Background

Bear McCreary, the composer for parent series Battlestar Galactica, has been tasked to compose for the new series. Despite his critically acclaimed work on Battlestar, McCreary was not initially considered for Caprica. The producers preferred a completely new direction in order to emphasize the program as separate from its predecessor, however, they changed their minds after he showed that he could deliver something different. McCreary says: “It needed to be more intimate, more familiar, more classical, and pull away from the raw tribal energy that was in Battlestar“. However, some elements of the Battlestar score are used to hint at the future, sparingly at first with the potential to evolve further in that direction in future seasons.

McCreary’s work on Caprica is almost entirely orchestral. As on Battlestar Galactica, character themes are used extensively, however, world ethnic influences play a much smaller role. The full ethnic percussion ensemble, including taikos, frame drums, dumbeks, chang changs, tsuzumis and other instruments, was brought in, although used much more sparingly than on Battlestar. The Tauron Theme draws inspiration from Russian folk music.

Soundtrack releases

Pilot soundtrack

The soundtrack for the extended pilot episode was released on 16 June 2009 by La-La Land Records.

1. “The Graystone Family”
2. “Terrorism on the Lev”
3. “Grieving”
4. “Lacey and Zoe-A”
5. “Cybernetic Life Form Node”
6. “Zoe’s Avatar”
7. “Daniel Captures the Code”
8. “A Tauron Sacrifice”
9. “Amanda Graystone”
10. “Joseph and Daniel”
11. “Tamara’s Heartbeat”
12. “Delivering the Message”
13. “Monotheism at the Athena Academy”
14. “Children of Caprica”
15. “Irrecoverable Error”
16. “The Adama Name”
17. “Zoe Awakens”
18. “Caprica End Credits”