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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling
 
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling [Soundtrack]

Christophe Beck, Joss WhedonAudio CD
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listen  1. Overture / Going Through the Motions 2:57Album Only
listen  2. I've Got a Theory / Bunnies / If We're Together 2:22Album Only
listen  3. The Mustard0:19Album Only
listen  4. Under Your Spell 2:54Album Only
listen  5. I'll Never Tell 4:01Album Only
listen  6. The Parking Ticket0:44Album Only
listen  7. Rest in Peace 2:45Album Only
listen  8. Dawn's Lament 1:19Album Only
listen  9. Dawn's Ballet 1:12Album Only
listen10. What You Feel 3:01Album Only
listen11. Standing 2:10Album Only
listen12. Under Your Spell / Standing - reprise 1:34Album Only
listen13. Walk Through the Fire 3:44Album Only
listen14. Something to Sing About 4:40Album Only
listen15. What Your Feel - reprise0:45Album Only
listen16. Where Do We Go From Here? 1:52Album Only
listen17. Coda0:41Album Only
listen18. End Credits (Broom Dance / Grr Argh)0:33Album Only
listen19. Main Title0:26Album Only
listen20. Suite from "Restless" 5:04Album Only
listen21. Suite from "Hush" 6:56Album Only
listen22. Sacrifice (from "The Gift") 2:57Album Only
listen23. Something to Sing About (demo) 4:29Album Only


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Product Details

  • Audio CD (September 24, 2002)
  • Original Release Date: March 10, 1997
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Rounder / Umgd
  • ASIN: B00006J3WH
  • In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (346 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,752 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

 

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358 of 371 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential companion to the incredible episode., April 16, 2003
This review is from: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling (Audio CD)
Episode number 107 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, With Feeling - was an episode breakthrough for international television. It was a musical, so daring and bold, where the cast did all their own singing and the creator wrote all the music and lyrics. It was an amazing achievement and as a big Buffy fan I have to admit I was not disappointed by the episode. The CD is also brilliant, and as well as all the songs from the episode, it has some scores and suites from other episodes, like Hush and Restless, two of my other favourite epiodes beside OMWF.

Here's my track-by-track guide to ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING...

TRACK 1 - OVERTURE/GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS
Nice overture, and Going Through the Motions is one of the many comedic highlights of the episode while also showing Buffy's discontentment with her life. A great song, but would've worked better with the sound effects from the episode.

TRACK 2 - I'VE GOT A THEORY/BUNNIES/IF WE'RE TOGETHER
Awesome track, and still very funny on CD. I've Got A Theory has a cool little ring to it, and is so fitting for the Scoobies. Emma Caulfield's Bunnies is hilarious, and If We're Together is a touching track sung brilliantly by Sarah Michelle Gellar.

TRACK 3 - THE MUSTARD
This doesn't quite fit in the CD. It's hilarious in the episode though.

TRACK 4 - UNDER YOUR SPELL
Amber Benson proves she has an amazing voice. This is a great song with excellent guitar work and stunning vocals. I listen to it a lot.

TRACK 5 - I'LL NEVER TELL
Another really funny song, which shows Anya and Xander's nervousness before their wedding. Their complaints about each other are hilarious and always entertaining to listen to.

TRACK 6 - THE PARKING TICKET
I was happy they inclduded this, it was hilarious in the episode. It was nice to hear the full version.

TRACK 7 - REST IN PEACE
One of the more darker songs in the album. James Marsters is a member of the band Ghost of the Robot and he proves here why. He has an awesome voice and his Billy Idol-like song is a great addition to the episode and sounds great spinning on the CD.

TRACK 8 - DAWN'S LAMENT
Short but nice collection of little orchestrals. Lets you know how Dawn might be feeling at the time, and the scary music at the end is really cool. Would've worked better hearing Dawn's scream.

TRACK 9 - DAWN'S BALLET
A very short but brilliantly played ballet tune. The music here is exciting, fairy-tale like and memorable.

TRACK 10 - WHAT YOU FEEL
Jazzy, catchy and entertaining tune to listen to, it sounds almost better on CD. I think it would've ben just that tad bit better with the conversations between Sweet and Dawn. Hinton Battle is a great singer!

TRACK 11 - STANDING
Anthony Stewart Head is a great singer! This is the first of the very depressing songs on the album. It was written very well and shows the reason why Giles must leave and make Buffy stand on her own two feet. Just as great on CD.

TRACK 12 - UNDER YOUR SPELL/STANDING Reprise
Amber Benson and Anthony Stewart Head's voices just mesh really well together! They sound amazing as they are probably the strongest singers of the cast. Excellent stuff, and I loved hearing the two tunes of Standing/Under your Spell mixing together.

TRACK 13 - WALK THROUGH THE FIRE
On screen and on CD, this track brings a tear to my eye. It's brilliant. Sarah Michelle Gellar's singing here is very strong and the lyrics are heartbreaking. This is probably my favourite song on the track, I cherish it and listen to it a lot.

TRACK 14 - SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT
Brilliant lyrics and brilliant singing. Sarah Michelle Gellar hits all the right notes here, she rocks. This is just behind Walk Through the Fire for my favourite track on the album.

TRACK 15 - WHAT YOU FEEL - REPRISE
Wonderfully theatrical exit for Sweet. Great music and catchy tune.

