The original soundtrack from the knockout third season of the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed television series, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff. Composer Bear McCreary's score continues his groundbreaking musical tradition, ingeniously melding orchestra, vocals, rock, world-beats and synth into an emotional, soul-stirring experience. Features McCreary's amazing new arrangement of the classic song "All Along the Watchtower" showcased in the Season 3 finale and performed by BT4.

I bought this soundtrack from Amazon upon its release, since none of Bear McCreary's "Galactica" scores are available on iTunes (as of this writing). So yes, it was a bit more expensive. But it was worth every penny, and a magnificent continuation and development of many of the themes McCreary established in his scores for the first two seasons of "BSG."
Each "Galactica" soundtrack has an epic seven- to nine-minute battle theme in which the orchestra pulls out all the stops and just goes for it (e.g., Season 1's "Battle on the Asteroid" and Season 2's "Prelude to War"). For the Season 3 soundtrack, the piece de resistance is "Storming New Caprica," complete with thundering taiko drums and bagpipe clarion calls, and it's a beaut. McCreary keeps up the great action-theme work on tracks like "Precipice," "Wayward Soldier," "Fight Night," "Kat's Sacrifice," "Dirty Hands" and "Mandala in the Clouds." The soundtrack (and the Season 3 finale) closes with a fiery rendition of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," and yes, it's as good as you've heard.
But McCreary also has a gift for slowing things down and conjuring more thoughtful moods while avoiding sentimental clichés, and he does so here on such tracks as "Admiral and Commander" (the best rendering of the "Adama family" theme yet), "Adama Falls" (which continues the lovely "Roslin and Adama" theme from Season 2 on a slightly darker note), "Under the Wing," "Battlestar Sonatica," "Someone to Trust" and "Deathbed and Maelstrom."
Poor Bear McCreary. I'm not sure how he'll top the work he's done here on the Season 4 soundtrack ... but talented composer that he is, I have no doubt he'll find a way to dazzle us "BSG" fans (and fans of great music) once again. So say we all.

I didn't think it was possible, but after listening to this album, I love Battlestar Galactica even more. You can sense how great the music is while watching the show, but when you isolate the soundtrack, you can see just how frakking amazing it is. I too would have like more music from Crossroads Part II, but his is still close to a perfect album. Eleven thumbs up!

I won't belabor how beautiful and affecting every track on this CD is, just want to say I found a different use for this CD. Somehow it is so soothing and calming, I fall asleep when it plays. Now when I try to go to sleep on a plane or on my couch I put it on, and it works every time!

I Love my CD!! I never thought that I would like music like this. But, since I heard it over and over while watching BSG, it was very familiar and I found it comforting. I listen to it both in the car and at home especially during yoga. The seller was honest about the product, it was new, still in the wrapping. I am satisfied with my purchase.

This soundtrack is just great, it has a very good consistency from track to track and it has some really unique rhythems and great percusion. I just really like the mix of voice and instrument in many of the songs.