Philip Glass & Battlestar Galactica
I just started watching the Season 2 of Battlestar Galactica (which is off to a great start though I’d like to see more of Commander Adama then just him on a operating table). Anyway in the second episode of the season, called Valley of Darkness, Starbuck puts on some music while visiting her old apartment. I heard some repeating piano that was very familiar and was immediately all ears. Was this the venerable, Philip Glass being expertly woven into a Sci-Fi show? A repeating piano piece is, perhaps, his largest trademark and, to top it off, this piece sounded very familiar. Anyway, it turned out it was a Philip Glass piece called “Metamorphosis One” from an album called Solo Piano. So I ordered it on Amazon right away (this particular song isn’t on iTunes yet it seems) and can’t wait for it to get here. How cool is it that Philip Glass & Battlestar Galactica can work so well together?
March 9th, 2010 at 11:29 am
I’d just started listening to Philip Glass for the first time last week. By coincidence, the very next day, I started watching season 2 of Battlestar Gallactica on DVD and immediately recognised Metamorphosis One! The Philip Glass-Battlestar Gallactica combination is indeed very cool!