babylon 5 "the gathering" intro (original)

this is the intro from the original version of "the gathering", this is my favourite version, the stewart copeland soundtrack and the backgound audio atmosphere makes the station seem "5 miles long" it is lost the rehashed and re edited version. . also the visuals are better in this movie as the original Amiga//Lightwave rendered cgi in this is better than the Typ season 3/4 stock cgi that replaces it in the re edit. kinda like, star trek the motion picture "leave it alone" !!

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• babylon
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• gathering

[GodofLegacy]

well this is why i posted this vid, i actually like this version better. i love the music throughout the series by chris franke. but i think this as a pilot stands out because of the soundtrack by stewart copeland. which is better imo :-)

[GodofLegacy]

i don't think u can buy it standalone, tho u may be lucky to get the dvd on ebay or amazon, i have both versions. this one is actually part of the full babylon 5 box set. i prefere the cgi in this and the first season(i know it is dated) but i think it is better :-) imo

[jamiemh76]

Amiga is dead. Long live Amiga.

[cljohnston108]

I'm a big fan of The Equalizer (stopped watching after Copeland stopped doing the music), so I got all excited when I heard a familiar beat in the first few seconds back on 2/22/93, then saw his credit in the opening titles.

That's basically what made me hope that there was going to be a series — wanted more Copeland!

[mitrooper]

I prefer this original version over the Special Edition, I just love the shot of Londo right here...0:38

Also, even though I love Christopher Franke's work on the series, Stewart Copelands work on the Pilot really fits the mood of the original Pilot which was much darker than the series itself.

Just compare this original opening to the opening of the special edition, there's so much more life to the scenes in the original version and Copelands music is great.

[suchiuomizu]

@BMWM3GTRLOVER TV, it was a pilot episode.

[suchiuomizu]

@thatguywiththeegg Because Sinclair was originally intended to be the Commander until the end. The idea to replace him with Sheridan was not made until part way into Season 1. The later redone intro took out the reference to the 'final Commander'.

[BMWM3GTRLOVER]

was this a television movie or a cinima film?

[thatguywiththeegg]

Wait a minute, "under the leadership of its final commander" then shows Sinclair.

[GrahamNificent]

I'm so glad this is on YouTube. I began watching this on Netflix a few minutes ago, and I was like NOOO WHERE IS COPELAND? I don't think his music would have suited the rest of the series, but I love the silliness of it. Also, if any of you are craving more Copeland and you haven't played the Spyro games for PS1, then you should do that. They are fantastic, and he scored all three of the original ones.

[incben]

I love the complex lighting set ups with shafts of light and dark rooms lit by display panels. It makes the sets look real. You actually believe you're on a space station. It even makes C&C look big enough which it never did in the rest of the show. I guess it would have been too hard to maintain that look through out the actual series given how much time it would take to light each scene but it would have looked incredible.

[Gallowell]

First ever sci-fi series to actually use CGI for all of their ships and stations - truly paved the way for much shitter shows to copy it both in attempted story telling and effects.

[Jokie155]

So glad they switched to leather.

[BigDiamondCutter]

@Meyosan I heard that too... sadly, I wished she had stayed on. It would have been a great pleasure to watch such an extraordinarily beautiful woman and talented actress for even one season. Alas, not meant to be.