1. There ARE no survivors :/
2. Been looking for this song for years. Finally found it. One of my favorite moments of the series.
3. I got in a debate on here recently with someone who thought he was just the greatest of all time, granted I won that fight. however all composers generally use what came before them and I can hear it in everything he does, it's just the way he does it is so magnificent. this is such a bartok piece but better then bartok could have ever dreamed of putting together
4. This song is so pretty.
5. or do a series about the survivors of the attacks
6. Whats that theme they play in the episode "Black Market"? It's the one when they show Lee with Shivon on caprica before the fall.
7. I didn't know until recently that the score played at Kara's goodbye to Sam was totally different from the one that we are hearing now. The one done at that time was produced or played by an individual that got hit in a car accident in Vancouver and is in a coma. That's why it seems like it wasn't full because he only played/produced a small part and didn't complete the rest.
8. Please excuse me while I cry all of the liquids out of my body ;__; Rodama Forever <3
9. no, just a live performance of him. It's been years in coma...
10. What am I exactly going to find if I search for him? the episode version of A Promise to Return?
11. his name is Ludvig Girland. You can look in youtube for his video.
12. Reminds me of the soundtrack Phillip Glass did for the movie 'Mishima.'
13. Like others have said, this isn't the exact version that played in the show. I wish with my all heart they'd release the show's version, though this one is still fantastic. However, perhaps the song is most powerful with Kara and Sam speaking throughout it.
14. The best kind of music that makes you happy and sad at the same time...
15. So say we all.
16. This is the best piece of OST for BSG
17. that is really sad. =[ I hope he comes out of it soon.
18. @RebelDreamer @RebelDreamer It was on Bear McCreary's blog awhile ago. "Our recording session for The Farm was among the last that this remarkably gifted violinist ever played. Weeks later, he was involved in a tragic automobile accident, instigated by a drunk driver (circumstances similar to Roslin's sisters). Ludvig physically survived, but fell into a coma from which he has yet to emerge, years later. "
19. Wow, he went into a coma? Where did you hear that? That is really unfortunate though. That violinist had such a talent. Their work helped to make that scene more dramatic and memorable. I wish I was able to get that version too somehow. =/
20. I believe you. I've noticed the same thing. I believe it may be due to the violinist who performed most of the work on the episode went into a coma before the soundtrack was recorded. So, sadly, that version does not "officially" exist on a soundtrack. I preferred that version too, it was softer and more bittersweet I think.
21. that's not the same one as when she said her first goodbye to him on Caprica. When he gave the Arrow of Apollo to her to take back, the song was entirely different than the soundtrack version of "A Promise to Return". "Goodbye Sam" from Season 4 is just a slower version of a Promise to Return. What I am really saying is that "Promise to Return" on the soundtrack is not the same one from the show when he gives the arrow. check it out if you don't believe me; it sounds different.
22. It's titled "Goodbye Sam". It's on the 4th season soundtrack if i remember correctly.
23. does someone know where I can find the version of this that aired on the episode where Kara left Caprica and said goodbye to Sam? It's different than this one.
24. I'm pretty sure thats The Shape of Things to Come you're thinking of.
25. My mouth lay open from start to finish, I'm still in utter awe, this was one of the best shows produced to date!

04- A Promise to Return

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Battlestar Galactica Season 2 - OST: Bear McCreary
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