Big O Theme Origin

[CodA2501]

hahahahahaha.... me and my friend said this for years....

[Izumabakumatsu]

Haha, it not possible inspiration, it IS the inspiration. They declared that ages ago.

[Darkman9000]

It's pretty much obvious that the theme must have been inspired. Definately an obscure song from the band to be used for inspiration, of course you can never go wrong with Queen :P

[billoon45]

I thought so :)

[ahlam33]

Cool beans.

[EATIT41]

wow that kinda does sound like the big o theme

[Falcon5768]

Actually this WAS the influence for the theme. For the Second season, its the old Garry Anderson show UFO.

[wamatt02]

good ear

[ace939]

whats the name of this song ? i love it. its like a theme for when sum 1 is about to transform

[Kurtanius21]

This is from a very old movie called Flash Gordon. It was an ancient sci fi movie where some guy saves an alternate dimension from a civil war. The song is by Queen

[ace939]

thanks bro

[picardposer]

1980 movie "Flash Gordon" w/ Queen doing title song. I guess that makes me "ancient" too LOL

[ViveLRoi]

@Kurtanius21

"Very old movie" my ass. It's only from 1980.

[hellpainterx1]

@ViveLRoi thats still 30 years ago....

[brandond1x]

lol it sound like sumthin they wud play on voltron or sumthin like dat

[KoyotoShadow]

Flash - by Queen. It's the theme for the Flash Gordon movie.

[riptorna556]

this was in family guy! when god was in the sky

[B4ULoveShine]

I swear, the 2nd season ending was rather Gainax for my tastes. >_>

[TheCanadianPrairies]

Awful? You are mistaken. The ENDING theme is truly awful. The opening is good....but the ENDING is not good at all. It should have been more of an action theme. :)

[Shinokyouku]

..? what are you talking about. Considering that it was Noir film mixed with japanese mecha, the ED was appropriate and on top of that it was good.

[TheCanadianPrairies]

I just didn't get the romantic angle of the story - thus I thought the ending was awful. I always thought Big O was noir-mecha. I assumed the ending deviated. It's good by itself...but I didn't think it belonged here.

[Shinokyouku]

how is it that the ED deviated from the overall concept of Big O?

1/3 of the story was the relationship between Roger and Dorothy, on top of that given the classical/jazz musical undertones, a soft ballad was an appropriate compliment to the gritty drama

[TheCanadianPrairies]

I said I assumed is all. Now I get the whole idea. :)

[ToruKun1]

It's a well-known fact that the Big O theme is a blatant rip-off of "Flash Gordon" by Queen.

And we love it for that. X3

[B4ULoveShine]

What? Did you just give Rui Nagai a free pass from a copyright infringement lawsuit!?

[30thofmay]

flash gordan was so cheesy but its its queen so its good

[koolyman]

Big O is the best theme around! One can not diss.

[MysteryEzekude]

@koolyman Well, I don't think he meant to diss it in the first place.

[rainbowdisposalman]

the big o theam i awsome it does not suck

[DoctorWhoUSA92]

nvm, i didnt read your explanation lol

[DoctorWhoUSA92]

Queen Hater. How is it awful, Queens songs are awesome, don't dis.....ever

[yuyufan]

only problem with this theory is the awful part, cuz the Big O theme song is waaaaaay better.

[dorkandproudofit]

Except that Queen wrote We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Somebody to Love, Princes of the Universe, Stone Cold Crazy, Bohemian Rhapsody, and other songs that totally suck ... Oh wait, they don't suck. THEY ROCK.

[hellenicsymbols]

nah your right :P

[rosethornes]

you spelled awful wrong.

[picardposer]

Thanks for noticing! It was a dreadful attempt at word play and obviously it failed ;o(

I should have included "qote" marks..."Dino" in Dinosaur means "terrible" as in "great" or "awe inspiring" not "bad" or "evil." Since I like the theme I said it makes one "full of awe" and, believe it or not "qote" was mispelled on purpose too("qUote")

[bloodrunsclear]

I KNEW IT!

Well, I'm glad somebody's saying it.

[ZangetsuStampede89]

That was cool and I would actually believe it

[classicz]

this def. had to be inspiration for the real op

but whats this one called?

[picardposer]

theme from "Flash Gordon" movie with Queen singing it. The song is on their greatest hits and the movie is from 1980.

[classicz]

this is tight

[picardposer]

Thanks! Compared to original, it wrote itself.