Dickison
2005-05-19 06:03:52 UTC
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
following:
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
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 Im 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.
Email to: ***@gusd.net
FAX to 818-548-9041
Send correspondence to:
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?
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
following:
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
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 Im 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.
Email to: ***@gusd.net
FAX to 818-548-9041
Send correspondence to:
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?