Farscape [Music from the Original Soundtrack] [B&N Exclusive]

by SubVision, Guy Gross

Overview

The syndicated science fiction television series Farscape (airing in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi cable network) employed very different musical approaches to its first two seasons, as revealed on this soundtrack album, which features music from each group of episodes. The Australian composing team SubVision, consisting of Chris, Toby, and Braedy Neal, handled the first season. Their idea of the music of outer space turned out to be multicultural, but not otherworldly. Beginning with the pop/rock style of "Theme from Farscape," they employed such exotic but familiar influences as dance music ("Time Trouble"), Indian raga ("Tannot Grooves"), and Middle Eastern music ("Fields of Joy"), all noticeably earthbound. Guy Gross, who took over scoring the show for its second season, was no more inventive. In fact, he trucked in typical cliches and conventions derived from John Williams' Star Wars scores, and in turn from early serials like Buck Rogers. Martial beats, suspenseful slow passages, sudden climaxes -- Gross' ordinary work made one long for the more eclectic music of SubVision, and the difference is especially noticeable on a disc divided between the two. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	07/12/2019
Label:	Barnes Noble Consign
UPC:	0888072086067
Rank:	8776

Tracks

1. Farscape Theme [Seasons 1 & 2]
2. Wormhole!
3. Moya
4. Parting Comrades
5. Tannot Grooves
6. Aeyrn's Funeral
7. Farscape Theme [Seasons 3 & 4]
8. Is That What You Want/There's This Lake in Maine
9. Rygel Freaks Out/Talyn Reveals Truth
10. The Last Stand
11. Bad Timing Finale

Album Credits

Performance Credits

SubVision   Primary Artist
Guy Gross   Primary Artist
Svend-Saaby-Choir   Primary Artist
Subvision   Primary Artist
Steve Edwards   Guitar
Avigail Herman   Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Chris Neal   Arranger,Composer,Composer
Mark Banning   Art Direction,Project Coordinator
Jim Henson   Executive Producer
Toby Neal   Composer,Arranger,Producer,Sampling Engineer
Ford A. Thaxton   Producer,Project Coordinator
SubVision   Composer
James Nelson   Mastering,Digital Editing
Simon Leadley   Technical Supervisor
Guy Gross   Mixing,Composer,Orchestration
Braedy Neal   Composer