The Shape of the Land [Soundtrack]

the shape of the land [soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Because It's There

2. Theme for Naomi Uemura

3. Downhill

4. When It Snows

5. Shape of the Land

6. Kimiko

7. Processional

8. Come Back

9. Ice Bear

10. Aurora/Nevermore

11. Requiem for a Mountain Climber

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The Shape of the Land [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

Good companion for Battlestar Fans
Captures the feel of the show
Awesome Soundtrack
BSG
Agree with everyone else

Battlestar Galactica: Season One
Daniel McGrew , Ken Stacey , Lillis Ó Laoire , Melanie Henley Heyn , Michael Now , and Raya Yarbrough
Manufacturer: La-La Land Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009Q0F5U
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

Prologue
Main Title (US Version)
Helo Chase
The Olympic Carrier
Helo Rescued
A Good Lighter
The Thousandth Landing
Two Funerals
Starbuck Takes On All Eight
Forgiven
The Card Game
Starbuck On The Red Moon
Helo In the Warehouse
Baltar Speaks With Adama
Two Boomers
Battlestar Operatica
The Dinner Party
Battlestar Muzaktica
Baltar Panics
Boomer Flees
Flesh And Bone
Battle On The Asteroid
Wander My Friends
Passacaglia
Kobol's Last Gleaming
Destiny
The Shape Of Things To Come
Bloodshed
Re-Cap
Main Title (UK Version)

Album Description

Presenting the original soundtrack from the first season of Sci Fi Channel's critically acclaimed, top-rated television series starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff. Composer Bear McCreary's dynamic score ingeniously melds orchestra, vocals and synth into an emotional experience that ranges from full-throttle action to soul-stirring drama. Packed with more than 78 minutes of music, this is a comprehensive collection of the very best musical moments from this amazing sci-fi drama's first season. Features both U.S. and U.K. main title themes and includes exclusive liner notes.

Customer Reviews:

Good companion for Battlestar Fans.......2007-05-07

If you're a Battlestar Galatica Fan, this audio is an excellent companion to your collection. Passacaglia, Forgiven, and The Shape of Things to Come are emotional and addictive orchestral soundtracks. Not every song from the first season is included in this CD. The opening credit songs for the UK and the US versions and the battle songs (The Thousandth Landing, Battle on the Asteroid) are included. Battlestar Muzaktica is quite odd and doesn't fit with the collection of songs.

Captures the feel of the show.......2007-04-11

Has a great selection of songs from the 1st season. I like show/movie CDs that you can picture the scenes and emotion of the actors when you hear the song. The Celtic underlays are great, and the Taiko drumming style is very well used for building intensity in the music. If you really like the series, you should probably really enjoy the music as well!

Awesome Soundtrack.......2007-04-11

If you like the music in a scene that just blends in and makes the scene even more emotional or suspenseful, that is what the scores from season one do on this cd. I initially bought it to for the prologue (cylon music) and the two main titles (U.S. and U.K.) but after listening to the entire cd, I have become completely addicted to it. The titles of the scores usually give you a hint of the scene and the liner notes also tell you the episode that they are from but the soundtrack has definitely made rewatching season one an even more intriguing experience. The scores with words, are written by Bear and are in various languages, but the words, especially the opera piece, are actually so dead one with the scene and in this specific scene hilarious. I love this soundtrack. If you are someone who is addicted to really grasping everything that happens in this show and watch and analyze it beyond face value, this is an added bonus to have in your collection. I highly recommend it!!!

BSG.......2007-04-10

Man I love the Classic and the Present BSG's So Inaturally find the SoundTrack/Score A joy and very relaxing. They tend to sound very similar but they are very diffrent.

