Foundation Opening Cinematic (High Quality 4K)

I couldn't find a good looking version of the intro to Foundation on KZbin. Maybe I'm bad at searching? Anyway, I uploaded a copy. This show is some kinda eyeball sex for sure.
Created by the talented folks at Imaginary Forces - imaginaryforces.com/project/f...
(Thanks to user Niall for making me look this up.)

[@FikriAlfathan]

The intro art looks like the wall art that Brother Dusk work on.

[@OrangeEnjoyer]

Thx for pointing that out! I didn’t realise rhat

[@MonsieurSansHonte]

Very much intentional.

[@GGoAwayy]

Obvious.

[@CubeXSkytower]

Watched this sequence for countless times and still makes me feel a sense of awe. I even never skipped the title sequence on each episode when I watched the series

[@alexiz0013]

Same! I'm not one to skip title sequences but I surely wouldn't skip this one, because I love it! I think it does a great job encompassing the scale and intrigue of the dynamics at play in the show, as well as the overall vibe -- dark and light... the imposing but grand structure of tradition, the chaos and the hope of history and change... I get an invigorating sense of the show when this intro plays, which is always the sign of an intro that serves its purpose well.

[@trinitytwo14992]

Yes I really enjoy it, its like a meditation.

[@tronowolf]

Chills everytime

[@PhilipLiberato]

This is the best intro I’ve ever seen. This is hard core sci-fi at its finest.

[@catcherintherye6479]

How the 4 ships exit hyperspace in sync with song, epic.

[@gabrielguimaraesalexandre1006]

Indeed

[@Charango123quena]

this show is crap !

[@jamespradel7918]

@@Charango123quena okay, boomer

[@AkshayAradhya]

@@Charango123quena WTF, it the best show I have ever seen. This will be bigger than Game of Thrones

[@priusnv]

I was completely hooked at the opening credits. The colors are so radiant I can almost taste them. And the characters are all twisted in their own delicious ways, even Demerzel. She is becoming more human, can be kind and compassionate--but also a murderer. She'll kill, in her own twisted interpretation and judgement over which humans are not worthy to live. Never turn your back on Demerzel.

[@zxKAOS1]

This opening really does help convey the grandeur of the empire.

[@weldonwin]

And also, that it's an empire in decline, with the grandeur crumbling away to dust

[@jugalator]

The feeling that hits you as you read Executive Producers: ROBYN ASIMOV...

[@kaimenmonsalve9954]

Congratulation to Imaginary Forces who made this opening! It is beautiful! I can't imagine how many hours it took...

[@thundermouth]

The intro is an allegory for the first season. The multiple colours represent the Cleonic dynasty as represented in the palace mosaic. The statues, ships and emblems, symbols of imperial power are eroding marking the beginning of the fall of the Galactic Empire. The concentration on the erosion of Brother Dawn’s statue highlights his role in the beginning of the Empire’s fall. Finally, at the end, the Prime Radiant represents the Foundation and mankind’s hope of grasping a new future coming from the ashes of the fall.

[@tech83studio38]

Also noting at each Cleon models individuality the patterns are different with each bust although all of these models are identical in appearance just not at the core.

[@theengineerguy8607]

Also, notice how EVERYTHING is eroding. Everything... BUT the Prime Radiant.

[@kalaong]

@@theengineerguy8607 Bonus points; it's not eroding because it is constantly being *re-made.* "The human race is an ever-evolving story told over thousands of years by a countless number of voices. But for a long time now, that chorus has been suffocated and quietly erased. Because under the Genetic Dynasty, there is only room for one story. One voice."

[@axolotlcor-de-rosa8465]

The movement of particles also reminds me of sand and the passage of time

[@MrCharlieBros]

Just as an update, the intro of Season 2 indeed proves you right

[@JustPippaNY]

For All Mankind: I have the best intro on Apple TV. Foundation: Hold my beer.

[@MonsieurSansHonte]

Not even a challenge. If I was them, I’d be gutted! 😂

[@edbouhl3100]

I’ve always wondered what the ‘Spaceship and Sun’ insignia of the Empire would look like. This conception is well done. I wonder if it drove the design of the jump ships.

[@TheThOdOr1s]

This is actually a metaphor for the invictus and the outer rim.

[@simonmultiverse6349]

Very nice visuals. It's got colour, it's got movement, it flows. It's got shape, it's got sparkly bits! Oooo, look! IT'S GOT SPARKLY BITS! It's got movement and texture. It also has depth and scale. The style of the credits works well, and they're in keeping with the general level of detail.

