FMP Soundtrack II - The Rest of the Story Side A -History is Made By Stupid People: The 'Big Event' ending theme Artist: The Arrogant Worms This song is fairly self-explanatory. Think about who makes the news in the Superguy universe for a moment, and you'll understand it. -Feeling Gravity's Pull: Angel's song Artist: REM This is one of those songs that really snuck up on me, with regards to Angel. The flight theme is obvious, but amazingly, the themes of accomplishment and failure suit Angellica to a tee. Best if listened to while in a reflective, melencholic mood. -Cut to the Chase: Jack's theme song Artist: Rush Another song that suits a character so well that I wish I could say I'd heard it before I created him. Listen to this song with a careful ear to the refrain for the core of Jack's philosophy. The song reflects the passions which drive him and the ideals which he embodies, meshed with the obvious theme of his speed. There's also a hidden level of meaning in this song when related to Jack, which is a spoiler at the time of this writing, and is therefore left as an excerise for the reader to find. -Fell In Love: Love ballad for Doyle and Colleen Artist: Moxie Fruvous This song is rather fitting, beginning with the natural dichotomy between a scientist and a man-as-informational system. It also contains a good deal of confusion, essential in this most confusing relationship. Finally, the tone is rather bittersweet, which maps nicely to the relationship itself, in which one participant his discontent with his lot in life. -Dreamline: The Dreamstrom sextet theme Artist: Rush As the Dreamstrom sextet has not yet been written, I can't tell you much about this. You can probably make some guesses from the song, however, and the _tentative_ titles for each chapter of the sextet (nothing is implied by the order given). The Briefest Glimpse of Paradise Dream of a Knight Awake in a Dreamland Light in the Tunnel Eyeblink Fringewalker -No One Together: Post WTA - Task Force Aurora theme (part one) Artist: Kansas Saying too much will be a spoiler at the time of this writing, but keep your ear out for the transitions of this song's theme. -The Sphere: Post WTA - Aurora theme (part two) Artist: Rush In context, this probably reveals quite a bit about Aurora after WTA. Out of context, well, the song's short. Compare what you heard with what you figured out from the previous song. Side B -Jonas and Ezekial: Shard's theme Artist: Indio Girls For this song, it is absolutely vital that you listen for imagry rather than for a direct mapping of song to character. The angel metaphor is absolutely pivotal to the meaning, in this context. -I Don't Sleep, I Dream: Coma's song Artist: REM A Dreamer awakened, this song does capture Lyle's problems with transitions to a world outside of his fantasies nicely. Further, the sexual imagry maps amazingly well to the lost Eden. -Crazy: Boomer's theme song Artist: Barenaked Ladies Well, he is. His teammates would tell you that in an instant. Scarily enough, they wouldn't be joking. Saying more would be a spoiler, but there are hints to this in early writings. -The Wall: Wishstar's song Artist: Kansas Daphne has spent her life building walls between herself and anything which threatened her: her powers, her father, life and love. With Jack, she's begun to make strides towards tearing down a few of those walls and with the help of the School, she's torn down another. But there's a tough row to hoe before the walls have been torn down completely. -Big Money: The Omnus Anthem Artist: Rush Beautiful and absolutely fitting. Omnus is coming and is ready to play for keeps. There really isn't anything in the song that needs to be explained. -The Ghosts that Haunt Me: Karen's theme Artist: Crash Test Dummies A somewhat difficult one, this song reflects Karen's rather uncomplicated - but by no means simple - view of life. Less prone to hiding and keeping things to herself, Karen has been able to excise _most_ of her demons, leaving her one of the most stable members of the team. -Great Provider: A song for General Anaethetic Artist: Barenaked Ladies Yes, you have to flip the gender bit, but this song works perfectly coming from Daphne to her father. The words hit home, but combined with the mood of the song, they suit beautifully.