Ok, your 2 cents worth: Ballad of Serentiy in the BDM? by AURaptor

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Ok, your 2 cents worth: Ballad of Serentiy in the BDM?

POSTED BY: AURAPTOR
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:56
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Friday, September 10, 2004 7:14 PM

America loves a winner!

Yes? and if so , to what capacity? I know that the suits at 'versal held some sway over Joss as to who he could bring aboard to help write. Does that mean we will lose our theme song too?

Need the info.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Friday, September 10, 2004 9:52 PM

LIVIDLIQUID

I was pretty disappointed when the theme music to MST3K wasn't in THAT movie. Not sure how I feel about the Balad of Serenity. I'm thinking maybe I'd just like to hear an instrumental of it over the opening credits. I don't know. Tricky subject.

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Friday, September 10, 2004 10:36 PM

SOUPCATCHER

I have no idea what the pace of the movie will be (if there will be interludes of relative calm or if it will be full throttle). That said, I would love to see a scene like the party at the beginning of Our Mrs. Reynolds. As the party is dying down all the BDHs are relaxing (Wash and Zoe in cuddly pose naturally) and a balladeer starts up with the theme song. Jayne stirs from his drunken stupor and starts to say somthing like, "I know a better song that they sing on Canton." At which point everyone else says, "NO." Jayne lays back down mumbling, "Living legend needs..." and passes out.

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Saturday, September 11, 2004 2:02 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Soup - hey, I like the sounds of that. Did you by chance get a peek at the script ?

Not sure if /where the BoS would fit in the BDM, but if things work out, we'll have 2 more movies where it could work its self in.

haaa haaa... "living legend.... "

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Saturday, September 11, 2004 2:31 AM

CAPNERIC

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Soup - hey, I like the sounds of that. Did you by chance get a peek at the script ?

Not sure if /where the BoS would fit in the BDM, but if things work out, we'll have 2 more movies where it could work its self in.

haaa haaa... "living legend.... "

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

The BoS at a shindig sounds good, myself I'd like to see a bar scene with a balladeer and the BoS is a signal to the BDH as to their contact for the next job....

here's hoping...

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Saturday, September 11, 2004 5:00 AM

WILLOWY

Why can't it be the movie's opening theme?

I want it to be there! What's up with that?

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Saturday, September 11, 2004 5:15 AM

SPOOKYJESUS

Remember how long it took you to love that song - Episode 3 at least - in a movie they've only one shot.

So I don't want it to open the movie so much just because it'll be off putting to a larger audience.

What I'd like would be for it to close the film - you know Mal's saved River from the Reavers and Blue Sun - he makes a joke in a low angel BDH shot and just then the guitar riff kicks in and we hit the credits! - That way the fans are super happy and the non-fans don't notice anything - they're walking out the door hoping there's not a line in the restroom!

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Saturday, September 11, 2004 5:45 AM

EMBERS

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Originally posted by Spookyjesus:
So I don't want it to open the movie so much just because it'll be off putting to a larger audience.

but it is a different dynamic:
it doesn't take much for a TV viewer to start surfing,
but anyone who sits down in a movie theater isn't going to leave because of the theme song,
they'll give it a better shot than that.

Besides, I want my beloved 'Ballad of Serenity' in the movie!

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Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:43 AM

THERON

I agree with you Embers, I would like the ballad to be in the opening. I like the idea of it being an instrumental only, but not as much as I like the idea of the whole song there.

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Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:10 AM

KURUKAMI

I think it extremely unlikely that the full version would be in there. Instrumental, maybe... but as a rule, TV themes don't make it anywhere near theatrical releases. Look at "Star Trek", "The Saint", and others that have successfully or not so successfully made the transition.

The original theme song was solid for the show because it introduced the curious TV watcher to the background and flavor of the show right after the teaser. Joss has got to have more in there, cinematically speaking, than just a brief intro of characters with a theme song. I'm willing to bet that he does, and personally I'd be content with the characters and flavor preserved. Firefly is not just an intro theme song. Why pander to that?

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Saturday, September 11, 2004 9:02 AM

MALLOVER42

I personally would absolutely LOVE if the BoS was in the BDM....having the opportunity to sing the theme at thw top of my lungs in a theaterfull of browncoats would just be too damn cool!!

"living legend needs eggs."

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Monday, September 13, 2004 10:47 AM

SHINYLETO

I see what people mean about getting used to the theme, but once you do it just strikes you as so brilliantly perfect for the show. And, I'm also inclined to agree that no one is going to walk out of a movie theater because of the theme song. Obviously they can't cut it like on TV with Teaser-Theme-Show, something much more substantial has to be going on in the background of movie credits, but a reference to the original show theme would be nice.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:52 AM

GAVIDA

Quote:
Originally posted by MalLover42:
I personally would absolutely LOVE if the BoS was in the BDM....having the opportunity to sing the theme at thw top of my lungs in a theaterfull of browncoats would just be too damn cool!!

"living legend needs eggs."

I would love to do the same, but you know we will go to a special Hell for that, right?

Keep flying,
Gavida

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:47 AM

MANTICHORUS

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Originally posted by Spookyjesus:
Remember how long it took you to love that song - Episode 3 at least - in a movie they've only one shot.

So I don't want it to open the movie so much just because it'll be off putting to a larger audience.

What I'd like would be for it to close the film - you know Mal's saved River from the Reavers and Blue Sun - he makes a joke in a low angel BDH shot and just then the guitar riff kicks in and we hit the credits! - That way the fans are super happy and the non-fans don't notice anything - they're walking out the door hoping there's not a line in the restroom!

I loved the song from the start... Hopefully they will include it in the BDM.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:54 AM

MALLOVER42

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I would love to do the same, but you know we will go to a special Hell for that, right?

LMAO...yknow, I think we'd get a pass on the special hell thing, considering that its our BDM...

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:07 AM

RHYMEPHILE

Quote:
Originally posted by Kurukami:
I think it extremely unlikely that the full version would be in there. Instrumental, maybe... but as a rule, TV themes don't make it anywhere near theatrical releases. Look at "Star Trek", "The Saint", and others that have successfully or not so successfully made the transition.

That made me think of The X-Files movie and composer Mark Snow. He worked on the film, and the main theme for the movie was a tweaked version (with more instrumentals) of the TV theme. It's not the exact music, but there's enough of the TV theme in there that fans can hear it.

I don't see why they couldn't use the Firefly TV theme music and mesh it with the main Serenity movie theme, whatever that will be.

ETA: I loved the TV theme from the first episode, too. Well, I do love country music, so that may have had an effect. In fact, when I watched Serenity, at the time I think I liked the music more than the actual episode!

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:56 AM

WITLESSCHUM

I say just as an unobtrusive in-joke. The characters don't react to it.

There's too many people for whom the song is a huge turnoff, but are still like the show. I'm thinking that's going to be more like the general public's opinion. I like it, myself, just for the fact of having a country song as a sci-fi show's theme, instead of soaring overtures and such.

Dan

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