happydalek | Variations on the Theme for "Fringe"

Whatever flaws the show itself may have, J.J. Abrams' "Fringe" has a great main theme, doesn't it?:

I don't know why, but it reminds me of the main theme from PBS' "Mystery!" (which is really nothing like it at all, but they both have some kind of indefinable creep factor that thrills me.)

Anyway, the only problem I have with the "Fringe" theme is that it's only 30 seconds long. It's simply too short for the amount of awesome I hear in it. So I did a bit of youtubing, and lo and behold, lookit what I found:

Ain't that just a lovely piano? I admit though, that I'm not a huge fan of music that has such big breaks and pauses in it like this does. It never feels quite complete somehow. Still though! Six minutes of "Fringey" goodness! It is fairly lovely.

But this one's my favorite. It's a 3 minute long remix (probably cribbed from a dance remix of the theme. I'm not linking to the dance remix because I found this one far, far more aesthetically pleasing), and it is fecking beautiful. Seriously, I could listen to this jam all day long, guys. It just works for me. THOSE STRINGS. GUH.

But if instrumentals aren't your thing, you're in luck (er, maybe?)! It's also the backing track a hip-hop/rap song. (I don't really know what they're singing about, but the rhythm is cool. There're bad words in this one, be warned.)

And this post wouldn't be complete without the "retro" version of the opening titles that accompanied one of the recent episodes (set in 1985). I freaking LOVE it.

People of the interwebs, I love you.