Christopher Franke - Messages from Earth

[@tja9212]

i adore the variations of the first opening through the whole show. i remember what a wast universe the 1st opening was foreshadowing and what a feeling of "there is so much more" came into my mind everytime i heard it. especially after g'kar told us we are, well, all ants. this is all so incredible well made and woven. this series is really a piece of art, showing and teaching us so much.

[@kurtjk01]

There were so many great actors in this show, the best ever made. O'Hare, Boxleitner, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Jurasik, etc. But one who is never mentioned is: Christopher Franke's music, surely as much a character in this amazing series as any other.

[@AlexJones-ue1ll]

I wouldnt go that far. Anyone who watched it back then knew about the music and how amazing it was, especially after the break toward Crusade the utter brilliance of Franke was obvious. He created several minutes of original score for each and every episode, something between 10-20 minutes each week; he would reuse themes, of course, but much was newly writen and performed. I dont think that has ever been done before or afterwards.

[@CCB5er34]

I SO AGREE WITH YOU ITS AS GOOD AS WHAT JOHN WILLIAMS EVER DID.

[@masocre]

@@AlexJones-ue1ll epic

[@vaniljapulla]

Guys, I feel such gratitude towards anyone who has watched the Babylon 5 soundtrack videos I have uploaded so far... Please, PLEASE try to track down and purchase C. Franke's incredible B5 soundtrack CDs, you'll thank yourself afterwards. He deserves all the credit for his creative work and the income from them. What an amazing talent. Without him, Babylon 5 wouldn't be the same. You KNOW I'm right.

[@fightclubify]

No worries. I bought the original soundtracks, back in the day. ;)

[@Trex955]

Does amazon have it?

[@MrNintoku]

Is he on Itunes cause I'd buy that sucker in a heartbeat.

[@enigma6482]

Jump....Jump NOOOWW!!!

[@protuningconcepts]

😆😂🤣.... 😉👍!!!

[@SpicyRikers]

Kosh FTW

[@ILoveEpicMusic]

0:40 - 1:40 BABYLON 5 SEASON 3 FINALE ( "Z'ha'dum" ) Kosh: "Jump! ... Jump now!" This is my favorite episode ever.

[@numenor17]

Man that was an awesome season finale!!!

[@sharlin648]

5 minutes..'Hiroshi get out of there!' 'Too late to get out, fires on all decks, there's only one thing we can...*static*' 'Hiroshi. Hiroshi!' *big feck off impact!*

[@chopper2429]

I thought that was the point when the marines (GROPOS) breach and the first shootout begins in slow-mo...?

[@sharlin648]

@@chopper2429 thank you for replying to this :D It reminded me i'd favorited it yonks ago and now I can listen to this again :D

[@ZakhadWOW]

Hmm isnt the music from Severed Dreams? I dont remember Messages from Earth having such a huge musical impact.

[@andrewstyles2547]

@@sharlin648 Them feels :O

[@CCB5er34]

Totally incredible, the last part heartbreakingly beautiful, just amazing.

[@richardbradley2802]

I got several of these CD's - they are masterpieces. Chris Franke made them into orchestral pieces from the incidental music in the show, I am so glad he did. Danke, Freund!

[@ghfun1]

Babylon 5 was truly amazing show. I hear the music and I play in my head the scenes .. it's too late to get out.. Jump jump now.. Do you have anything to live for.. DELENNNNNNNN

[@ODST_Parker]

4:54 RIP Captain Hiroshi and the EAS Churchill

[@philogara8306]

Goosebumps just listening to it now!

[@oliverurbanik9647]

Even after all these years.. all the other and newer SF Shows that came after B5 ... it remains the best of the best. Great actors, good writing, fantastic world building .. and my gosh.. the music. Christopher Franke did an OUTSTANDING Job with the OST at Babylon 5. I listened to this music on many train and bus rides, imagining epic adventures in space as a younger me :D

[@ZakhadWOW]

and then they fucked him over royally by bringing in someone else for the final TV movie and Crusade. Also, Copeland's original score for The Gathering left a lot to be desired as well.

