7.09 - Battlestar Galactica - All Along The Watchtower - NEW Katee Sackhoff - Bear McCreary LIVE, Battlestar Galactica Orchestra In Concert /Corrected
Battlestar Galactica Bear McCreary with Katee Sackhoff "All Along The Watchtower" Live 6-13-2009 (here they are pictured in June in LA but you get the idea.)
Thanks to filmsinfocus!
What a treat to see Katee Sackhoff and Bear McCreary on the piano together with that haunting little tune The Final Four Theme--then to All Along the Watchtower--Bear's version!
Beginning with Kara Remembers this moves to the Final Four Theme then to Heeding The Call, then to All Along The Watchtower. It turns into something huge. I mean awesomely bombastic at its pinnacle. I love it! So powerful.
About this :Note from Bear McCreary "Kara Thrace herself, Katee Sackhoff, joined me on stage at the grand piano to play Kara Remembers I played the left hand part, and she plucked out the Final Four Theme, just as she did in the climax of Someone to Watch Over Me. Once we had the Final Four Theme going on the piano, the band snuck in, building to Heeding the Call and finally All Along the Watchtower.
What do you think of Bear McCreary and the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra live (in the video)?
Pretty great band, huh?
The Battlestar Galactica Orchestra, featuring all kinds of awesome, will tour in the US--hopefully Canada (maybe?) and possibly internatonally (I know for a fact Bear and Co. have a huge, dedicated fanbase overseas).
If you want to see Bear McCreary and the Battlestar Galactica band LIVE you have to make it happen by taking your support of Bear and BGO live. If you and some friends are the real deal as far Bear and Co., in other words a real BSG fan, it's very likely I think, that you would dig seeing Bear. His music made such an impact on the show. To state what is obvious: BSG would not be the BSG we love without Bear.
Did you hear the NPR piece on Bear and the band and their playing live? Here is the link. NPR Music on BSG's Bear McCreary and his live, sellout Shows
I will be back later to talk more about Bear and the Orchestra and the LIVE gigs they have lined up in San Diego at the upcoming geek event of the year--ComicCon! (which is killing me because <sob> I cannot be there.)
From Battlestar Galactica Orchestra site -
"Bear McCreary’s score for “Battlestar Galactica” honors, absorbs and transforms the traditions of classical, popular and cultural music from around the world. Within his score, massive Japanese taiko ensembles struggle to overpower arsenals of Scottish bagpipes. The wistful strains of erhu and duduk are set against string orchestra and rock band. A lush piano sonata lulls one moment, a bluesy and distorted dobro energizes the next. Armenian text is sung gently over images of bloodshed, while Indian-inspired melodies intertwine with heavy metal."
So check out the brand fraking new Battlestar Galactica Orchestra site and make sure to stop by the forum to say hi-- and then go blog about it! Twitter about it. Just spread the word that you'd love if the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra would come to your area to play LIVE.












































