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Feb 28, 2020 - 5:47 AM
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Jim Phelps
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Have been listening to the score for a few days now, and yes, it's catching on with me in a big way.
In addition to the aforementioned "Eine Frau in Berlin"--a "bustling city" cue with a touch of Gershwin via its clarinet and trainlike percussion--I am also smitten with "Hetzjagd", a fantastic drums-played-with brushes cue with some wonderfully frantic, cascading piano playing and some delightful reed work and a cool string break; great stuff, Germany.
"Berliner Luft", the first cue that caught my fancy, is a nice Morricone-style piece and moodier than the typical mainstream FSMer.
My favorite cue thus far has to be "Dunkels Babel", which is heard in one of the BB trailers embedded above. Ominous and downright frightening, both in the atmosphere it evokes and frightening in how many times I've listened to it in the past 24 hours.
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FYI - Looks like the article I read that said it premiered today was wrong, Netflix says it premieres on 3/1, so that would presumably be midnight east coast time, or 9pm Pacific on Saturday.
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Got the 2-CD set. Too bad the miniseries is only available on DVD Region 2.
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"Der Prangertag" is for an AMAZING suspense sequence in one of the final episodes that's positively Hitchcockian.
The original 16-episode miniseries is still one of the best things I've ever seen on TV in my entire life.
I'm 4 episodes into the new season, 'Season 3," and I'm trying to reserve judgment.
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It's a great series, watched it on its initial run, and the music is very well done.
It is very interesting how well this time was captured, even more from a phenomenological perspective, as in how to communicate to a modern audience what 1920s Weimar must have felt to the people of its time: sex, drugs, rock & roll, rich & poor, high art and low porn, and enormous freedom and possibilities. And at the same time, you had two opposing, incredibly malevolent forces (the Communists and the Nazis), who hated exactly that about the time and tried everything to make it conform to their own ideology. Enjoyed the first seasons (which were basically one complete story) a lot and will definitely tune in to the next one.
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This new series starts on sky atlantic this friday.
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Mar 3, 2020 - 7:05 AM
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Jim Phelps
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It is very interesting how well this time was captured, even more from a phenomenological perspective, as in how to communicate to a modern audience what 1920s Weimar must have felt to the people of its time: sex, drugs, rock & roll, rich & poor, high art and low porn, and enormous freedom and possibilities. And at the same time, you had two opposing, incredibly malevolent forces (the Communists and the Nazis), who hated exactly that about the time and tried everything to make it conform to their own ideology. Enjoyed the first seasons (which were basically one complete story) a lot and will definitely tune in to the next one.
Jazz, Nicolai, jazz! 
There's a volume 2 soundtrack that I've just found on The 'Tube, and it sounds nearly as strong as vol. 1. There are some atmospheric-as-hell cabaret songs in addition to the outstanding underscore, which as you can tell, I have "come around" to after having listened to the stuff all week.
A quick search on Amazon (US) reveals it only for sale out of Europe.
https://www.amazon.com/Babylon-Berlin-Vol-2-Orig-Television-Soundtrack/dp/B082PQ6Y2X
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There's an OOP(?) hardcover coffee table book of the series over on Amazon.de. I love stuff like this.
https://www.amazon.de/Babylon-Berlin-Michael-T%C3%B6teberg/dp/3462052500/
I hope the action figures aren't far behind!
I have the coffee table book, it's STUNNING, one of the best I've ever seen. It's filled with gorgeous production stills and behind-the-scenes photos, and also has a detailed episode summary. It's all in German, but even if you can't understand it, it's worth tracking down for the photos.
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