TRACK 16 - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
A short song but I love it all the same. One of my favourite songs on the album, it's very sad and the music is great. Loved hearing the full version.

TRACK 17 - CODA
Nice little exit for the episode with Sarah and James' voices meshing well.

TRACK 18 - END CREDITS
Another jazzy tune and a very happy note to go out on such a depressing episode. Very cool.

TRACK 19 - MAIN TITLE
Altered Nerf Herder music especially for the musical. Very cool remix!

TRACK 20 - SUITE FROM RESTLESS
Loved all of the tunes here, Willow's Nightmare is a scary one, while First Rage is awesome and action packed.

TRACK 21 - SUITE FROM HUSH
A great collection of music from a brilliant epiode. I love the track Enter the Gentlemen, it's very creepy and brings back memories of the Gentlemen demons. First Kiss is lovely.

TRACK 22 - SACRIFICE (FROM THE GIFT)
I love this music, it is so sad. It brings back acute memories of seeing Buffy jump into the portal to save the world in the season 5 finale. Brilliant, tearfully sad music.

TRACK 23 - SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT (DEMO)
A lovely touch to end the CD, Joss' wife Kai sings Something To Sing About. Great voice Kai, and nice to know what the song would sound like with just the piano.

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TOP 5 TRACKS

1. Walk Through the Fire
2. Something to Sing About
3. I've Got A Theory/Bunnies/If We're Together
4. Under Your Spell
5. Suite from Restless

**

This is an essential item for any Buffy fan. I just love this album and I love all the songs on it. Perhaps it would've worked better with some more sound effects but Joss probably wanted to made the episode individual with those and have the CD with JUST the music. That works fine with me! I don't really know what else to say, oh, wait this - BUY IT!

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95 of 97 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Something to Sing About, October 12, 2002
This review is from: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling (Audio CD)
Everyone involved in Once More With Feeling - from Joss to Christophe, from Jesse to Marti, from every mainstay and guest star to each extra or backup dancer - is to be thanked and praised. A musical episode is a huge undertaking and it was pulled off brilliantly.

Once More, With Feeling was a true musical. Sometimes, folks burst into song for no reason; other times, it was just the right time and place. It offered funny tunes (The Parking Ticket), a jazzy duet (I'll Never Tell), showstopping ballads (Under Your Spell, Standing), the group numbers and more. The hour was replete not just with songs but with emotion. It moved the stories, the people and the plots forward. This episode shook up almost every friendship and relationship and altered the course of the season. Secrets were revealed, hearts were broken, lives were changed.

Much like I pay heavy attention to the writing in a regular episode - the dialogue, the snappy our-show-only lingo to which we've grown fond, grown accustomed - here, I listened closely to the lyrics. I wasn't expecting everyone to sound perfectly. I was watching their acting and listening to the words. Not everyone wanted to sing, but they did. They were brave enough to do it. What I say to the naysayers who are telling me so-and-so sang poorly is this: Were you up there, on that screen, bearing your heart for the world to see? Just standing up there on stage - or in this case, in front of a camera - takes guts.

What an absolute pleasure it is to have the entire cast actually sing and take part in the episode rather than lipsynch to other people's voices. Granted, some shy away from singing, so Joss had them only sing a few lines by themselves and otherwise take part in the group chorus. Everyone took part; everyone was passable...

Some were outright outstanding. Amber Benson (Tara) stole the screen with "Under Your Spell," a lyrical, magical love ballad. Our hearts broke right along with her later on the reprise, and with Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) as he proclaims himself a hinderance to Buffy in "Standing." When you couple the two voices for their duet, not only do you get the mirroring of stories, but lovely harmonies. Tony and Amber deserve standing ovations. Nicholas Brendon and Emma Caulfield, as Xander and Anya, made me laugh out loud with "I'll Never Tell," the perfect piece for the two lively actors who possess such great comic timing. Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy) impressed me quite a bit. From the Disney-esque inquisitive "Going Through the Motions" to the emotional "Life's A Show," that girl gave it her all.

One cannot remark upon this music and not mention Christophe Beck. This amazing composer worked on the series full time for years, then departed to focus on scoring films, but returned to provide instrumental pieces and the overture for Once More, With Feeling. The bonus tracks also give us score pieces from famous episodes "Hush," "Restless" and "The Gift," also scored by Beck and instantly recognizable by any fan.

With an immediately-addicting hour packed with harmony, revelations and shakeups, this episode was rightly named: "Once More, With Feeling."

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Stunning and Memorable Piece of Television and Music, September 24, 2002
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This review is from: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling (Audio CD)
"Once More with Feeling" is a definitive "Buffy" episode. It displays the zany humor of the show, the dark brooding emotions, and the daring ability to take risks by the show's cast and creator. The cast's voices are good - not all great - but good and the songs honestly reflect the lives of the characters at this point in the show's development. Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy)'s voice is occasionally flat, but her stunning "Something to Sing About" is a heartbreakingingly honest performance. Other cast members whose voices excel include Amber Benson (magical Tara), Anthony Head (bookish Giles), and James Marsters (cynical vampire Spike). All efforts are put forth to create an incredible piece of pop culture that outshines many of its predecessors and, most likely, many that will follow.
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