[@guineveredelune]

This track has accompanied me for countless years. It is my refuge and my escape from a world that is getting worse and worse...

[@edmorden]

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

Hey friend, i know things are bad right now. But they are going to get so much worse.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

Hey friend, remember when i said things were going to get worse? They are getting worse now.

[@maxisaev568]

@@antediluvianatheist5262 in my journey I found it's easy to predict bad things, a true prophet should strive to predict good ones, or at least a path to safety even if a narrow one

[@victorhugocarballo]

"John, there's nowhere to run. Come back inside, we can work this out. I know this isn't the Anna you knew. What I am is what was made in her, a new personality. She can never come back. But I can love you as well as she did."

[@PaiSAMSEN]

Jump! JUMP NOW!

[@victorhugocarballo]

Dr Galactose if you go to Zhaaadum you will diiieeeee

[@mezelta]

+Victor Hugo Carballo i just want you to know, that i love you Deleen

[@PaiSAMSEN]

+CJ Smith ...good bye

[@mezelta]

+Dr Galactose AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh BBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@SamuelDPyke]

Love the part at 7:00 until the end. So grand, so magnificent, so much hope ...

[@jmwild1]

Insanely epic, reminds me of Toto and Brian Eno's work from Dune.

[@MMarin1983]

IIRC Chris Franke said at the time that this was the musical theme for Sheridan and Delenn.

[@MMarin1983]

Also at 9:05 you can hear the "signature sound" that he has used since the 70s starting from the live shows with Tangerine Dream.

[@PredatorHun87]

I always loved Babylon 5, watched it as a child and this piece of magnificent music has been on my favourites list on KZbin since 2011. I alway come back to it and reminiscence of older, simpler times. Thank you for sharing it.

[@OneHotWolfie]

Beautiful. So many memories of this fantastic show.

[@InsurrectionistFungi]

@wtc175 You have to remember that Star Trek and Babylon 5 are just radically different shows with different outlooks and moral messages. Star Trek is an optimist's dream, it's the dream of a better future, and the moral messages correspond appropriately. Whereas with Babylon 5, it's a more realistic portrayal of the future, and thus has entirely different messages and such. Personally, I love both shows for what they are. :] @JayGriffinblaze I like Firefly, BSG, B5 and Star Trek. :[

[@vorlonb3]

A truly amazing and superb well written series that captured the imagination of many people during the late 90s. The music was also very unique and superbly composed by Christopher Franke and those first two CDs really shine bright indeed.

[@ZakhadWOW]

93 thru 98, so right in the sweet sport rather than just the later years.

[@TheRX1982]

The part from 8:30 was used in the episode where they rescue Sheridan when they rejoin the fleet when you see all the Narn,EA,Centauri,Minbari,White Stars and League ships together near the jump point to Mars... the Episode before End Game..

[@erikhardin6488]

6:35 gets me every time😭

[@CmdrTobs]

Nice. Omega X. I love those. Gosh I really enjoyed Babylon 5.

[@SamuelDPyke]

That there is LOVE, HOPE and the PROMISE of TOMORROW! 7:45

[@ajackofdiamonds]

What episode is this part from? Do you know?

[@takeshihiraoka5310]

a damn good show, or should I say a BRILLIANT saga. I miss it! so many epic scenes, of heroism, bravery, tragedy. I wish the makers had done more spin-offs, the the telepath and PSI core war, or the rangers.

[@dubstepzsi]

I think the creator is working on bringing it back, remember dude J michael got the initial idea for this back in 1986 and it was not screened untill the mid 90's so we could still see something as he could be working on it right now :) we might not see it for a another few more years as he obviously likes to make sure he gets it right by taking his time something that was very well reflected in the show.

