Battlestar Galactica Symphony Orchestra WANDER MY FRIENDS ULTIMATE SUITE Bear McCreary FIMUCITÉ 2010

This suite is a combination of what may be considered the main recurring themes of the series that Bear McCreary kept growing on and expanding/arranging on over the years, contained within this suite is everything that symbolises what the series was about. I get goosebumps. Its beautiful, its uplifting.
It's empowering, almost spiritual. Those who are alive fight for their beliefs. One of the great bodies composed over the last 50 years.
In Bear McCreary's own words:
“Wander My Friends” is not simply the track from the Season 1 album, but is a newly composed suite of “Wander My Friends,” “Roslin and Adama,” “Admiral and Commander” and “So Much Life.” I wanted to write the ultimate combination of the Adama Family Theme and Roslin and Adama Theme. Another example, “The Shape of Things to Come,” began as the track from Season 1 but ended with the finale from Season 4′s “An Easterly View,” providing an appropriately bombastic finale.
In the summer of May 2010, Bear McCreary who composed the iconic soundtrack to one of the greatest Film/TV series of all time, Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009); with his talented band of musicians travelled to the Canary Islands to perform as part of the renowned Fimucite Film Music Festival in Tenerife, Spain.
It is a series both under seen and under heard, both intelligent, probing and life affirming. What does it mean to be human, to be alive, what do we fight for, you'll have to answer that for yourself, but this series will give you signposts and unearth some parts of yourself we rarely get in touch with. It is a show that not about not anti heroes, but of real people being tested far beyond what life had intended for them, revealing itself to have huge dramatic heart to match its vast brains. People and what's left of civilisation holding on to each other and their sanity, living in close proximity, in a facade of democracy, at the end of everything. What is there to live for?
It has been seven years since it ended and to this day I never seen characters (dozens of secondary and primary) and overarching and storyline feel so real, so true and despite the darkness, inspirational. It combines the intimate and the epic and does so with equal skill. J.R.R Tolkien would be proud. It is a treatise on the human experience that feels and looks like a 60 hour, 6 year cinematic film series. Nothing is left untouched, and you'll feel that journey, oh lord you'll feel it.
The entire series ( which includes the pilot feature length episode and TV movies from 2003-2009) can be bought here, region free so it will work in all blu ray players
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In McCreary's own words about the symphony:
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[@SSaguicov]

So say we all if you still here in 2020 Edit, 2024: ...so say we all

[@seawolf4846]

So say we all!

[@bigeye6606]

So say we all!

[@joceirchaves316]

So say we all!!

[@jeremydaugherty3944]

So say we all!

[@cfmontolio]

So say we all...

[@Reynevan100]

I watched this series so many times, and yet still every time Adama takes Roslin for that flight on the surface, I cry.

[@neverlendbooks]

After all those years still feel the same! What a show, what a music!

[@carmattvids2899]

After 5 years I am binging watching it all again. Enjoying as much as the first time. BSG is still my favourite

[@doryharbin8864]

I came, I listened, and I cried, just like more than ten years ago when I first watched the show.

[@Kokopilau77]

This was hands down, the best show on SyFy. The Adams suite always reminded me of my dad. The feeing of the son wanting to ensure his father was proud of him. The father wanting the best for his son, and being proud of the man he became

[@johnmcternan4157]

Most modern stories seem to be about the degradation of father and son, this series was the reverse, starts estranged, ends positively wholesome.

[@annamcdearmond19]

I want this played st my wake one day...when I pass.. in the future Bear makes the most beautiful music in the world

[@mathiasmorqubus]

I cannot express how much i love this show.

[@TruthWiz]

I'm right there with you. I ache for wanting to share it with those who would truly get it. A small fraction of those have seen it. Thank goodness it exists.

[@yuzu]

@@TruthWiz same. I remember years ago, trying to get my friends to watch it. No one would. I couldn't express how it was do meaningful and GOOD!

[@TruthWiz]

@@yuzu I was fortunate that I got to watch it with friends each week, while it was coming out. And I've watched it and introduced it to others. I'm so glad I own it on Blu-ray. There's really nothing like it.

[@ERBarr]

Few songs can lift us to heaven. Few films stay with us forever. But this music and this story are the stuff myths are made of, and they bring us a little paradise to this earth. Hauntingly beautiful. I thank God. I’ve been alive to hear the song and witness the tale.

[@haasfranz2430]

THE BEST SHOW ON TV EVER! BEST MUSIC FOR TV EVER!

[@annamcdearmond19]

I was going to say the same Bsg is life... Its everything you would want in a tv show

[@hardheadcat]

And the ass bubbles won't bring it back

[@rambam23]

Adama-Roslin theme always makes me tear up.

[@TrveIrrlicht]

The romantic plot in the Twilight series was of poorer quality.

[@qubex]

It’s extraordinarily beautiful but I can’t bear hearing it because it reminds me so poignantly of my last relationship.

