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Better the second time around
David of Mac
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I've noticed that, quite a few times, musical cues have been reused from one Babylon 5 episode in another, later episode.
What is most peculiar about this is that the music often works much, much better in the second episode, even though it is unchanged from it's original appearance.
One example of this is "Objects at Rest", and the scene where Sheridan and Delenn arrive at Minbar. This is the music from the end of the fifth act of "A View From the Gallery", when the White Stars all jump in and blow up the evil aliens. And the odd, almost religious sounding music when Sheridan looks out over the balcony is the bit where Bo remembers his telepathically-induced Starfury ride.
The best one I can think of, though, is Sheridan's resurrection in "Whatever Happened To Mr. Garibaldi?" It's one of the most beautiful scenes in the series, and the music is an integral part.
Now, I was frankly shocked when I later saw "And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place" and found the music was originally made for the revelation of the White Star fleet. It doesn't even fit this scene! If I didn't know which came first, I'd tell the music was composed for "Whatever Happened...."!
Can anybody else think of any examples?
I've noticed that, quite a few times, musical cues have been reused from one Babylon 5 episode in another, later episode.
What is most peculiar about this is that the music often works much, much better in the second episode, even though it is unchanged from it's original appearance.
One example of this is "Objects at Rest", and the scene where Sheridan and Delenn arrive at Minbar. This is the music from the end of the fifth act of "A View From the Gallery", when the White Stars all jump in and blow up the evil aliens. And the odd, almost religious sounding music when Sheridan looks out over the balcony is the bit where Bo remembers his telepathically-induced Starfury ride.
The best one I can think of, though, is Sheridan's resurrection in "Whatever Happened To Mr. Garibaldi?" It's one of the most beautiful scenes in the series, and the music is an integral part.
Now, I was frankly shocked when I later saw "And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place" and found the music was originally made for the revelation of the White Star fleet. It doesn't even fit this scene! If I didn't know which came first, I'd tell the music was composed for "Whatever Happened...."!
Can anybody else think of any examples?
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[B]I do know hwere they re-used a piece of music, but it fits pretty well in both scenes, but a little better in the original. It's the music when B5 is Blowing up. This was also used in one of the two episodes before "Sleeping in Light". I think it was "Objects at Rest" but may have been "Objects in Motion, i can't remember if they left the station at the very end, or if there was an ep on Minbar before the end. Anyway, the music was re-used in the scene where Sheriden has the pilot point the White star back at the station for one last look and it pans across the viewport of CnC with the new crew on the station. A realy beautify scene actually since they had a similar shot in the opening credits of Season 1 with the original crew. [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah, you're thinking of Objects at Rest, which has all the stuff you mentioned. The second half of the episode took place on Minbar (Londo visiting, Sheridan leaving the message for his son, etc).
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I never get tired of it no matter what context it is under...
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