True enough. I thought it funny, too, when the main character needed to get out of the office, he'd go outside to bounce a ball off the wall. And when that project wrapped we got to see all the lost balls on the roof of the building.

>>I'm curious what piece from "Spider" is your romance go-to for Corwin
>>and Utena. Do you know the title, or can you describe where it's
>>played?
>
>The track is called "Spider/Eagle". I can't remember now exactly
>what's going on in the episode when it plays. The leitmotif
>(that's twice today I've used that word) turns up several times in the
>course of the ep, but I think that specific track might play during
>the scene where they've cut Spider loose at the end of the test
>and Schweickart and McDivitt are watching it drift away, or possibly
>earlier on, when Tom Kelly is doing his final inspection before
>handover to NASA.

OK, I've got that one. Not the full one, judging from the time stamps used in the stories (unless I can't do math), but a 1:53 version. The time stamps indicate 2:44, but I assume that's based on the scene as presented, which may use a "stretched" version of the piece.

>Check the discussion threads for Clarion Call - ISTR there was
>a fairly in-depth look at it there, and I think there's actually a
>link to the track itself on Mason Daring's website (assuming, of
>course, that it's still there). If you can't find it, let me know and
>I'll see if I can hook you up. HBO never bothered including it on any
>official soundtrack release and the composer himself was giving it
>away for free on his website five years ago, so I don't have any
>particular piracy angst happening there. :)

It's still there. If you go to MasonDaring.com, then click the link to credits, scroll down to From the Earth to the Moon. There are 2 stylized "D" icons next to that title, with the one for Spider/Eagle being on the left. It's an MP3, and downloads quite nicely. Oddly enough, the file name is Track17.mp3 - track 17 of what?

I would (almost) kill for a complete soundtrack for that miniseries. As I noted earlier, too bad HBO didn't do one.

Jeanne

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