[@aevox2358]

One of the best visuals, with a rather poor score. The music has the right 'epic' feel, but could have been much better. It lacks any clear motifs or hook. Which makes it unfortunately pretty forgettable.

[@simonmultiverse6349]

Would you prefer this: DAAA DAAA da da da DAAAAA DAAAAA da da da DAAAAA DAAAAA da da da DAAAAAAAA ?

[@aevox2358]

@@simonmultiverse6349 The Game of Thrones theme is repetitive, but still a much better track for an intro than this.

[@khymaaren]

@@aevox2358 The GoT theme is hummable and, so, it is much simpler. It's good but nowhere near as good as people make it out to be. Also, way overused in the show. I much more prefer Ramin Djawadi's work on Westworld than on GoT. I am not a fan of this show's theme either, though. I think Bear McCreary peaked with Battlestar Galactica.

[@syppy7416]

This feels like Roman and Soviet imagery had a baby, and it's a beautiful baby

[@alexiz0013]

So true!

[@syppy7416]

@@alexiz0013 very much so

[@sojourner.]

American art deco in there too for sure

[@insouciantFox]

Truly an underrated show

[@alainaluu]

I love this intro so much. It reminds me of the opening for His Dark Materials actually.

[@halsigmund3426]

Interesting because I hear that as well.

[@MonsieurSansHonte]

To all the back and forth about AI artwork and its validity as an artform, I would simply submit this intro and assert that there is no substitute for human imagination and creativity.

[@show280]

Plenty of Soviet inspired imagery there! Very appropriate for the content of the original stories.

[@stainlesssteelfox1]

From what I understand, it's actually pretty good, as long as you've never actually read Foundation. As in it's a competent sci-fi series with plenty of eye candy, but has to be judged on it's own merits and not any similarity to the actual stories.

[@CinematicHypeTV]

Its very good no matter if you read the books or not. There might be some people who dislike some of the gender swaps but the overall Story is the same. In detail the books wouldn't work as a TV-Show so they changed or added some things to make it a better viewing experience. It's not a 1:1 translation of the books but as long as that doesn't hurt the overall story I don't care.

[@Arkay24]

I haven't seen today's episode, but so far I agree. The tone strays quite a bit from the source books, and while I think it's good to mix it up a little (since Foundation was a series of short stories, as far as I know) the past two chapters have felt unnecessarily drawn out when showing what's going on with the Foundation. I find myself far more excited to see what The Empire does. I feel the Cleons stories have little or no filler scenes and are better thought out to fit the 42-min runtime. It might be like Game of Thrones where you have periods of nothing really happening, but at least then there was always a sense of advancement or danger keeping it interesting.

[@const1988]

No, the show is bad on it's own. It is in fact so far from the books that there is just no reason to compare them. I would say it's the worst sci-fy show of the year. The visual were good in the first episode but got awful by episode 7. Everything else: writing, acting, worldbuilding is bad and is getting worse as the episodes air.

[@rafioooo]

If you stick around for space epic and general eye candy, its okay-ish. If you are in for characters to cheer on... so far they all been paper-thin and non-likable. You have one girl who is math genius but she is unlikeable and not interesting. You have other girl that is great with guns, but she is unlikeable, not interesting and looks like Guardian from Destiny on most of landscape shots. You have emperors who run the space empire, but they are unlikeable and uninteresting. You have robot lady advising them, but she is unlikeable and uninteresting. You have guy who is math genius. He is unlikeable but he swings between being interesting and not interesting. Character drama is so predictable few episodes in you can predict who is going to die next and when they die the reaction it triggers in viewer is "oh here he goes, bubai character who's important to everyone but us". Main antagonists for Foundation arc are Xena The Warrior Princess and Hercules The Legendary Journeys cosplayers. I watch the shows either because I am interested in the mystery of the surrounding world (Raised by the Wolves) or I like space battles or lead characters (The Expanse, BSG). This show has neither. But Apple drops so much money on it that you can kind of cruise with it.

[@swordarmstudios6052]

I don't actually understand the haters. I think this show is incredible. It hits on music, on visuals, on tone and on dialogue. It isn't much like the books - but on it's own merits the show is quite good, and hits the same themes as the books, if using a different story arc, and talking alot more about the empire. But that's not a bad thing. The Emperor is the best character(s) in the series. You can even see how all the Cleons are different, despite the fact the same actors are playing different characters at different periods of time. You can tell at a glance who Cleon the 13th and who Clean the 12th is. Lots of subtle things like giving all the characters the same nervous tics. Clean the First was a visionary. Cleon the 11th was kind. Cleon the 12th is rash and aggressive. Cleon the 13th is shrewd and conniving. Clean the 14th is uncertain and fearful.

