Serenity [2005] [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Translucent Blue 2 LP]

by David Newman

Overview

Firefly, creator/director Joss Whedon's hip and eclectic sci-fi series, may have tanked on the small screen, but it garnered the kind of devoted fan base that takes other similarly cultish programs years to muster. One of the many things that made the show so unique was its adherence to Western themes (as in cowboys), an element that not only informed the program's language and attitude, but its music as well. While composer David Newman -- he has a famous composer brother named Thomas (Shawshank Redemption, Six Feet Under) and even more famous cousin named Randy -- retains little of Greg Edmonson and Whedon's original music on the series' big-screen adaptation, Serenity is still occasionally kissed by a flurry of guitar and banjo, percussion, and pan-Asian flute motifs. Newman has taken some of the quirkiness out -- to many a fan's dismay -- and replaced it with chilly and bombastic action cues that scream mediocrity, but for the most part no great injustice has been done. In fact, Serenity has more in common with Joby Talbot's eclectic score for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy than it does Krull. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	06/28/2024
Label:	Varese Sarabande
UPC:	0888072545625
Rank:	147339

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Newman   Primary Artist,Conductor
Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Tony Mandracchia   Guitar
Billy Sullivan   Percussion,Percussion

Technical Credits

David Newman   Audio Production,Composer,Producer
Joss Whedon   Executive Producer,Liner Notes
Phil Cohen   Music Business Affairs
Kathy Nelson   Music Executive
Bruce Botnick   Mixing,Recording
Marty Frasu   Score Supervisor
Peter Rotter   Music Contractor
Krystyna Newman   Scoring Consultant
Richard Grant   Auricle Programming
Tom Graham   Digital Editing
Thomas D. Graham, II   Digital Editing
Jeff Carson   Music Editor
Robert Townson   Executive Producer
Philip Cohen   Music Business Affairs
Harry Garfield   Music Executive
Barry Mendel   Executive Producer
Sandy De Crescent   Music Contractor
Andy Dorfman   Music Editor