Hope you don’t mind, but I copied your comment and used it in an update to that post.

You got it right.

I was skimming your blog and saw your comments regarding my “atheistic” adjective for Baltar’s sermon.

You pointed out the obvious, that to be angry at God means you must acknowledge his existence. But I always interpreted this episode to show that Gaius, in fact, no longer believes in God. (And as you correctly guessed, there are lines of dialog in the extended version that would suggest this.)

Baltar only believed in God in the first place because it gave him an ego-boosting God-Complex, allowing him to feel he was somehow instrumental in the inner-workings of the universe. In “Disquiet,” he’s reached this new low, and realized that all the prophecies are bullshit (a conclusion Roslin now shares with him apparently).

The way I saw it, Baltar was preaching anger at God not because he, himself, was angry at God, but because it would be the quickest and easiest way to get the crowd really pissed off. He was venting his frustrations and wanted to stir up trouble. And it obviously worked.

However, my term “atheistic rage” was probably an exaggeration. I’ve never, in my life, met an atheist who was angry at the universe. That is, after all, one of the points of atheism: to strip away the personification of the cosmos that is implied in so many religions.

Duly noted and corrected, sir. :)

-Bear

I never comment on any blogs that I follow, but the music you have composed for BSG has earned an honest thankyou from me. I know that the show would not have had half it’s impact if not for the music accompanying it. I loved the short clip of the behind the scenes look at how you create the music of the show and hope you are spurned on by the comments here to include more of the same.

I love the new arrangement of the Roslin and Adama theme as she is running through the ship. I hope when you are selecting tracks for the S4 soundtrack you give that some consideration, although you probably have a few more tracks for the remaining episodes that no doubt we will be clambering for!

One last thing (and you’re probably sick of hearing this question so I apologise), are you still considering releasing the instrumental version of “All Along the Watchtower”? The track used in the actual episode “Crossroads Pt. 2″. The version on the S3 soundtrack is great, and the sneak peak we got at the new version in this latest episode I can’t wait for.

But there seems to be something about the instrumental version, I hope you can make it available some day. I think it’s something to do with the fact we we’re left waiting a year with only the final scenes, and that music… :)

“Something Dark is Coming” is also among my favorites from Season 2, especially because its so different from anything else I ever did on the show. One of these days I’ll do a few blog entries covering Season 1 and 2 (I obviously started the blog at the beginning of Season 3) and I’ll discuss that tune a bit.

-Bear

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Just to clarify why I’m so interested on your take on the theme, I searched the blog and found no articles on it, but I’m deeply interested in your thoughts on it.

The mark of a great composer!

Awesome blog! Thank’s for taking the time to talk about some of your choices in scoring BSG. I’ve done some scoring for a handful of short films and always find it a rewarding, challenging, and frankly awesome experience.

I was hoping that at some point you’d be willing to touch on a theme you composed for the election of Gaius at the end of “Lay Down Your Burdens pt.1″ It’s the song called “Something Dark is Coming” on the BSG season 2 soundtrack. It’s such a unique fabric in the tapestry of the BSG musical texture that I’d like to get your take on the textural and instrumental choices you made when composing it, such as the use of the electric guitar, which seems rare.

Thanks, and keep it up!
Chris

I would love to see more footage of this nature, Bear. It’s so interesting to see all these aspects of the show being brought to life.

Can’t wait for the season 4 soundtrack!!!

A Disquiet Follows my Soul is the #1 ranked tv show on iTunes today. Sometimes a Great Notion is ranked #19 – and that’s while its in its second week out.

Great job!!