Caprica [Original Soundtrack]

by Bear McCreary

Overview

When director Jeffrey Reiner read the script for Caprica, the straight-to-video feature that also serves as the pilot episode for the 2010 Sci Fi Channel series and is a prequel to the channel's 2004-2009 remake of the Battlestar Galactica series, he thought of minimalist composer Philip Glass' score for Koyaanisqatsi and also felt that the ethnic family saga needed a melody in the mode of Nino Rota's love theme for The Godfather. These notions, which he mentions in his liner notes to the soundtrack album, obviously also were conveyed to composer Bear McCreary, who had scored Battlestar Galactica, and he has tried to honor them with the music heard here. McCreary indulged his taste for big percussion and employed a variety of ethnic instruments from around the world for Battlestar Galactica, but he has taken a "polar opposite" approach for the city-bound Caprica, employing what is referred to as the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, which is to say, a batch of Hollywood-based session musicians, in this case a subset of the sometimes giant ensembles put together for film scores, consisting of only 16 violins, three violas, five cellos, and a bass. Here and there, he has brought in his ethnic favorites, including a dudek and a Chinese membrane flute, and the cue "Cybernetic Life Form Node" employs the taiko drum sound so familiar from Battlestar Galactica. But Glass-like short, repetitive string patterns do turn up frequently (without the relentlessness that Glass gives them, however), and McCreary does write plenty of wistful minor-key melodies for the violins in a score that has a distinctively melancholy feel. After all, as Battlestar Galactica fans know, the city of Caprica is as doomed as Sodom and Gomorrah, and for many of the same reasons. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	06/16/2009
Label:	Delta Groove Productions / La-La Land Records
UPC:	0826924109823
Rank:	95541

Tracks

1. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~The Graystone Family
2. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Terrorism on the Lev
3. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Grieving
4. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Lacey and Zoe
5. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Cybernetic Life Form Node
6. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Zoe's Avatar
7. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Daniel Captures the Code
8. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~A Tauron Sacrifice
9. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Amanda Graystone
10. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Joseph and Daniel
11. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Tamara's Heartbeat
12. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Delivering the Message
13. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Monotheism at the Athena Academy
14. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Children of Caprica
15. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Irrecoverable Error
16. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~The Adama Name
17. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~Zoe Awakens
18. Caprica: Pilot, television episode score~End Credits

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bear McCreary   Primary Artist,MIDI,Piano,Soloist,Accordion,Conductor,Hurdygurdy
Hollywood Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Chris Bleth   Woodwind,Horn (English),Wind Instruments,Oboe,Soloist
Rose Corrigan   Bassoon
Dennis Karmazyn   Cello,Violin
Katia Popov   Violin
Raya Yarbrough   Vocals
Brendan McCreary   Vocals,Guitar (Electric)
Searmi Park   Violin
Helen Nightengale   Violin
Charles Boito   Clarinet
Andrew Shulman   Cello
Sara Parkins   Violin
Elissa Johnston   Vocals
Jo Ann Turovsky   Harp,Soloist
Tamara Hatwan   Violin
Edward Trybek   Guitar (Electric)
Alessandro Juliani   Vocals
Phillip Levy   Violin
Benedikt Brydern   Violin
M.B. Gordy   Harp,Soloist,Percussion
Neal Desby   Conductor
Robert Anderson   Violin
Stephen Amerson   Vocals
Jonathan Ortega   Percussion
Jacob Szekely   Cello,Violin
Jen Kuhn   Cello,Violin
Edward Meares   Contrabass
Natalie Leggett   Violin
Roland Kato   Viola
Brian Dembow   Viola
John Yoakum   Woodwind
Lisa M. Sutton   Violin
Michael Valerio   Contrabass
Sarah Thornblade   Violin
Tereza Stanislav   Violin
Jenni Olson   Flute
Andrew Duckles   Viola
Serena McKinney   Violin
Stephen Erdody   Cello,Violin
Lorenz Gamma   Violin
Alyssa Park   Violin
Roger Wilkie   Violin
Paul Cartwright   Violin,Soloist,Violin (Electric)
Darius Campo   Violin
Paula Hochhalter   Cello,Violin
Julie Gigante   Violin
Dave Walther   Viola
Shawn Mann   Viola
Eun Mee Ahn   Violin
Roberto Cani   Violin

Technical Credits

Mark Cally   Music Preparation
Greg Dennon   Engineer,Recording
Steve Kaplan   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Score Producer,Audio Production
Brendan McCreary   Composer,Lyricist,Scoring Assistant
Andrew Craig   Photography,Session Photographer
Jonathan Snipes   Lyricist,Remixing,Additional Music
Matt Verboys   Executive Producer
Michael V. Gerhard   Executive Producer
Jeremy Levy   Orchestration
Peter Rotter   Orchestra Contractor
James Nelson   Mastering,Digital Editing
Michael Beach   Scoring Assistant
Brandon Roberts   Orchestration
Michael Baber   Music Editor
Greg Dennen   Recording
Jeffrey Reiner   Liner Notes
Laurence Schwarz   Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Tom Brissette   Audio Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Richard Wheeler Jr.   Stage Crew
Aaron A. Roethe   Scoring Coordinator
Young Beautiful In a Hurry   Group
Jane Espenson   Lyricist
Laura Kalpakian   Lyricist
Sandy De Crescent   Orchestra Contractor
Jonathan Ortega   Scoring Assistant
Jamie Olvera   Stage Coordinator
Mark Banning   Art Direction
Ryan Robinson   Technician
Bear McCreary   Composer,Producer,Liner Notes,Programming,Score Producer,Audio Production,MIDI Programming
Captain Ahab   Group
Stu Phillips   Original Material
John Snyder   Scoring Assistant
Ford A. Thaxton   Producer,Audio Production