The Complete Battlestar Galactica Thread

[JonC]

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A few notes before I begin.

1. It is my intent to do the most comprehensive collection of music related to all incarnations of Battlestar Galactica.
2. Only one of the following albums are my rips. All are my uploads. It is not my intention to step on anyone's toes.

Until further notice, links will no longer be maintained. Links will not be renewed upon request.
Others are, of course, allowed to post their own links here or elsewhere.
Until then,
JonC

Original Series

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16 tracks, 39 min, 192kbs, 62MB

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Narrated version of the pilot "Saga of a Star World," with music, dialogue and sound effects.
2 tracks, 50 min, 192kbs, 70MB

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The disco version.
9 tracks, 31 min, 320kbs, 61MB
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Battlestar Galactica - Royal Scottish Orchestra - Varese Sarabande (1997)
17 tracks, 48 min,

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Disc 1: 29 tracks, 60 min, 320kbs, 146MB
Disc 2: 26 tracks, 62 min, 320kbs, 144MB
Disc 3: 27 tracks, 66 min, 320kbs, 151MB
Disc 4: 26 tracks, 66 min, 320kbs, 151MB
Also available in Ape and Flac

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This reissue of the original '78 album with a bonus dance track. Generally considered to have an inferior sound mix.
17 tracks, 46 min, 320kbs, 145MB

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42 tracks, 76 min, 320kbs, 195MB

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2 Discs, 44 tracks, 97 min, 320kbs, 218MB

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Battlestar Galactica Vol. 3 - Stu Phillips - Intrada (2012)
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This is a collection of covers of Galactica on other albums. Watch this space for future expansions.

Currently at 16 tracks, 71 min, Assorted bit rates (but most are 320), 143MB
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This was a special Halloween performance by The Golden State Pops Orchestra. At this time I am still looking for more pieces of this unique concert, as well as better versions of what I have now.
This is a theoretical tracklist based on reviews. Those tracks in bold are currently available.

1. Star Trek First Contact - conducted by Steven Allen Fox
2. Astroboy End Credits - conducted by John Ottman
3. Variations for Piano and Orchestra - a new 22 min composition by Stu Phillips - conducted by Steven Allen Fox
4. Battlestar Galactica: Exploration/The Five Battlestars - conducted by Stu Phillips
5. Stu Phillips introducing the next segment. There are presumably other introductions.
6. Battlestar Galactica: Heaven/The Scriptures/The Wedding - conducted by Stu Phillips
7. Battlestar Galactica: Action music - conducted by Stu Phillips
8. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Suite - conducted by Stu Phillips
9. The Name of the Game is Kill - conducted by Stu Phillips
10. Battlestar Galactica: Variations on the Main Theme - 11 min version arranged and conducted by Bear McCreary, featuring the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra
11. The X-Files - conducted by Steven Allen Fox
12. Knight Rider - canned music played as exit music

4 tracks, 21 min, 112kbs, 30MB

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Suite by The Movie Sound Studio Germany.
1 track, 37 min, 179kbs, 48MB

Re-Imagined Series

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26 tracks, 68 min, 320kbs, 166MB
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30 tracks, 78 min, 320kbs, 320kbs
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23 tracks, 79 min, 320kbs, 154MB
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21 tracks, 79 min, 320kbs, 187MB
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34 tracks, 136min, 320kbs, 277MB
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19 tracks, 68 min, 320kbs, 163MB
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2 discs, 21 tracks, 96 min, 320kbs, 218MB
mp3 320kbs & m4a

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31 tracks, 63 min, 320kbs, 144MB

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24 tracks, 43 min, 320kbs, 96MB

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20 tracks, 79 min, 320kbs, 194MB

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3 tracks, 79 min, 320kbs, 177MB
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Also available in flac

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Live concert version.
16 tracks, 85 min, 320kbs, 178MB

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Fanmade suites covering all the Bear McCreary work on Galactica. Disc 1 has tracks for the Miniseries, Season 1, season 2, Season 3, and the first half of Season 4.
5 tracks, 82 min, 320kbs, 181MB
Disc 2 has tracks for the back half of Season 4, Beyond The Red Line (Game Mod,) and The Plan. Also included is a video of Bear McCreary doing a version of Stu Phillips' theme. I do not believe this was from the Stu Phillips concert.
4 tracks, 35 min, 320kbs, 147MB
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Suite by The Movie Sound Studio Germany.
1 track, 55 min, 320kbs, 117MB

Caprica

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18 tracks, 54 min, 320kbs, 130MB
Also available in flac

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Suite by The Movie Sound Studio Germany.
1 track, 39 min, 147kbs, 50MB

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Ripped by RDAF.
256 tracks, 434 minutes, Flac & mp3

Games

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This my first attempt at a game rip. Since I have been unable to get the game itself to run, I am unsure if the track titles are correct or if this is complete. Any assistance will be appreciated. I also hope to rip the 2003 Xbox game as well.
5 tracks, 4 min, 320kbs, 12MB