Agree with everyone else.......2007-03-28

There have been lots of raving reviews of this album, as well as the equally sensational season 2 soundtrack. I just wanted to add my opinion on one track, "Destiny". An earlier review describes an Arabic string instrument being used, but it is actually a biwa, a traditional Japanese instrument that has such a distinct sound that it's hard to imagine it being used for anything other than traditional gagaku music. I don't know if anyone but McCreary has ever tried to use this instrument for something else, but it hardly matters. The fact that McCreary managed to use it so effectively in a piece that is so different from gagaku music is a perfect testament to his unique genius. I'm really looking forward to following McCreary's career.

Average customer rating:

Fine Windham Hill artists work
Shines from afar like ...

The Shape of the Land
Shape of the Land
Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008KMH
Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

Because It's There
Theme for Naomi Uemura
Downhill
When It Snows
Shape of the Land
Kimiko
Processional
Come Back
Ice Bear
Aurora/Nevermore
Requiem for a Mountain Climber

Customer Reviews:

Fine Windham Hill artists work.......2007-01-07

It seems that I keep reviewing recordings currently out of print. Oh well, perhaps this will be reissued sometime in the future. For fans of the ORIGINAL vision of the Windham Hill record label in the early 1980's and the artists who recorded for it at the time, you really couldn't do much better than this.
This one doesn't play at all like a movie soundtrack. It seems the films director (or somebody involved with the original movie) were already fans of the Windham Hill label and requested a bunch of it's artists to come up with some new, original music for the movie's soundtrack. The soundtrack does not consist of tunes pulled from these artists indvidual recordings-most the stuff here it seems was recorded in January 1986 specifically for the movie soundtrack, though I can't be 100%sure of that.
So what we have here is primarily acoustic music as was the original M.O. of the label at the time.
The primary contributor here is pianist Phillip Aaberg-who also plays synthesizers as well. I'm not sure of this, as the only Aaberg recording I have is only solo piano, but I think this may be a rare example of Aaberg actually playing synthesizers (though i'm not sure of what he's been up to on his more recent recordings). His synthesizer playing here is excellent and tasteful, and adds nicely to his acoustic piano, with not a hint of some of the cheesey sounding samples that the 80's produced with it's early digital syntesizers . It's something I wish Aaberg would do more of. I'd certainly like to hear it.
Also along for the ride is guitarist Michael Hedges who plays harp guitar on 2 tracks, as well as Windham Hill founder William Ackerman playing guitar with Shadowfax founder (the late) Chuck Greenberg on lyricon on one track, and Ackerman on another duet with violionist Charles Bisharat on another track. There is also one very nice track with Philip Aaberg on synthesizers along with Malcolm Dalglish on hammered dulcimer. Very nice. Primarily though, most of the tracks feature Philip Aaberg either alone, in duet or trio with other musicians. The final piece on the album is the only piece to feature more than 3 musicians, a larger scale piece for 7 musicians (possibly also with some additional overdubs on the string parts) which has Aaberg joined by several string players, with guitars by Will Ackerman and Michael Hedges.
If you were/are a fan of any of those early Windham Hill multi-artist "samplers" or compilations you will simply love this. Let's just hope the current large corporate management who now owns the rights to the Windham Hill catalog see fit to reissue this at some point...or find a remaining copy here or elsewhere which I suggest as well....

Shines from afar like ..........2003-06-04

A diamond, a masterpiece! I remember when this was first released and it was a bargain to behold. I couldn't pronounce the man's name Aceberg, Ahberg whatever but it was the first time I heard Philip Aaberg's work and I kept playing it around the clock. Now, it's June 2003 and I love to play it in the garden and sip on some chamomile tea and I laugh when kids come by and ask," what is that great sounding music?" It just seems to fit the out-of-doors.And bonus work from Will Ackerman and Michael Hedges add remarkable ambience.The music is dedicated to the memory of Naomi Uemura who, while travelling alone in 1984, disappeared descending Mount McKinley into an icy storm. Naomi Uemura was a bold, Japanese adventurer who ascended the highest mountains on all continents and rafted the entire Amazon River, alone.

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