Music question

[Ivor Jones]

Wow, it's *really* quiet in here, my new server reports no posts at all..!

Ok let me start things off for the new year. I have recently finished
watching the box set of all 5 seasons (it's taken me since August..!) and
I have a music question.

In the finale of S4, when Dylan is on board the Arkology (spelling..?)
space station, there is a soprano singing a haunting song, which becomes a
recurring theme throughout S5.

Does anyone know what it is..? It doesn't appear in the credits anywhere
and my mother, who usually has an encyclopaedic knowledge of classical
music, doesn't know.

Any info gratefully received..!


Ivor

[Jim Heckman]

Post by Ivor Jones
Wow, it's *really* quiet in here, my new server reports no posts at all..!
Ok let me start things off for the new year. I have recently finished
watching the box set of all 5 seasons (it's taken me since August..!) and
I have a music question.
In the finale of S4, when Dylan is on board the Arkology (spelling..?)
space station, there is a soprano singing a haunting song, which becomes a
recurring theme throughout S5.
Does anyone know what it is..? It doesn't appear in the credits anywhere
and my mother, who usually has an encyclopaedic knowledge of classical
music, doesn't know.
Any info gratefully received..!

Sorry, I can't really help. I assumed it was written for the show,
and that Kevin Sorbo really liked it and wanted to end the series
with it. That would explain why it appeared in the S4 finale, when
they weren't sure if they'd get another season. I can't say I
noticed it recurring in S5 except in the finale, which again I
attributed to Sorbo wanting to go out on it.

[The Allfarva is also Unifarva.]

don't know. my vcr is fried [it only plays in black and white] and all
my andromedas are on tapes.

[x***@y.zzz]

On 5/19/2005, someone going by the name of "Dickison" posted the
following (copied and pasted) about that beautiful music.

In the last episode of season 4, The Dissonant Interval, the credits list
Catherine Thomas as the soprano singing the beautiful “Arkology Theme”,
which was also used in the series finale. But on the Official Andromeda
web site there is an interview with the composer that states the
Jeremy Horowitz: I'm not sure what you call it, but colloquially, out on
the Internet, the music from the very end of the Season Four finale is
known as the "Arkology Theme." Do you know the one I mean?
Matthew McCauley: I sure do.
Jeremy: It's so popular that one fan took it upon himself to actually
transcribe it...(hands Matthew the sheet music)
Matthew: (laughing and smiling) That's amazing! How about that...that's
wonderful.
Jeremy: A lot of people are curious whether the Arkology theme is
completely original or whether it is some other piece of music?
Matthew: No, it's completely original, and I'm really happy with the
response to it, because it was a bold suggestion by the producers to
approach it from such a grand perspective. The result is gratifying; it is
intended to evoke the feeling of a requiem, it has quasi-classical,
neo-romantic, it has a number of different elements to it. There are a lot
of people who thought that it is actually Mozart's Requiem.
Jeremy: There was a lot of speculation about that.
Matthew: It's more modern than that, but its goal is to evoke that kind of
feeling, of a noble lineage.
Jeremy: Are the lyrics on that English, Latin or some other language?
Matthew: No, it's entirely made up. It's just vowel sounds that were
assembled to sound word-like, to give a feeling as if there was a message
being conveyed, but it's entirely fabricated.
Jeremy: Did you have a singer come in, or was that sampled digitally as
well?
Matthew: Yes, a singer named Margie Fester came in for that.
I did an internet search and found on this site
Margie Fester, Administrative Secretary at Fremont Elementary and an
outstanding singer, recorded an original song for the Channel 5 series
“Andromeda,” which aired in two parts during May........
I found this contact information for the school, so I’m emailing them to
see if they can pass the message on to her that she has thousands of fans
that want a recording of her music and need to know how to get it.
FAX to 818-548-9041
Glendale Unified School District
223 N. Jackson St.
Glendale, CA 91206
Attn: Margie Fester
Now the question remains, who is Catherine Thomas and why was she listed
as the Soprano if Margie Fester was the singer?

Don't you just LOVE the Internet?


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[Ivor Jones]

<***@y.zzz> wrote in message news:***@4ax.com
: On 5/19/2005, someone going by the name of "Dickison"
: posted the
: following (copied and pasted) about that beautiful music.

[snip]

: : I did an internet search and found on this site
: :
http://www.glendale.k12.ca.us/publications/StaffOGram/June%202,%202004.pdf:
: :
: : Margie Fester, Administrative Secretary at Fremont
: : Elementary and an outstanding singer, recorded an
: : original song for the Channel 5 series "Andromeda,"
: : which aired in two parts during May........
: :
: : I found this contact information for the school, so I'm
: : emailing them to see if they can pass the message on to
: : her that she has thousands of fans that want a
: : recording of her music and need to know how to get it.

Thanks a lot for that info, I just looked it up.

: : Now the question remains, who is Catherine Thomas and
: : why was she listed as the Soprano if Margie Fester was
: : the singer?

Maybe it was she who was seen "singing" on screen in the S4 finale..?

: Don't you just LOVE the Internet?

Indeed..!

Ivor

[j***@gmail.com]

Post by Ivor Jones
Wow, it's *really* quiet in here, my new server reports no posts at all..!
Ok let me start things off for the new year. I have recently finished
watching the box set of all 5 seasons (it's taken me since August..!) and
I have a music question.
In the finale of S4, when Dylan is on board the Arkology (spelling..?)
space station, there is a soprano singing a haunting song, which becomes a
recurring theme throughout S5.
Does anyone know what it is..? It doesn't appear in the credits anywhere
and my mother, who usually has an encyclopaedic knowledge of classical
music, doesn't know.
Any info gratefully received..!
Ivor

The song/theme was written by the musical directors & sung by Margie Fester a classical soprano. The Woman given the credits (Catherine Thomas is just acting!! even though she is named as Soprano!)
Someone has transposed the music, I am currently bashing it out on the piano in my head as I LOVE the sound. There is no real language, just some vowels to "sound" authentic.

[n***@gmail.com]

Does Anyone at all know if any of these files referenced can be located? The links are all dead.

I just rewatched, and I'd LOVE a copy of the song, done by ANYONE?!!!