Songs for a Sunday: Music from …
If you have never seen the show here is a brief synopsis:
An inventor/scientist/self-proclaimed “smartest human ever” (Rick), who is often drinking and/or drunk (less often in later seasons), lives with his daughter, son-in-law, teenage granddaughter, and underachieving grandson (Morty). He drags Morty on a multitude of interdimensional adventures (usually to get something for Rick’s gain).
The dialogue is crude, quick, clever, and cringy. It is:
” … rated TV-MA (Mature Audiences), which means it’s intended for adults and may not be suitable for children under 17. The show features strong language, violence, dark humor, and complex themes that may not be appropriate for younger viewers.”
I would revise the last part to read: “is not appropriate for younger viewers”. If you don’t like animated shows like Family Guy or South Park, you won’t enjoy this one. But, with the content warning done, let’s talk about the music.
Many TV shows use existing songs for their soundtracks, but the creators of this show rely on some originals from singer/songwriter Kotomi and electronic music composer Ryan Elder.
The theme song had a certain familiarity to it. If you are a sci-fi fan, you’ll hear that it is influenced (on purpose) by a certain TV show.
These next two songs are outro songs that are good on their own, but definitely have a greater effect after watching the episodes. As crass and uncaring as Rick comes off to be, the show does often give you insight of the softer, caring side of him. For all his shortcomings he does truly love his family.
In this episode, Rick’s daughter Beth discovers that Rick had cloned her so that she could change some of the choices she had made in her life. Even Rick took steps to make sure he didn’t know which was which…
… which leads to a flashback and one of the most poignant scenes in the series:
Let’s hear the song:
If you want another taste, here’s the cleanest clip I could find:
-Leon
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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