[@kalaong]

This is magnificent; the bright, sparkly, "always in motion" particles are the "chroma" the Cleons use for their egocentric wall mural - and *all* of it is slowly crumbling away, just like their Empire... except for the Prime Radiant, Hari Seldon's database of psychohistory, which is constantly being *rebuilt* as it crumbles. Even Seldon's hand, freely offering the Radiant to the Galaxy, is crumbling... because he *will* die one day, but his Foundation will live on.

[@MonsieurSansHonte]

I hadn’t noticed the Prime Radiant does not decay until I read your comment! This intro is a masterpiece that surpasses the content of the show itself. Not to take away from Foundation-it’s decent Sci-Fi, but the intro is just that good. The level of intricacy vs its running time demands multiple viewings to discover its subtle meanings and metaphors. Truly a magnificent piece of work.

[@kalaong]

@@MonsieurSansHonte The part I like most? Look at the Cleons, constantly being re-made, as perfect copies of each other with nothing new to offer - then look at Seldon's hand, crumbling even as it offers the Radiant. Seldon is acknowledging that even he, too will end, *despite* the tricks he's pulling to extend his influence as long as possible. The difference between him and Cleon is that he doesn't *care,* just as long as humanity continues.

[@MsSissiePooh]

Wow…. an epic opening title and a theme song that makes it even more epic? Yes, please!

[@emrahu1327]

The best intro ever

[@barryabrams4661]

Simply Outstanding!!!

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

This is an interesting sci fi series opening credit screen introduction.

[@ervinlima9678]

This is an amazing show. Even the intro is a work of art.

[@luisaguilarguia3676]

Es el mejor intro que he visto, la serie me ha gustado muchísimo, personalmente creo que es la mejor de la plataforma ♥️

[@vasilmatarov9458]

Stunning ❤

[@elizaveta_ra]

Rings of Power opening was inspired by this

[@bigdookie451]

I was watching the new episode and thinking the same thing. The themes even sound similar. Maybe not super surprising since Bear McCreary was involved in both shows.

[@Aetopius]

Hard SF as its finest. Wish long and Prosper seasons to come

[@trinitytwo14992]

Brilliant

[@rickylovesyou]

Song Lyrics : I've been working on the railroad All the live-long day. I've been working on the railroad Just to pass the time away.

[@Symbiotian]

wonder they'll ever get to the whole second foundation, darells, gaia, and even the prelude part later.

[@TealKuruma]

Good show, felt like dune but without all the sand

[@kylebaguan4337]

Yeah right

[@victornewt5041]

This looks visually stunning. Spot any resemblance to His Dark Materials? 🤔

[@nataliakunikowska1157]

EXACTLY !!!! I thought it is the same composer and graphic designer ... but it is not ... maybe they are friends :)

[@callukcraft]

@@nataliakunikowska1157 also the music feels similar to me and yea they do seem very alike which is strange as , his dark metrials and the foundation series have nothing in common theme/story wise

[@cosmologicfrog9596]

Lord Asirel would faint when he learns about Hari Seldon's plan to take down the Empire.

[@coalescententity6651]

Hey dude the link in your description is actually an earlier, seemingly unreleased variant of this main theme. Cool stuff, thanks!

[@TruelyDangerousGuy]

Fear of Horison, future of us, human race, where would we go, that kind of Catastrophies lies ahead - science fiction can help us imagine possibilities and fill our hearts with curiosity...and fear, fear above anything else

[@abirbinhabib7669]

The flashbang at the end always got me

[@alexiz0013]

Lol same but it's cool

[@EmranKhan-jw9in]

When a man become old he does not care what he remember what does Matter that how he will remembered becuse at the end we all are just memories. Clion -16th

[@D4C_Gaming]

Reminds me of the Halo TV show’s intro, except much better.

[@milanstamatovic8253]

I wish I knew the explanation of that statue at 0:40 with what appears to be pyramids in the background. That part fascinates me.

[@TheThOdOr1s]

It's the interaction of Cleon and the Triple Goddess. There are 3 (actually 4 if you really look at it) men looking at a veiled figure (The Goddess that didn't reveal herself to Day). The figure is crowned by a halo with patterns of 3. Behind her are relics such as Pyramids. This sequence comes immidiately after the Cleonic Dynasty, and shows the empire to be small and rather insignificant compared to religion and culure.