[@markbucher50]

That Tom drum that leads into 7:45 and then the choir melody. Don’t think it was ever on the show but the last few minutes of this are so moving

[@glnutt1]

i love ST especially Voyager because even the utopia that roddenberry envisioned is not likely because as JMS showed us with B5 the human condition of war, deceit and the love of freedom, humankind will always be battling the forces of evil. and our sense of justice will be a call for heroes to fight tyranny and oppression. and our basic yearning to be free

[@gilliansmith6595]

I agree, Mr Fs music is brill, am collecting them as well. Shame he doesn't get recognition on todays media strands and tv. Someone needs to be a nuisance and start t ball rolling!😊

[@evanhunt1863]

3:37 "How close?" "Right down their throats."

[@alexpalmer9101]

I've watched pretty much the entire series, and I never heard this theme. That's part of why Chris Franke is so cool: He'll combine episodic music with totally original scores, and come up with results like this. He's the master!

[@aldebaran19752000]

The first 2 minutes of this were used when Sheridan was at Za Ha Dum, the White Star falling and the farewell message to Delenn is playing

[@emperor1733]

Always thought this was among Franke's best work.

[@TheDarkPan]

A piece that has conjunctively inspired novels... moments of human happiness recalled.

[@LaurentziuRo]

Great music !

[@themisspultone]

This music is perfect, I can hear & see the action in my minds eye just from hearing this.

[@protuningconcepts]

True....👍

[@FireLordJohn3191]

Beautiful!

[@ysmns9472]

epic as hell!

[@JayGriffinblaze]

the stargate is the main mechanism to transport the characters to a different setting to tell a story. Like ST's warp speed/transporter, B5's Jump Gates, SW's Lightspeed. Every sci-fi story needs to have something that allows ur characters to be taken to the fantastical world the audience is expected to buy into.

[@Nakishawolf]

This piece is the epicness of epic.

[@LaurentziuRo2010]

Great music & video

[@janecarline5559]

this also brought tears to my eyes in parts..have now bought it

[@JayGriffinblaze]

@gasdfw5 Stargate actually has more in common than B5, probably any sci-fi series, in the fact that it had the overarching story arc too. Characters, changed over time, died, were reassigned, there were consequences to their actions on a large as well as small scale. I put SG over ST. Anyway there were MANY episodes where the gate was shut down, by Earth & others/sabotaged etc, from abt the 4th series, they acquire, later build their own spaceships from retro-engineering alien tech,

[@LaurentziuRo2010]

Good track !

[@evanhunt1863]

6:17 Vree antimatter saucer for the win!

[@vaniljapulla]

@Swordsman808 Christopher Franke did a wonderful job, his score still gets me every time... Such emotion, raw power, defiance and violence, I really can't find the words to describe how I feel about this work. Just... incredible. I bow down to him.

[@Spike-Prime]

Wow, going from season 1 of Babylon 5, then watching seasons 2-5... there is a drastic improvement on Christopher Danke's soundtracks. It just sounds fantastic.

[@SamuelDPyke]

"Franke" not Danke. Respect! TO! HIM!

[@InsurrectionistFungi]

@Scifimaster92 Exactly! It's perfectly okay for two shows to be on the same level, not everything is better or worse than everything else. Star Trek and BSG, for example, one is set in the distant past, while the other is set multiple centuries in the future, and they have completely different feels and atmospheres, as well as moral messages. They're hardly even comparable, but they excel in different areas and fall in other areas. There's really no point comparing them.

[@janecarline5559]

love this

[@timfischer4019]

Such a great piece of music. But was that part beginning at 6:30 ever used in any episode? I just can't remember...

[@ajackofdiamonds]

I'm sitting here wondering the same thing! I don't remember this in any episode!?

[@Trek001]

I think the first few seconds of the heavy drum beats was used when the Pollux was lost with all hands during the Battle of Proxima III

[@tuscan9617]

It was. During the battle in which Clark's forces try to seize B5 there is a scene in which the interceptors are firing to that tune at attacking starfurys. Kind of a late response though.

[@vaniljapulla]

Four Mr. Mordens dislike this video.

[@isaned]

14 Shadows disliked this video.

[@vonshroom2068]

All we can do is smile and wave ;)

[@bureau31]

4 Mr. Mordens, 14 Shadows, 5 president Clarks, 3 emperor Cartagias, 6 Ulkeshs, 2 Drakh and 1 Anna Sheridan disliked this video.

