On 5/19/2005, someone going by the name of "Dickison" posted the
following (copied and pasted) about that beautiful music.
>In the last episode of season 4, The Dissonant Interval, the credits =
list
>Catherine Thomas as the soprano singing the beautiful =93Arkology =
Theme=94,
>which was also used in the series finale. But on the Official Andromeda
>web site there is an interview with the composer that states the
>following:
>Jeremy Horowitz: I'm not sure what you call it, but colloquially, out on
>the Internet, the music from the very end of the Season Four finale is
>known as the "Arkology Theme." Do you know the one I mean?=20
>Matthew McCauley: I sure do.=20
>Jeremy: It's so popular that one fan took it upon himself to actually
>transcribe it...(hands Matthew the sheet music)=20
>Matthew: (laughing and smiling) That's amazing! How about that...that's
>wonderful.=20
>Jeremy: A lot of people are curious whether the Arkology theme is
>completely original or whether it is some other piece of music?=20
>Matthew: No, it's completely original, and I'm really happy with the
>response to it, because it was a bold suggestion by the producers to
>approach it from such a grand perspective. The result is gratifying; it =
is
>intended to evoke the feeling of a requiem, it has quasi-classical,
>neo-romantic, it has a number of different elements to it. There are a =
lot
>of people who thought that it is actually Mozart's Requiem.=20
>Jeremy: There was a lot of speculation about that.=20
>Matthew: It's more modern than that, but its goal is to evoke that kind =
of
>feeling, of a noble lineage.=20
>Jeremy: Are the lyrics on that English, Latin or some other language?=20
>Matthew: No, it's entirely made up. It's just vowel sounds that were
>assembled to sound word-like, to give a feeling as if there was a =
message
>being conveyed, but it's entirely fabricated.=20
>Jeremy: Did you have a singer come in, or was that sampled digitally as
>well?=20
>Matthew: Yes, a singer named Margie Fester came in for that.=20
>
>I did an internet search and found on this site
>http://www.glendale.k12.ca.us/publications/StaffOGram/June%202,%202004.p=
df:
>
>Margie Fester, Administrative Secretary at Fremont Elementary and an
>outstanding singer, recorded an original song for the Channel 5 series
>=93Andromeda,=94 which aired in two parts during May........
>
>I found this contact information for the school, so I=92m emailing them =
to
>see if they can pass the message on to her that she has thousands of =
fans
>that want a recording of her music and need to know how to get it.
>
>Email to: pubinfo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>FAX to 818-548-9041
>Send correspondence to:
>Glendale Unified School District
>223 N. Jackson St.
>Glendale, CA 91206
>Attn: Margie Fester
>
>Now the question remains, who is Catherine Thomas and why was she listed
>as the Soprano if Margie Fester was the singer?
Don't you just LOVE the Internet?
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"Politicians are conniving, wheeler-dealing s***. Don't have a fit of =
morals over them;
they wouldn't, over you."
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