Acoustic version of Ballad of Serenity (at the end of the BDM)

POSTED BY: LordAndros
UPDATED: Monday, September 17, 2007 15:52
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LORDANDROS

Friday, September 14, 2007 11:06 AM (P)

Hi

I'm new to this forum so I'm sorry if there is another thread about this but I'd take it as a kindness if anyone can tell me where I can get an mp3 of the acoustic version of Ballad of Serenity at the end of the BDM

Many thanks

GRAYFURY

Friday, September 14, 2007 1:53 PM (P)

e-mail me at EVOIV@comcast.net .... I'll e-mail you the MP3.

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PACHELBEL

Friday, September 14, 2007 7:19 PM (P)

Why wasn't that on the movie's soundtrack? It includes the entire end credit's except for the ballad.

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, September 15, 2007 2:03 AM (P)

yeah, that is kinda weird.

I'd like the tabs for the ballad at the end of the movie if anyone can find them, though. would be greatly appreciated.

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CAPTAINCOUPI

Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:13 AM (P)

Just googled 'guitar tabs ballad of serenity', looks like there are a bunch of pages.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=gu
itar+tabs+ballad+of+serenity

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FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:45 PM (P)

sweet.. thanks. I swear I'm like google impaired, cuz I search for stuff and I can never find what I want. I tell my boyfriend to search it, or someone I know, and they can find it on the first try. weird.

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CRUITHNE3753

Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:54 PM (P)

Actually, the original version was acoustic too. I think you mean "instrumental".

Mr Pedantic.

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:31 AM (P)

mmm, no, i mean the acoustic bit at the end of the BDM at the very end. i know its instrumental, but it's also acoustic ;-) ('acoustic' is kind of indicative of something being instrumental, lol)

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You can't take the sky from me...

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:41 AM (P)

Actually, all accoustic means is 'unplugged', not pure intrumental.
It's a beautiful piece; I'd like to have it myownself.

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DHAERUVUSRAVENSHADOW

Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:32 AM (P)

Is it just me, or does this version sound a lot like Lindsey Buckingham's style?

ZOID

Sunday, September 16, 2007 2:08 PM (P)

Lindsey Buckingham? I dunno, maybe. Then again, I've seen any number of similar stylists...

I really like it when the (sounds like) dobro kicks in, midway through the bridge. The key changes at the end of each phrase make it a little difficult to sing along to, if you're used to the original TV version; but, I like to think I'm big enough to adapt to this minor change .

I like this version so much, in fact, that it has been my ringtone since the mp3 first became available, slightly before the release of the DVD... (NB: Trimmed to the verse before the bridge through the final note, and it's still too long.)

A final thought: During the movie, just before Mal and Book's "they sidle up and smile" dialog, Jayne is pictured playing guitar by the fireside, at the end of a very similar piece of guitar music... Anybody else have a sneaking suspicion that this might be Adam Baldwin and a buddy playing this uncredited BoS?

Probably not. But it's an interesting notion, isn't it? I'm not a guitarist, but I've stood drenched in sweat for 4 hours a night next to a few, for like, 10 years. It sure looks like he knows how to play at least a little. If not, it's a convincing fake-job...

Chord-ially,

zoid
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FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:00 PM (P)

What I meant was, if there's an acoustic version, there are instrumentals in it (yes unplugged, though I thought that term only referred to intruments that usually use an amp and in the unplugged version the amp is discarded, so to speak) :-P cuz I don't really think you can say something is acoustic unless it has some sort of instrument attached to it i.e. an acoustic guitar ;-)

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Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

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You can't take the sky from me...

PACHELBEL

Monday, September 17, 2007 3:52 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
A final thought: During the movie, just before Mal and Book's "they sidle up and smile" dialog, Jayne is pictured playing guitar by the fireside, at the end of a very similar piece of guitar music... Anybody else have a sneaking suspicion that this might be Adam Baldwin and a buddy playing this uncredited BoS?

Probably not. But it's an interesting notion, isn't it? I'm not a guitarist, but I've stood drenched in sweat for 4 hours a night next to a few, for like, 10 years. It sure looks like he knows how to play at least a little. If not, it's a convincing fake-job...

I'm pretty sure that's what he was playing. I've seen several others say the same. Thing is, while I heard it right off in the theater, I've never been able to hear it on the DVD. Does that seem right to you?