring of the 'verse.

uh, i'm thinking you're missing a very big musical planet of the apes gag... and i'm guessing that was Joss.

Funnily enough - for me it's the serenity soundtrack that has grown on me, the mix of real and synthesized instrumentation is pretty wild.

But this aint to deny that Greg's tv score is groundbreaking (and heart breaking!) - hell i hear it all over the place in other shows now.

PIZMOBEACH

Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:21 PM

I favor Edmundson's over Newman's - both have their moments, just seems like E's has more of them and more variety. No dis to Newman either, he had less footage to work with and was slightly more limited from E's work and it's popularity with fans. Serenity opening, Funeral/Rebuilding Serenity, and Love are pretty special though - if they don't raise a bump or 2 you are made of stone...

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