Caprica: Daniel Plays His Own Theme

Although brief, I find this to be my most favorite moment in Caprica so far. Daniel Graystone is solemnly playing his own theme. I think that the piano being slightly out of tune really makes the scene work. I used the source audio from Bear’s blog instead of the episode audio in order to remove music and dialog from the scenes that come before and after this one. From Bear McCreary’sblog: Though only on camera for a brief moment, the evolution of this idea goes back to the first days of production on the show. Actor Eric Stoltz told me he requested the piano become part of the set when we shot the pilot, and also that Daniel plays it fairly well as music and science have always been deeply connected. Its a wonderful private facet of his character. He asked for some appropriate piano music for his character to play. I sent him several pieces, including the Stu Phillips classic BSG Theme, . Nomions Third, which he played on camera in Rebirth. However, I did not send him the Graystone Theme because well, it never occurred to me that Daniel might play his own theme! A few weeks later, I heard from Eric again, the day they shot this scene for End of Line. Today, I sat at the piano and played your Graystone theme while looking at a photo of Zoe, he told me. The piano was out of tune and I clunked a few notes, but I got the music from your website in hopes you could tie it all in nicely.