[@milanstamatovic8253]

@@TheThOdOr1s thanks. My next question is why don't you have a KZbin channel where you explain stuff like this? This explanation of yours was great

[@93ndani]

​@@milanstamatovic8253because it's wrong 😂 It's Demerzel, revealed in the season 2 intro

[@TESTsuccess]

@@93ndani Yes. She was the true power that was hidden. I guess that the pyramids represented the dynasty that is in the background. While she was the true power.

It looks like the ST:Disco intro (which is also awesome).

[@carmenemil6678]

Lo mas ( y único?)relevante de la serie , la intro, Todos los adjetivos que se quieran para la musica y "los dibujitos".

[@juliomentor9219]

Es de suponer, que este intento de la Fundación, es para el olvido.

[@alkasoli4002]

you will have target when the foundation starts . adutha meeting avumbozhekkum min 1 ale member ayi kandethannam

[@Ma55ey]

love the way everything is just shifting sand except Harrys math projector.. kind of a generic opening though, it doesn't set the tone for the show really.. well its a load of random pieces put together one after the other to some dramatic music so actually now I think about it.. it does set the tone nicely.. seems very STD STP like.. very Fringe inspired..

[@TheThOdOr1s]

It's not random images. It's a reading of psychohistory.

[@dayalasingh5853]

I have a lot of mixed feelings about the show but the people who designed this intro made something very good

[@smoke8220]

The drums remind me of the sounds the Invictus made before it randomly jumps

[@tracyvardy8603]

Another Bear McCreary hit 🎵

[@alkasoli4002]

I stress the opening of the foundation each and every time is to inorder take care of the health of the ultimate power

[@Everyoneelsa]

I notice some differences in the opening of the S2 P09. I'm looking for that opening now; the hand at @1:08 is in another position, and even the woman figure at @0:17 has something in her hand, or the last face at @:54 becomes more crumbled. ^^ Nice touch!

[@Lemon.1vr]

Does anyone know the artist behind this fantastic opening scene??? its incredible and I would really like to see more of their work :)

[@SapiensCivis]

imaginaryforces.com/project/foundation

[@lsthero5863]

Brother Dusk xD

[@theillitistpro]

@@lsthero5863 lol

[@coolkoreamag]

LOOOOL @@lsthero5863

[@JohnInTheShelter]

Why is Asimov's name so conspicuously small?

[@TheRealAfroRick]

LOL... seeing it in 4K is the first time I noticed that the "Foundation" at the end is made of the sand....

[@easypete5825]

For some reason the musical scale and composition reminds me of "golden hour" by that one dude.

[@oga9426]

드라마 오프닝이지만 원작뽕도 차게해주는 좋은 오프닝

[@HierophanticRose]

Its the paintings on Cleon's Wall

[@TheThOdOr1s]

And it's also a reading of psychohistory.

[@PedroScherz]

No Emmy tho :/

[@xXWillyxWonkaXx]

Freakin amazing. Does anyone know how its possible to have a 4k quality appear on a 720p here on KZbin? Its like witchcraft lol

[@darthmemeious9526]

i dont rly like the tv show, beyond a few episodes and scenes, i dont rly enjoy where it went with the foundation storylines. but the intro is sooooo good, especialy the song, and i like to think of that whenever i read the books. also Demerzel's name was originaly Daneel Olivaw

[@jovee6155]

Similar intro to Rings of Power

[@alkasoli4002]

I can't start the foundation by my own..all alone..I need help as a social animal just like you.. that's why I keep on talking like this

[@miteamihai1132]

Song ?

[@mcvgs1780]

Is this from a series/movie adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation?

[@TheThOdOr1s]

Yes. But it's not a direct adaptation.

[@sieyes9356]

Beautiful, ripped off from His Dark Materials, but beautiful nevertheless

[@halsigmund3426]

What I am curious about is the giant sand statue in the opening. In season one, it appears without gender, but in the second season opening, it looks female. What is the significance of that I wonder?

[@mushroomfrogdude2104]

I noticed it too - my thought at first was that that was “the sleeper” (that god they worship on her home planet) but the gender being revealed/the person being changed makes me think it’s the empress lady that empire was talking about?

[@93ndani]

Demerzel

[@alkasoli4002]

foundation okke thugiyale self-realization okke padipikkan pattullu

[@TheEpicAB]

This is called a title sequence, not an intro.

[@teocostea1450]

sounds like romanian athem

[@alkasoli4002]

athinokke adhyam thudangan sahayikku.. still no response to my email from your side

[@jamesfanshawe6807]

This is a great title sequence. But I've seen the first episode and will not be continuing watching the show. As a Dune fan, you have my condolences, Foundation fans. It's a shame this series didn't have its own Denis Villeneuve - someone who cared about and respected the books.