[@dire_5]

@@bureau31 And an Ulkesh in a pear tree?

[@LazarusRemains]

Greatest space opera TV shows thus far: - Star Trek - Babylon 5 - Farscape - Firefly Can't say I rate Galactica or Stargate as highly as those.

[@theromeoshow2588]

What about Andromeda?

[@protuningconcepts]

😳"Valen's name.... it's awake!!!

[@spontaneoussam2]

love the pic

[@chiffmonkey]

Mass Effect 'borrowed' some of this for the Collector theme in ME2. (The whole game trilogy is heavily based on B5)

[@ysmns9472]

I knew it was familiar! Always thought mass effect felt as close to a "B5 video game" we could get, both turned out incredible well.

[@agatonbrasil8671]

You need dreamers to watch such movies and listen to such music ... Unfortunately, there are too few of them ..

[@PaiSAMSEN]

Eject, damn it!

[@BadWolffff]

8:33 Full Dune Achieved

[@hildemel]

@JayGriffinblaze I personally found BSG 2 far to soap operay and emo the few times I saw it.

[@babylon218]

Late Season 4. I think it was the episode they rescued Sheridan from EarthForce. Hope that helped.

[@Nangleator22]

Severed Dreams was when the station had to fight to stay free.

[@babylonas9143]

Is it known where (if ever) the awesome music from 6:35 onwards appears in the actual series?

[@EBTcraft15]

from 6:34 it's just brilliant!

[@TechnoMageB5]

5:28 Why do I keep hearing "Collision Alert!" In starfury computer voice?

[@robbielawson4828]

Outstanding television show. Its a shame so many of the actors died relatively young. I liked the earlier seasons more, and went off it a bit when it became all about Sheridan and his 'God complex'.

[@ScreamingTc]

4:42 - The Churchill goes down and the slaughter of the Narns. Oh god. :(

[@Eyewarp]

Does anyone know what episode 6:35 onward plays in?

[@gatedude07]

"This is Ambassador Delenn of the Minbarri. Babylon 5 is under our protection. Withdraw. Or be destroyed." "Negative. We have authority here. Don't make us fire on your ships." "Why not? Only one Human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbarri fleet. He is *behind me.* You are *in front of me.* If you value your lives, *be somewhere else.*"

[@vahrushevA]

@SamuelDPyke I'm agree with you. Realy beautiful part.

[@Scifimaster92]

@InsurrectionistFungi I totally agree with you! I really hate it when I see fanboyish comments like, "in the formal opinions of the universe, X rules over Y" on these kinds of videos. They just make that particular fanbase look really stupid and immature. I mean, just look at the whole "Twilight" (a series I highly despise in part because of this fanaticism) community.

[@tja9212]

this is what i bought my subwoofer for.

[@JayGriffinblaze]

@Swordsman808 Totally with you on that. BSG 2 is better than many sci-fi shows that have been, but to me didn't do anything groundbreaking apart from showing silence in space when explosions happen. Besides that, all that '6' and Baltar nonsense was sooooooooo tedious.

[@MadMichigander1313]

It was too bad that JMS didn't get to produce the last Star Trek movie. He actually tried for the producer position but JJ Abrams was chosen instead. Also, the ST movie script looks like it was written by the CBS programming office (they own Paramount), and is more Irwin Allen than Gene Roddenbury...

[@RogueShadows]

I don't recognize the music from about 6:35 to about 7:50...was it ever used in any episodes?

[@DarthLeg1ON]

It was very hard for the main heroes to understand that their own government and homeworld stands with the real enemy they tried to oppose. The time to pretend being a neutral was gone, and only several days remained for everybody in this conflict to reveal their real faces: Sheridan as a rebel and Clarke as an usurper.

[@AtrophyOffline]

Someone got the title for this wrong lol.

[@t.sniffin3031]

This is the score for Severed Dreams, not Messages from Earth.

[@JAnx01]

7:45 !!!

