Fensler Film’s fourth Sealab 2021 clip; what is the rock track that comes in at 00:20 and plays the clip out?

January 19, 2006 4:08 PM

Fensler Film’s fourth Sealab 2021 clip; what is the rock track that comes in at 00:20 and plays the clip out?
posted by ed\26h to Media & Arts (15 answers total)

Do you have any reason to believe it's not original music?
posted by jjg at 4:13 PM on January 19, 2006

This is just a guess, but it sounds like a variation on the show's theme song, by Calamine.
posted by thebigpoop at 4:50 PM on January 19, 2006

It sounds a little like The Pixies' Velouria, but of course it isn't.
posted by designbot at 4:52 PM on January 19, 2006

I think thebigpoop is right. Didn't they play a rock version of the Calamine theme song at the end of every episode?
posted by Espy Gillespie at 4:52 PM on January 19, 2006

Sorry, meant Where Is My Mind?
posted by designbot at 4:52 PM on January 19, 2006

FYI, there are lots of music threads over at the AdultSwim.com forums. (Unfortunately, the forums/site are less than user-friendly.)
posted by jca at 4:52 PM on January 19, 2006

Yep. Here's an episode on Google Video. The song comes in around 10:30.
posted by Espy Gillespie at 4:56 PM on January 19, 2006

That is the end of the instrumental version of the Sealab 2021 theme music. THE MYSTERY IS RESOLVED.

I was initially concerned that FenslerFilm were trying to do a parody of a parody or some shit, but this seems to be official advertising which is acceptable to me.
posted by Protocols of the Elders of Awesome at 4:57 PM on January 19, 2006

Response by poster: You mean this theme tune? It doesn't sound too similar :/
posted by ed\26h at 5:20 PM on January 19, 2006

At the end of (almost) every episode, they do a different instrumental version of the tune. This is one of them.
posted by Protocols of the Elders of Awesome at 5:24 PM on January 19, 2006

It appears at the end of series 1 episode 3, Lost in Time. With gladiators.
posted by Protocols of the Elders of Awesome at 5:25 PM on January 19, 2006

Actually, it seems to be a different take of the same arrangement. They obviously like jammin.
posted by Protocols of the Elders of Awesome at 5:27 PM on January 19, 2006

Response by poster: Oh I see! Thanks. I'll check it out.
posted by ed\26h at 5:27 PM on January 19, 2006

It's the closing theme to the show.
posted by knave at 8:53 PM on January 19, 2006

Calamine recorded several version of the opening theme, the closing theme, and a few of each in different musical styles. They also recorded a couple charming "scene changing" 4 note transitions... that were rarely used.

just to sew the subject up nicely.
posted by clunkyrobot at 8:26 AM on January 20, 2006