A must for the Stargate SG-1 fan This is the original show-to-CD soundtrack. It concentrates on music from the first few episodes and pilot. Not the most inspiring set of music, but a must for the Stargate SG-1 fan.
Awesome soundtrack This soundtrack is awesome! The music selections are quite unique and varied. There are common elements in the selections which indicate excellent score development.
These commonalities generally follow the characters -- for instance, there is a definite melody for O'Neill, Dr. Jackson, the Jaffa, and others. These repeating sequences are intentional and, to an untrained ear, might seem as though the track is duplicated. In actuality, it ties the entire series together.
I love being able to "see" which characters are on-screen by simply listening to the music.
And I agree with "A music fan" who quoted the comments from a reviewer "who said that this cd was shameless money making and that it only contained 4 minutes of original music and the rest was from the movie".
As "A music fan" states, "[this reviewer] is obviously and utterly clueless" and someone who apparently doesn't understand soundtracks and orchestral music design.
Wonderful score. Highly recommended.
I wish people would get a clue before they write reviews... The reviewer who said that this cd was shameless money making and that it only contained 4 minutes of original music and the rest was from the movie, is obviously utterly and completely clueless.
First of all, this soundtrack is stellar (pardon the pun). Like the series Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1 owes a great deal to its music. The scores are utterly perfect for the ambience that the producers wished to create. The music ranges from ethnic sounding strings to booming orchestral arrangements replete with ominous vocals to signal the arrival of Apophis and the Jaf'fa...
When the aforementioned reviewer said that this music was taken from the original movie, they were absolutely in error. This cd is, in fact, the soundtrack for the 2 hour pilot movie of the Stargate SG-1 series currently running on Showtime and in syndication.
If you are a fan of the series, then you will absolutely love this cd. Just before Christmas I bought about 10 music cds I'd really been wanting, so far, I've played this one almost exclusively. It really is a first rate listen and a throughly worthwhile purchase.
If you are looking for more music from the series, there is another cd called, The Best of Stargate SG-1, that contains pieces from almost every episode of the first season.
Loved it!! The only reason I did not give this CD a 5 star is because it would have been better if some of the songs had been broken down a little more. One of my favorite parts is right in the middle of one of the longest songs and I have to wait and wait to hear it. Great music, on the title and end themes I can close my eyes and see the credits rolling. I would recommend this CD to any Stargate SG-1 fan.
unbelievable I can not believe that this album received such positive comments. I bought it because I liked the orginial Stargate Soundtrack by David Arnold and tho I do not watch the series frequently I still like its music. But this CD is just shameless money making. It contains only about 4 minutes of music from the TV-series composed by Joel Goldsmith, the rest of the 52 minutes is completly taken from the orginial movie recording. If you think you get to listen to new material on this one, forget it! All they did was to re-edit the Arnold score, blending sperate pieces of music into new ones or shortening others. The result is just aweful! Almost as if the laser of your CD-player is broken. The songs are not all homogeneous, but they remind one of a badly made video-clip. Jumping from one melody to the next without an introduction, stopping in the middle of a tact and so forth. By all means: don't buy this CD!
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