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LA-LA LAND RECORDS TO RELEASE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN/RAZOR

Humanity, And Composer Bear McCreary’s Music Live On With Soundtrack Release

Burbank, CA – February 9, 2010– La-La Land Records revisits the acclaimed TV series Battlestar Galactica with the release of the soundtrack for the two [feature-length] TV events, Battlestar Galactica: The Plan and Battestar Galactica: Razor on February 23, 2010.  Both The Plan and Razor feature music by series composer Bear McCreary.  La-La Land Records is releasing the The Plan/Razor soundtracks through a license agreement with NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan/Razor composer McCreary’s Galactica score has been described as “sharp and sensitive” (The Wall Street Journal), “a key element in establishing the show’s dark, complex tone,” (The Hollywood Reporter) and “rich, raw, oddly stirring… kick-ass and powerful as hell,” (E! Online).  It “fits the action so perfectly, it’s almost devastating: a sci-fi score like no other,” (NPR). McCreary has performed sold-out shows with the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra during Comic Con in San Diego, and in Los Angeles at the Grand Performances series and at The Roxy.

McCreary currently scores the new FOX series Human Target, NBC’s Trauma and two series for Syfy — Eureka and the Battlestar Galactica prequel, Caprica, both of which are produced by Universal Cable Productions.  McCreary’s credits include the Capcom video game Dark Void and the feature films Wrong Turn 2 and the Rest Stop films.  McCreary was among a handful of select protégés of late film music legend Elmer Bernstein and is a classically trained composer with degrees in Composition and Recording Arts from the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music.

 “After finishing my four season journey scoring Battlestar Galactica and releasing four remarkable albums with La La Land Records, I am thrilled to be able to return to this musical universe,” said McCreary. “These two scores make any fan’s album collection complete.”

Edward James Olmos (Captain William “Husker” Adama) directed Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, which was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2009, and aired on Syfy in January 2010.  The Cylons began as humanity’s robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like us. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when their devastating attack leaves human survivors, the Cylons have to improvise. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan tells the story of two powerful Cylon leaders, working separately, and their determination to finish the task. 

Battlestar Galactica: Razor also tells the story of what happens on the eve of a devastating Cylon attack, this time from the perspective of Officer Kendra Shaw — who reports for duty on the Battlestar Pegasus. When mankind’s future is forever changed on that fateful day, Kendra is reshaped into a ‘razor’, a tool of war, under the ruthless guidance of her commander, Admiral Cain.  Battlestar Galactica: Razor tells the untold story of Pegasus and provides chilling clues to the fate of humanity as the final chapters of the Battlestar Galactica story unfold.  Battlestar Galactica: Razor originally aired on Syfy in November, 2007 and was released a week later on DVD and Blu-Ray.

“When I compiled the Season 4 soundtrack, it became clear that there was not enough room on even a two-disc set to accommodate cues from Razor and The Plan,” said McCreary.  “Combining them on to one album made perfect sense, because both narratives flashback to the same time period within the larger BSG story and offer different perspectives on the same events.  The scores to Razor and The Plan are two sides of the same musical coin.”

Also available from La-La Land Records are McCreary’s soundtracks for Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4, Caprica, Eureka, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Wrong Turn 2 and the Rest Stop films.

About Universal Cable Productions:

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About NBC Universal Television DVD, Music, and Consumer Products Group:
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This link goes the CGI effects master Darth Mojo who won a Emmy for his work on the Sci Fi Channels Battlestar Galactica. Wish I would have known about this earlier I might have made the drive to see my fellow BSG geeks. http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/greatest-night-at-the-movies-ever/#more-1319

Today after a long wait the two Cylons have been reunited. This is a short term family reunion, but never the less it is a getting back together. I am the middle man on buying this gold colored Cylon, and restoring it, and shipping it off to the buyer in Australia where it will go on display in a public museum. I’ll update a little bit on this project as it comes along. I am expecting this to last about one month.

For those of you who missed the concert that Bear McCreary did at The Roxy last month, G4.com is running complete music videos of two songs, Roslin and Adama and Fight Night.

I posted a mix of Razor promo photos, screen caps, and concept art from Richard Livingston. The slide show is set the Bear McCreary’s 3rd session Heeding The Call, and Along The Watch Tower.

Thanks to Mojo over at Darthmojo.wordpress.com for the information below

Some new Razor Cylon photos were released recently, and I have to say I am touched. My user name sake was made into a Razor Gold Cylon.

Nods to the Original Series

* The reference to an ice planet with a superweapon based on it seems reminiscent of Arcta in the Original Series episode “The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I”. The reckless actions of Adama entering the planet’s atmosphere to attack two fleeing Cylons is also reminiscent of the reckless behavior of Viper cadets from that episode.
* The braiding around the uniform collar of the pilots, in addition to the segmented uniform vest, appears inspired by the Colonial uniforms of the Original Series.
o In Episode 2, Adama passes a man in Galactica’s hallway wearing the beige tunic of a warrior uniform from the Original Series, without the brown jacket.
* Episode 3 uses CG models based on designs for the Original Series’ Cylon craft, mainly the Raiders and basestar.
* Some of the music in Episode 3 contains a melodic line that is a very slowed-down version of a portion of the melody from the Original Series’ theme song. This is most noticeable during the first 40 seconds of the episode (prior to a big hit on Columbia), and again for a few seconds later in the episode, following the destruction of Columbia and prior to Adama’s decision to pursue two Raiders into the atmosphere of the planet.
* In Episode 4 Adama is fighting a Cylon Centurion Model 0005, which is a close visual match for the Original Series Cylon Centurion, but moves with far more agility and speed. Also, joints and other mechanical elements are exposed in this version, to prevent the Centurion from looking like a man in a robot suit. The sound effect of the Centurion’s red eye-scanner is reused from the Original Series.

Dave Lowe drew a concept Cylon for Vincent Guastini in 2001 for the production crew of Battlestar Galactica. His design was rejected by Tom DeSanto, and Byran Singer because of a different direction the team was looking for. The event of 9/11 ended up killing the project from delays related to the attacks, but I have taken on the task to make not just the helmet, but the entire suit also. The YouTube video below shows my progress from sculpting the helmet to my current state of detailing the helmet.

What the Frack update from the SciFi Channel.