The Music Of Farscape

The sounds of Farscape entirely complement the series with its otherworldly peculiarness. I love it. The compositions mix the strange with the ethereal. The music was entirely the work of Subvision and Guy Gross. Nothing set the tone for the shoot down the wormhole better than the series' theme song.
*

The Theme from Farscape was composed by Chris, Toby and Braedy Neal, the core of Subvision. The creators wanted something between "medieval" and "tribal" according to Farscape The Illustrated Companion. According to that book, the networks were not pleased with the final music production largely due to the the feminine thread that ran through the piece. The female vocal component was provided by Avigail Herman. Fortunately just about all involved felt very strongly about the plan that was laid out by Brian Henson and felt very strongly about the piece created by Subvision. Composer Chris Neal recalls, "We felt we had to have some sort of yearning sound, a tribal feel, because that's the whole point of Farscape."

*

One of the things I love about Farscape is the strong female current in the show. Henson, O'Bannon, Kemper and company have designed a show with strong male and equally strong female lead counterparts particularly in Aeryn Sun, Zhaan and Moya. Neal really brings that point home. "Moya's a female, there's a strong female presence in the cast, and there are all these people trying to find their way home." I love this point. Not only does the music emphasize this female sensuality throughout the series, but its represented symbolically through Moya as the mothership. Her female strength houses this band of characters as if carrying a child in her womb. There is something innately powerful about that image week after week and its conveyed positively throughout Season One and the series.

*

I have the good fortune of having five unique Farscape CDs that have been released to date including Music From The Original Soundtrack Farscape [released by Crescendo], featuring music from Seasons One and Two and now well out of print. Also available are Volume One, Two and Three of Farscape Classics through La La Land Records. These three discs feature the compositions of Guy Gross and include the scores to the following episodes: Revenging Angel, Eat Me, Die Me Dichotomy, Into The Lion's Den Part 2: Wolf In Sheep's Clothing, The Choice and The Locket. Finally, Farscape The Peacekeeper Wars featuring Guy Gross and the Sydney Symphony and Cantillation . All of these La La Land Records releases are in low supply with Farscape Classics Volume One sold out.

*

As far as musical compositions and soundtrack scores go you can't do better than those conducted for Farscape. The music easily ranks up there with the best of Star Trek, Space:1999 and Stargate SG-1.