This is a minor spoiler, so if you’re a Battlestar Galactica fan and haven’t seen the season finale for Season 3, stop reading this now. I got turned onto Battlestar Gallactica after friends kept saying it was a good show. I’ve been hooked after seeing season 1 and have been keeping up with the latest season.
Last night’s episode featured a tight, awesome cover of Dylan’s All Along the Watchtower which had a cool Indian/Middle Eastern feel. I can’t find the recording online right now, but I have the episode on iTunes and keep skipping to the end so I can listen to it.
In an effort to track down who covered it, I hit Google and found out that the cover was written specifically for Battlestar. It will be on the Season 3 soundtrack according to the artist who arranged this version. If you read his blog post, he goes through how he went about building the arrangement. It makes for great reading.
I’m looking forward to getting a copy of this track when it’s available.
Here’s a clip from YouTube that shows the end. The music plays over most of the clip, though it skips the best parts with the electric sitar. Be warned! The clip contains spoilers, in fact it pretty much gives away the climax of Season 3. Do not watch if you haven’t see the whole episode!
That’s pretty sweet, and amazing that it was written for a show. BTW, I really want that guys studio setup…
March 29th, 2007 at 8:54 am
It is a fantastic piece of music. I actually haven’t heard (or remember hearing) the original or the cover. I scrolled through the credits several times (boy did they go fast) trying to catch the name of the song. The elcetonic/folk/rock/? sound is very distictive. I’ll probably end up trying to acquire this track.
Having followed a few of the fan forums, it sounds like this music was pretty much universally hated. Most people who expressed an opinion thought that it was contived into the show and was out of character. Maybe. But it is hard to say that this cover is isn’t quality.
9 months until season 4. I hope the midseason offerings tide me over.
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:57 pm
[...] The analysis of the use of the song was particularly great. She started that thought here, and an older post of mine has some background on the arrangement used in the season finale. (click here for the original [...]