Buck Rogers

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Not actually Battlestar, this show was created during the same period by Glen Larson and features many of the same staff, including Stu Phillips.
15 tracks, 36 min, Variable bit rate, 59MB

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15 tracks, 36 min, Variable bit rate, 114MB

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Suite by The Movie Sound Studio Germany.
1 track, 26 min, 320kbs, 49MB

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A collection of 5 bonus tracks, including versions of the opening and closing credits for the TV series.
5 track, 6 min, assorted bite rates, 10MB

[ReverseGravity]

A few questions in mind. The Battlestar Galactica live concert are rips from the youtube videos? If so, are they in good qualilty? And the best of BSG music S1-4 with Cast and Crew. What's Cast and Crew mean?

Anyway's thanks for this, helps out alot!

[JonC]

All except the Buck Rogers suite are from youtube, so yeah, the quality's not that great. But 112kbs is what my converter spit out, rather than the usual 71kps for youtube. I don't know why. The guy who put up the Buck Rogers suite has not yet posted any other parts of the concert. needless to say, finding the rest of this concert is one of my higher priorities.

My understanding is, and I could be wrong, is that the cast and crew promo is exactly that, a disc issued at the end of the series for the wrap party. Since it has no new material, this cannot be confirmed. But since I can't be sure it isn't a fake, here it is.
JonC

[ReverseGravity]

Oh ok, thanks again JonC.

[JonC]

Updated:
Stu Phillips Anthology bumped up to 320kbs.

New:
Battlestar Galactica suites by Carlean Factory

[alfrodo]

Hey JonC. Thanks for the great stuff! One thing tho, the Battlestar Galactica suites by Carlean Factory disk 2 is the same link for CD 1.

[JonC]

Sorry about that.
Try it now.
JonC

[alfrodo]

Thanks JonC. Works perfect now. Thank you for these new suites!

[Lord_Zuckuss]

Does anyone have access to the CUE sheet for disc 2 of the Stu Phillips Anthology? Mine was corrupted.

[JonC]

I don't have a cue sheet for any of the Anthology discs, but if you are looking for any specific info about it, I might be able to help.
JonC

[Lord_Zuckuss]

I have a lossless APE file I ripped long ago, and now that I've had some time to mess with it, I find out that the CUE sheet for disc three somehow overwrote the CUE sheet for disc two!

This has been quite a fine mess!

[JonC]

Really? Is there any way I can get a copy of this? I'm planning on expanding beyond mp3's to lossless.
Have you tried seeing if there is a program or plugin that can generate one?
JonC

[k_bacon]

I just wanted to chime in and tell you that the "Cast & Crew" Best-Of is NOT a fake. Somewhere on his blog, McCreary wrote that these CDs were produced when the Season 4 OST wasn't produced yet, so the S4 tracks on the Best-Of would be different from those on the regular S4 OST...and they are. Listen to "The Resurrection Hub": Around 2:50, the Best-Of version takes a different path, with a nice statement of Boomer's Theme before entering into the final statement of the Hub theme, while the OST version skips this part and goes right to the final statement. As for other tracks, I haven't listened to them yet, but this should suffice to prove that this is a genuine item. Thanks for providing it!

[JonC]

Thank you for the confirmation. I just recently came across a note on his blog confirming the existence of the Cast & Crew album, but I wasn't yet able to confirm if the music was actually from it.
JonC

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Lossless Insanity!

Galactica Mini-Series, Seasons 1 - 4, The Plan & Razor, Caprica, and Intrada Buck Rogers now available in lossless.

More as they come available.
JonC

[trekkier1138]

any chance you could post this:
10. Battlestar Galactica: Variations on the Main Theme - 11 min version arranged and conducted by Bear McCreary, featuring the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra
Thanks in advance!

[JonC]

Still looking for that one. As soon as I can find it, it will go up.
JonC

[thejobloshow]

Holy cow, Buck Rogers! Good stuff dude.

[galaga]

I just wanted to say how awesome this thread is, i had the first 3 seasons trapped on my old ipod, its good to have them back. This is seriously my favorite music out there.

[JonC]

Added:
The Movie Sound Studio Germany Concerts for Galactica (1978), Galactica Season 3, Buck Rogers, and Buck Rogers Bonus tracks.

Lossless Upgrade:
Galactica Suites

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[Lord Squid]

What an awesome collection. Keep up the good work JonC.

[Solid-Ares]

agree with all people here. great stuff man! keep it up!

[Zoran]

Nice collection...thanks for sharing them with us.

[1shikawa]

THank for the Concert Versions of NBSG music.

These were the only ones that I haven't heard of before.

Does Anyone know of any full CD case sleeves being avaible of these or has anyone made any.


Cheers

[alera2]

JonC,can you please upload the BSG RDM Bear McCreary OSTs to Megaupload,as my computer is horrendously slow when it comes to Sendspace dling.

Thank you very much.