Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling
While the idea of infusing a weekly TV series with a Broadway musical ethos isn't exactly a new one--think Randy Newman's ambitious
Cop Rock
--it became something of a turn-of the-century television mini-trend. But few have reached as far--or succeeded--like this November 2001 episode of Fox Network's
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
. Penned by series creator-producer Joss Whedon and performed by Sarah Michelle Gellar and cast, it's a loving, loopy musical pastiche that takes potshots at everything from Andrew Lloyd Webber to alt-rock. Paralleling the show's lovable pop culture tweaking, the musical styles here (the episode's musical conceit is a curse visited upon Buffy's hometown of Sunnydale) range from a patent footlight chorus of demons being interrupted by Gellar's hard-rocking stake thrusts on "Going Through the Motions" to Spike the Vampire's goth-metal complaint "Rest in Peace," with everything from parking tickets and mustard stain removal to climactic duels with the supernatural getting the Broadway send-up. Also includes strong orchestral score-suites from three other episodes, as well as Whedon and wife Kai Cole's demo for "Something to Sing About."
--Jerry McCulley
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| upc: |
0011661905825 |
| tracklisting: |
Main Title
Overture/Going Through the Motions
I've Got a Theory/Bunnies/If We're Together
The Mustard
Under Your Spell
I'll Never Tell
The Parking Ticket
Rest In Peace
Dawn's Lament
Dawn's Ballet
What You Feel
Standing
Under Your Spell / Standing (Reprise)
Walk Through the Fire
Something to Sing About
What You Feel (Reprise)
Where Do We Go From Here?
Coda
End Credits (Broom Dance/Grr Argh)
Suite from "Restless
Suite from "Hush"
Sacrifice (from "The Gift")
Something to Sing About (demo) |
| title: |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling |
| purchase date: |
22-02-2006 |
| publisher: |
Rounder / Pgd |
| published: |
24-09-2002 |
| price: |
$18.98 |
| net Rating: |
5 |
| last lookup time: |
161896352 |
| genre: |
Television Soundtracks
Rounder Records |
| fullTitle: |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling |
| currentValue: |
$13.89 |
| created: |
161896336 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
Audio CD
Cast Recording
Soundtrack |
| asin: |
B00006J3WH |
| artist: |
Various Artists
Joss Whedon
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Christophe Beck
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