[@Azsouth]

still the best TV series ever put on air, even better than Game of Thrones, it's a class all of it's own, thanks in large part to the music by Bear McCreary. Definitely want Farewell Apollo to be played at either my wedding or funeral.

[@hat41us]

I've seen series twice. After convincing my wife to watch game of Thrones, I'm going to invite her to watch battlestar galactical with me and see if she doesn't agree that it too has the best elements that game of Thrones has. Especially the MUSIC! I love Bear Mcreary! Put him up there with the likes of John Williams, James Horner, Gianchino, just listening to this as I write my heart is aching. So much serotonin!

[@birkenallee5214]

The best song played with classic instruments I ever heared.

[@blablupp5669]

I still become goosebumps - what a Genius Bear McCreary is.

[@allanmckenzie6696]

Oh my God, this is incredible!! Feel privileged to watch this.

[@wilddoguk]

We have wandered, we have laughed, we have cried.........we have song the songs of our ancestors. We will find the 13th colony and we will have peace.....so say we all!

[@beuller7]

Sometimes you have to roll the hard six. Great performance.

[@BjorsN]

Jesus christ this is beauty

[@johnmcternan4157]

Yeah, as an Irish person finding that the series had such incredible Celtic influences made it incredibly evocative and made me think of home. Its very similar to Outlander's scenery and soundtrack which the composer for BSG also worked on!

[@Kotwurf]

so love we all!

[@bsg75husker]

slwa :p !

[@filipe2722]

SLWA

[@bsg75husker]

SLWA

[@TruthWiz]

So love we all!

[@dalemsilas8425]

I came here from the rings of power harfoot song to remind myself that Mr mcreary has been making me cry for a long time. 😂😍😍

[@abbaszaidi8371]

“Starbuck,what d’ya hear?” And bring on those man tears

[@seawolf4846]

"Nothing but the rain, sir!"

[@abbaszaidi8371]

Ryan Marra “grab your gun and bring in the cat”

[@johnratcliffe6438]

My emotions are all over the place listening to this; beautiful 💕

[@lightaengel]

so beautiful and emotional

[@hardheadcat]

I'm a BSG super fan thanks for the upload

[@ronaldmharrison7137]

Pure JOY ! :-)

[@threeowls369]

I really wish I could give this 50 👍👍

[@Tomasin139]

I wish I have this music in my funeral

[@bronson4534]

my gods this is amazing

[@serrinsalamander]

This is beautiful.

[@annamcdearmond19]

Bear is one the best composer's of this century

[@MrEmichan]

thanks for the upload!

[@carmattvids2899]

This was farking awesome performance

[@edwardglickman6426]

I am so sorry I never got to see this live.

[@Alpanama]

So much...life.

[@edwardglickman6426]

I miss Battlestar

[@radip]

I'm watching it now and so hooked up :)

A complete masterpiece.

[@deep.space.12]

Musician: How many flutes shall I bring? Bear: Yes

[@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165]

I started crying as soon as I read the words: "An Easterly view". Bear's use of sitar, electric cello, etc., was amazing, but the Irish stuff just kills me every time.😅

[@johnmcternan4157]

I love that I'm still getting these comments, I'm happy to host masterpieces. :)

[@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165]

@@johnmcternan4157 Oh, I saw a comment about an inability to subscribe, and thought this must be a closed channel. I'd love to sub/be hosted, lol. Thx.✌💗

[@candidemartell2064]

Thank You for sharing this I just discovered BSG... late to the party The music makes my Irish heart cry... Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@Grandkaijudomaster]

Aw man, this still makes me tear up 🥲

[@mayra3277]

I haven't even watched this show, but the soundtrack is beautiful. (Said the same thing about Babylon 5 half a year ago, now I own the DVD set, watched everything, cried at the ending and can recite all episode titles from memory. Thinking of giving BSG a shot next...)

[@DeltaV2TLI]

I watched Babylon 5 as a kid and I loved it, what a masterpiece. The ending made me sob uncontrollably too. I can tell you that BSG is just as amazing if not better than B5 and it will touch the entire spectrum of your emotions. In no small part to Bear's INCREDIBLE soundtrack that brings such immense power to the show.

[@mayra3277]

@@DeltaV2TLI Turns out the BSG ending made me sob too (I finished a few days ago)... "so much life" was a punch in the gut. They took some of the best elements of Sleeping in Light and put their own twist on them. I do still prefer B5 regarding plot and story (and because I could do without all the seduction on BSG), but when it comes to atmosphere and emotion BSG is just as good. Both had great composers :) Every time Adama breaks down it breaks my heart a little bit, and damn season 4 was hard on him. Glad I gave it a shot!

[@vincentvalentine9936]

Amazing 👏😍👏👏👏👏👏

[@valeriyfedotov9168]

So say we all Today is 2023

[@roecar]

So say we all!

[@haasfranz2430]

I LOVE YOU TO JOHNNY ALIVE. SO SAY WE ALL!

