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Completely!! The pieces The FInal Battle, Tne Gift and Close Your Eyes all give me a lump in my throat. They're gorgeous!
Close Your Eyes
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Completely!! The pieces The FInal Battle, Tne Gift and Close Your Eyes all give me a lump in my throat. They're gorgeous!
J. Ruby
paralyzed with not caring
I always thought the final fight music (is that what it's officially called?) sounded like somebody was watching a little too much LOTR, but it still gives me goosebumps. "Close Your Eyes" is beautiful, and I loved hearing it again when Angel returned after Joyce's funeral. I was just watching "Chosen" again recently and I, too, observed that CYE was sadly absent.
So.... Was there ever a Spuffy theme? I feel like I should know that, but short of going back and watching every Spuffy scene (hmmm....), I'm not sure.
Tranquillity
That'll put marzipan in your pie plate bingo
The Spuffy Love theme is in the final minute (and a bit) of Final Fight and it is beautiful! It plays when Buffy and Spike are the only ones left in the hell mouth. The reason Close Your Eyes is not in Chosen is because the final ep is not, relationship wise, about Buffy and Angel - its about Buffy and Spike.
I was wondering if the Buffy/Spike theme was the same as (or adapted from) the music that played when they first did 'it' in Smashed? I've listened but i can't decide. There does seem to be some similarities but i'm not at all musical, maybe someone more musically minded can confirm or deny.
I was wondering if the Buffy/Spike theme was the same as (or adapted from) the music that played when they first did 'it' in Smashed? I've listened but i can't decide. There does seem to be some similarities but i'm not at all musical, maybe someone more musically minded can confirm or deny.
J. Ruby
Good point re: why CYE wasn't in Chosen.
J. Ruby
paralyzed with not caring
I thought there was another thread discussing this (posted by you, perhaps?), so I was going to reply there to keep this thread on topic, but now I can't find it, so....
Okay. I just pulled out my Radio Sunnydale and my "Smashed" DVD. I can hear some definite similarities, especially after they start kissing but before they actually have sex (before you hear the zipper). I'd have to memorize the tune in order to compare accurately. That would mean I would have to watch that scene over and over and.... Oh! :frog: But seriously, I think you could be right about the last part of the Final Fight song being adapted from the song in "Smashed." The only thing I can say with any certainty is that they're not exactly the same.
And in keeping with the topic at hand, I was wondering.... At what point did we find out that the Bangel love theme was called "Close Your Eyes?" Was it when the CD was released, and was that after "Becoming II?" Or was it before both Darla and Buffy said the line "Close your eyes" in that episode? Obviously we heard the Bangel theme before "Becoming II." So I guess my question is, was it named "Close Your Eyes" after Darla and Buffy said it to Angel, or did it foreshadow those lines? Chicken or egg?
I'm thinking with my fingers again. I hate it when I can't get my thoughts organized. I'd hate to take a walk through my brain. I'd be tripping over crap and wouldn't be able to find anything.
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Merge me, baby....
Another thought to throw into my mess here. The reason I was pondering all of this is because I (stupidly) had never noticed before that Buffy and Darla both say "Close your eyes" to Angel, and the only reason I noticed this time around is because I was made aware that the Bangel theme was called CYE, so it stood out.
Tranquillity
Thankyou - most appreiciated. I too watched the smashed theme over and over and over.........
catchmyfall
Townie
Music on Buffy=love. I've been introduced to so many beautiful songs & artists. I love Close Your Eyes as well, it's amazing. Kudos to Christophe Beck for that. I still listen to my Buffy soundtracks alot & I love listening to that song, especially at night before I go to bed cuz it relaxes me & is very peaceful.
RachelBangelforever
Townie
Probably the most stunning piece of music I have ever heard, really forget about what it means to Bangel the song o its own is magnificant. It literally has moved me to tears, its just so perfectly bittersweet.Beauitful.
LittleMissLikesToFight
Into Every Generation...
not to get off topic of Close Your Eyes, but Final Fight is one of the most amazing orchestral pieces. Ever. Movies and T.V. all included. My boyfriend, who cannot stand Buffy and refuses to watch it, LOVED it when i played it for him (he mainly listens to movie scores, he's big on that). It's so raw and emotional and powerful.
FaithyFivebyFive
Love's bitcah
I love the Buffy/Angel theme! I didn't know music could define a situation so good... Something about the tune, you know? Am I making sense?? Lol. What I mean is, the song is so... Bangel! Beautiful/sad...
Your making perfect sense, the song encapsulates the emotion of the couple which really is an amazing thing.
white avenger
white avenger
I always loved that song, and the scene is one of my favorites in the whole series (No, Miss K, not because Angel gets a sword through his gizzard and gets sucked into hell, I just love a good tear jerker). It marked the moment when Buffy the girl started to become Buffy the woman, and faced the realization that life is quite often people do not live happily ever after.
My God WA you know how to shock a girl😀 and I think its actually more often than not that things DON'T end happily ever after.
Yea :cry: For some reason for t.v. shows to go on things can't be 'happy' they have to be 'sad' I don't like it! But it does make good t.v. 😛 lol
white avenger
white avenger
No, we don't know what REAL happiness is until we have friends to share it with.
(This is gettin' kinda grim, folks. I'm sorry I ever brought up the whole "Happily Ever After" thing.)
Kean
Come on so...lighten the mood!
FaithyFivebyFive
Love's bitcah
Yes, happiness is best shared!
Unless it's Angel's version of true happiness, poor Angel!
Unless it's Angel's version of true happiness, poor Angel!
Buffy Summers
I'm adding that to the quotes lol
Randy Giles
Two sides to every soul.
So true, that's true of everything though...You can't have pleasure without pain, good without evil, etc. 🙂 That's one reason I don't really like stories that end with "happily ever after".