[@stevehedley6777]

The books have many themes, and so far the show is doing a grand job pulling them together. The Dune story is very much more unitary - Frank Herbert planned the entire story as he was writing the first in the series. Sorry to lose you!

[@arthuroliveirasouza4714]

The show of foundation it´s the same thing of Hulu´s Handmaid Tale and series of Man in high castle. Both are adaptations based in famous fiction books, both with much more differents storylines, characters and concepts. And this is not bad, with Handmaid winning many emmys and high castle being great. Both are great series in own way. And foundation don´t work as literal adaptation, even asimov agreed with that.

[@arthuroliveirasouza4714]

@@stevehedley6777 The show of foundation it´s the same thing of Hulu´s Handmaid Tale and series of Man in high castle. Both are adaptations based in famous fiction books, both with much more differents storylines, characters and concepts. And this is not bad, with Handmaid winning many emmys and High castle being great. Both are great series in own way. And foundation don´t work as literal adaptation, even asimov agreed with that.

[@Archimondis]

@PhilipLiberato 2 lata temu This is the best intro I’ve ever seen YES BRO!!!!!!!!

[@osoiii]

Opening: 10/10 The rest: 6/10 Too much Cleon.

[@666MaRius9991]

Not enough Cleon! 😠

[@GUIxOWNxBUNGIE]

My nigguh Cleon getting his due

[@ironwar8501]

@@osoiii and? if cleon is the best part of the show be happy about cleon. stop dickriding the book ffs

[@panicpowerhouse8158]

Shot on iPhone

[@user-zj2rc7zx2d]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5jdloN_aKmKqqM the sun burns black .태양은 까맣게 불탄다.

[@hermannabt8361]

18 producers

[@gloeiende1]

In the Netherlands we say: een goede krans behoeft geen wijn. Which means something like: bottle is fine, throw away the wine. The intro is good enough, forget the show...

[@folkterminal5383]

in which softwar eyou made this

[@oakmonster2164]

Intro is nice, unfortunately a little copy-cat from Game of Thrones....and while it tells the story of foundation (as currently unfolded) it feels far less connected to the actual events of the series unlike GOT.

[@arthuroliveirasouza4714]

The show of foundation it´s the same thing of Hulu´s Handmaid Tale and series of Man in high castle. Both are adaptations based in famous fiction books, both with much more differents storylines, characters and concepts. And this is not bad, with Handmaid winning many emmys and High castle being great. Both are great series in own way. And foundation don´t work as literal adaptation, even asimov agreed with that.

[@riheg]

Good for what it is but way too woke. Is it too much to ask to give us an adaptation of the original work? Instead of writing something different and sticking the Foundation name on it. I guess so. How can you possibly think you can improve on Asimov? And no, I am neither a Russian bot nor a racist, apparently this is always necessary to point out if you don't fall in line

[@lairddougal3833]

And there we have it, right wing trolling from ‘show280’. No content on site and clearly unfamiliar with the books. Just the usual social poison delivered to you by social media. As to the series. Great cast, visually stunning, but only the core threads of Asimov’s vision on show. I was apologising for it by episode 3 and abandoning it by episode 5.

[@arthuroliveirasouza4714]

Foundation don´t work as a literal adaptation.Even asimov agreed with that. When they announced the tv show, i was expecting many changes in story.

[@Charango123quena]

From someone that has read the books, this show is an utter piece of crap, it has very little to nothing to do with the books.. i really do not know why they called it foundation. I'm glad Isaac Asimov didn't live to see this abomination. Apple has turned comments off as they don't want fans telling them what a crap show it is, and for heaven's sake stop the bloody monologues !!

[@arthuroliveirasouza4714]

The show of foundation it´s the same thing of Hulu´s Handmaid tale. Both are adaptations based in famous fiction books, both with much more differents storylines, characters and concepts. And this is not bad, with Handmaid winning many emmys. Both are great series in own way. And i see nobody critizing Handmaid tale show.

[@johnroach13]

@@arthuroliveirasouza4714 the point is why make something that has really very little connection to something and call it what it's not

[@arthuroliveirasouza4714]

@@johnroach13 Foundation don´t work as a literal adaptation.Even asimov agreed with that. When they announced the tv show, i was expecting many changes in story and structure.

[@ironwar8501]

@@johnroach13 because the world build and overall idea is amazing, why not make it but make it an interpretation so it works as tv

[@alkasoli4002]

still no response from your side to my email

[@RidiculousThisIs]

Too bad only awesome thing in this show is this opening cinematic