Battlestar Galactica [SOUNDTRACK]

Richard Gibbs (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: La-La Land Records
• ASIN: B0001BS4SS
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,839 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Are You Alive?/Battlestar Galactica Main Title

2. Goodbye, Baby

3. Starbuck Buck Buck

4. To Kiss or Not to Kiss

5. Six Sex

6. Deep Sixed

7. Day Comes

8. Counterattack

9. Cyclons Fire

10. Call to Arms

11. Apollo to the Rescue

12. Launch Vipers

13. Seal the Bulkheads

14. Lottery Ticket

15. Eighty-Five Dead

16. Inbound

17. Apollo Is Gone/Starbuck Returns

18. Storm and the Dead

19. Thousands Left Behind

20. Silica Pathways

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Presenting the Original Soundtrack to the Sci Fi Channel Original Mini-Series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA starring Edward James Olmos (MIAMI VICE, STAND AND DELIVER) and Mary McDonnell (DANCES WITH WOLVES, GRAND CANYON). Renowned composer Richard Gibbs (BARBERSHOP 2, STEP INTO LIQUID, I SPY) evocative score combines ethnic percussion, vocals, synth and orchestra to capture all the humanity and pulse-pounding excitement of this critically-acclaimed relaunching of the legendary BATTLESTAR GALACTICA saga! A must for all generations of GALACTICA fans!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

82 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diehard original series fans won't want to read this., February 9, 2005

By	Eric Weaver "http://www.ericweaver.com" (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

The new Battlestar Galactica series on SciFi Network has radically "re-imagined" the original, upbeat 1978 cult series as seen through more jaded, post-9/11 eyes...and it works. The series is dark and melancholy - a moving story that plays upon the emotions of loss, defeat, and hope, and even moreso through its music.

The new score by Oingo Boingo's Richard Gibbs reflects this tone through a minimalistic score meant to pull at the heartstrings rather than make you salute the Colonial Fleet. With its Middle-Eastern chord progressions and vocals, distant ambient sounds and sparse percussive sequences, the individual pieces set moods and play to emotions, and do so masterfully.

Old-school BSG fans who (as I did at the tender age of 17) want to regale to the shiny happy 1978 version may find this new series difficult to connect with, since it combines bits and pieces of the original story with some very radical and interesting departures. I suspect this will impact listeners' interest in the soundtrack as well. That disco-era space opera feeling is nowhere to be found in the series, nor in the new soundtrack.

If you long for triumphant, feel-good trumpet lines, go buy an Aaron Copland CD. In producer Ron Moore's universe, however, the human race is nearly extinct. That calls for a minimalistic, tense, and melancholy score. For listeners who are looking for moving, emotive and ambient washes that reinforce this 2005-era remake: this is a great CD.

- weave

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great and well suited to the excellent new show, January 28, 2005

By	Seanmoon (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

Please don't listen to the people who can't get beyond the original series. Yes, I too loved that series--when I was 12. This new series is more thoughtful, with better writing, direction, and infinitely better production values. The new soundtrack is correspondingly updated, as well. It's great: non intrustive and atmospheric at times, and extremely tense and driving at others. It's great soundtrack for a great reimagining of the series.

37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, for a TV score, January 9, 2005

By	Bryant Burnette "Bryant Burnette" (Tuscaloosa, AL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Television scores are a notoriously tricky genre. Often, even if they're great scores, they tend to be heavily reliant on synthesized sounds, and the scores can sound rather cheesy when put onto a CD by their lonesome. This is true not merely for sci-fi television, but for television in general.

Richard Gibbs' score for the "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries isn't necessarily one of the best scores in the history of the world, but it is definitely a good one. It's a minimalist composition, in some ways, and if you want a couple of similar scores offered up, here goes: the remake of "Solaris" for one, and "The Ice Storm" for another. The music isn't very similar to those scores, but some of the instrumentation is.

As for comparing this score to Stu Phillips' music for the original... why would you do that? This is, like the miniseries itself, something new. It's good, too: bold and daring, even.

In other words, it ain't the same old thing you always hear on this type of show. I, for one, am glad of it.