[@rogerdreier2584]

A Great Work... Gratuliere :-)

[@livetotell100]

I love the last few minutes of this

[@isrbillmeyer]

The scene on the deck with this song must be one of the best in TV show history. Somehow listening to the song without the scene is not as powerful

[@Replicant-fx2qe]

I just came here to cry

[@jamesmiller773]

5:58 is the time were all waiting for

[@bludgeroak]

do you happen to know the name of this specific song?

[@maoad_dib]

@@bludgeroak it sounds like A Good Lighter

[@miikaniemitalo5551]

how they can play without crying :D

[@Juniorfinger999]

Sangat bagus sekali, dengan dirhen dan okestra yang sangat bagus sekali...

[@edwardglickman6426]

Yes , me too!

[@alexcrayfish]

Nothing but the rain...

[@CTPinball]

So say we all 2024

[@isrbillmeyer]

So Say We All 2024

[@aidanwalsh2545]

Between this and Irish Romulans that say Feck, tha mi cho toilichte.

[@Grahamc22]

That's a good lighter

[@leahparsuidualc666]

The modern BattleStar Galactica was perfect in terms of giving the series a solid fundament (though thanks to the deepness and straight acting it would have been perfect even without any soundtrack); And it is wonderful how he used different instruments and arrangements of the same themes over time, to show off the evolution of the story itself and the characters in special. None the less, in terms of Punch, Glory, Tragic, etc. it is in no way a competitor to Stu Phillips original work for the 77/78 series, who cramped all the possible emotions so tightly compressed into just 90 seconds of variance, which got even better in the OST standard maxi-length version. Both can exist aside. Both are supreme to any emotional being. Both are just in mirroring humans souls core. P.s.: Maybe, i am turned off at times of McCrearys version, because of the 'Titanic'-like ballad parts. You see, i am whiny on a level that's not measurable anymore. I hope many will be touched in the future by these works. In my personal opinion, i think it's comparable as of impact as was Borodins 'Prince Igor'/'Polovtsian Dances' and i ever wonder why the soundtracks miss the happy to tinker parts as for example Dvoraks 'Humoresque' plays off so greatly. But as i told, this is whining in the top-ranks. Just listen to it and be showered by emotions.

[@kennethpedales]

Un serie, que no sólo era de ciencia ficción, iba más allá, explorando el espiritu humano, ya no hacen guiones así.

[@yaytrivia5603]

@kennethpedales Totalmente de acuerdo, profunda, compleja y con alma. Es inmensa la calidad que tiene.

[@LoveLife-xy9ir]

Wont allow me to subscribe. What a sesh

[@dazedream2392]

Anyone know what the magic wand waving does? I cant see a rhythem in common with the music

[@IndustriousVermin]

Is there a recording of this concert available anywhere?

[@annoyingzhang]

Do you have the full concert recording?!?! Been looking for this and other BSG concert recordings forever!

[@johnmcternan4157]

The full concert recording video was never released as far as I know and I searched long and hard before putting up this, Prelude to War and Apocalypse. These 3 are the only ones available. Bear McCreary said that there would be a dvd released someday with the whole concert; but that was 6 years ago so I won't hold my breath, Its a travesty to be honest that we can't hear it. I can't imagine what Disapora Oratio sounded like at this event! The entire orchestra played these songs: I. A Distant Sadness II. Prelude to War III. Passacaglia IV. Cult of Baltar V. Baltar’s Dream VI. Among the Ruins VII. The Signal VIII. Apocalypse IX. Wander My Friends X. Kara’s Coordinates XI. Diaspora Oratorio XII. The Shape of Things to Come

[@annoyingzhang]

I was hoping maybe you had the whole TV recording as this concert was recorded and broadcasted on a Spanish TV channel. I guess KZbin will have to do. Thanks though.

[@Tanru2000]

+John Mc Ternan Id love to see a DVD release. We need to let them know we are interested. Kara's coordinates would be brilliant.

[@namoratlantis9726]

I had the entire show uploaded on KZbin years ago, until I received a kindly threatening mail from some Fimucite guy asking me to withdraw it, so I had to comply to avoid any legal shit coming over me. They chose to keep this epic concert rottening for years in some forgotten vault of their archives rather than to let everybody enjoy it. Pathetic.

[@coldown_ivan4864]

@@namoratlantis9726 i want it :o

[@waynewenashasa8674]

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[@captainrex6919]

what do you hear starbuck?nothing but the rain sir.then get your gun and bring in the cat.bum bum bum

[@johnmcternan4157]

My Favourite Series!

[@captainrex6919]

@@johnmcternan4157 mine too,epic from start to the very end

[@adrianwelch1435]

sounds fuck all like it

[@marcodecker4163]

thought first the man on the violin would be mister bean 0:16

[@sandromalheiros2216]

Nada a ver. Pra mim continua valendo a grandiosidade do tema original.

[@johnreese7291]

The new BSG show was great but the theme is not very distinctive. The original BSG theme was way better. I almost fell asleep to this in some parts. The original makes you want to stand up and fight Cylons. I fell asleep to this twice😑😑😴😴😴