Enigma Earth: The Theme Music

Every TV show has theme music right? Well, while "Enigma Earth" is just found in the written word of a blog of fiction, I thought it would still be nice to have a theme. Usually, at work, when I am working on a new production, it takes me a long time to go through music to find just the right piece. This was not the case with "EE." I had not even started searching.

Recently, I was listening to one of my Pandora stations. The one I call, "Positive Refuge," from WC3PO. I heard " The Vanished Gardens of Cordoba," by composer, Ray Lynch. It struck me immediately that this piece envoked feelings in me that I wanted to convey for "Enigma Earth." The piece comes from the album, "Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening," circa 1993.

Here is a quote of a review from his website:

"The Vanished Gardens of Cordoba ", the most orchestral piece Ray has done, expresses the majesty and the melancholy of incarnation, the paradox of human existence with both the promise of possible transcendence and inevitable mortality (with all the melancholy attending the perception of a paradise lost). Passionate and stirring melodies with members of the San Francisco Symphony on flute, English horn, oboe, solo strings, guitars, piano, brass, and his trademark richly textured keyboards."

This description certainly fits with the feelings I want to evoke. In listening to this, I imagine a fade up from black at the beginning of the first story, "Good Morning and Goodbye." The camera sweeps over the still dark skyline of Symmzinnati ( the setting for the story that parallels the real world Cincinnati, Ohio.) The camera leads up to the top of the Carew Tower where our protagonist, Silas Whowood, contemplates the world and his life.

The follow mp3 file comes directly from Mr. Lynch's website. It is © copyright, Ray Lynch Productions 1995-2007. Go to raylynch.com to find out more about his music and how to order some for you own.

And now, here is "The Vanished Gardens of Cordoba," by Ray Lynch.
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Comments

[Mahler]

very nice, very nice indeed. Although I'm still partial to Mahler, but this works very well on many levels.