[@hithere8753]

Kosh: Disobedient! Sheradin: Up yours!

[@KurtKnutsen]

whish babylon5 was back!

[@ianterrett6353]

" No not like this I'm taking you bastards with me. "

[@mrpdmasta]

damn, i was hoping to find the music in the war against president clark where sheridan sets a collision course for the orbiting planetary particle beam, but this isn't it.

[@RicardoDirani]

@Swordsman808 that might describe well the original Battlestar, which is so much older than Babylon 5 that any comparisson is unfair. Close to Battlestar Reimagined, Babylon 5 looks like a Mexican soap opera.

[@vorlonb3]

Think it was from Severed Dreams third season

[@apotheases]

When you realize that an Omega Class Destroyer is bigger than an Imperial Class Star Destroyer.

[@speggeri90]

vois alkaa kattomaan kolmatta kautta :)

[@hajime2k]

The original star trek had a 5 year mission but the show didn't last long enough to complete it

[@JayGriffinblaze]

Nonsense! Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek DS9 (B5- lite), Farscape, Space: Above & Beyond Firefly always struck me as the sci fi show for people that don't like sci-fi, I thought it was rubbish!

[@RicardoDirani]

@Swordsman808 until Battlestar Galactica Reimagined came about, naturally :-)

[@Antarius1987]

Hi, for the babylon 6 project we have make a new pdf presentation, please look at it: drive.google.com/open?id=0B5swZj0R-o3fZTAzZk9oblRTcDQ Mfg. Antarius-Angel Freie Falken Babylon 6 Project.

[@Xalorr]

A B6 space station? In a universe of a series in several times is mentioned the Babylon 5 last of the Babylon stations was? Ehh illogically? I like the series and know them exactly. There is no material for an other Babylon station. Babylon 5 was not destroyed from the EA without reason. Maby a other big Space Station from the ISA but not a Babylon 6.

[@Xalorr]

An other question. I have had a look at the side sometimes. Can it be this, the whole project has to do nothing with the B5 to universe separate only one similar name carries? If so OK then it is good. If, nevertheless, it plays the whole design has no resemblance. With it also no basis for a connection with the B5 universe.

[@Antarius1987]

hi the idea is in a space game make a space station with the spirit of Babylon 5. not exactly the same and not in the same universe. It is more of a project inspired by the series. Instead of a council of aliens, there would be a council of different players guilds. But the aim is the same peace under the gamer. We have tried to grab as many ideas from the series as possible. The name of part from the security is White Star and Blackstar. The Core of the White star is a Ship of the Polaris Class. A small agile Korvet. However, the idea comes very close. So far, we have 15 guilds and 6 allies, all in all more than a thousand players in star citizen who currently support the project. Not only in USA or German we have member over all of the Earth. oh and this project is for the game star citizen, its the moment in alpha status. We hope we can release the projekt then we have Babylon 6 in a pc game. A real free neutral space station, just like babylon 5 begins. Ps. sorry for my bad english.

[@Xalorr]

Meins ist auch nicht besser gewesen oder? XD Aber ok das erklärt den Namen Babylon 6 ^^ Basiert es auf einen schon existierenden Game also eine Mod oder ist es ein eigenständiges Werk?

[@Antarius1987]

Wir möchten es in star citizen integrieren in dem wir eine große Zahl der Spieler davon überzeugen das Projekt als solches zu aktzeptieren. Praktisch ein Inception. ^^

[@janoslazanyi9541]

This "music" is as far from the Tangerine Dream of the 80's as Los Angeles from Berlin ...

[@lopido775]

@LazarusRemains babylon over star trek

[@wtc175]

I loved Star Trek. But then I watched B5....and ST just seemed so full of flaws. The storylines were weak and the characters poor in comparison. One can view the Palestine/Israel/USA situation with different viewpoints when you watch how Londo and G'Kar's confrontation develop. B5 show life as it would be - not idealistic as Star-Trek would have you believe '(no greed towards wealth...only aspirations of bettering oneself ' said J.L.Picard). ST never talks of gravity on the Enterprise!