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Codex entry: Scientist Salarian, a parody of the Modern Major General song (humans Gilbert and Sullivan, 1879) was written in 2171 by famed Salarian lyricist and part time structural biologist Jokus Kirosa. The song was later featured as part of the 2183 inaugural gala celebrating humanity’s contributions to the galactic artistic community, where it was performed for the council alongside other classics like Francis Kitt’s All-Elcor Hamlet and Leonin Trebin’s musical comedy rendition of “Jaynestown”.
So thrilled to finally bring the full version of this Mass Effect legendary dialogue easter egg to life! When I first played Mass Effect 2 and discovered the dialogue option of Mordin Solus talking about his time singing this Gilbert and Sullivan "Pirates of Penzance" classic I immediately took to the internet to see if there was a full version of the lyrics in existence. After a little googling I discovered an entry on fanfiction.com by the incredible writer by the user name AssaultSloth of a fantastic expansion of a full set of lyrics and KNEW I had to give musical life to his genius writing! So for all you fans who intersect the Mass Effect universe and the operettas of the great Gilbert and Sullivan like myself, this one is for you!! Hope you enjoy! You can read AssaultSloth's full FanFiction entry here:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5753454/5/Interstitium
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"The 8-Bit Big Band" is a 30-65 member Jazz/pops orchestra that formed to celebrate and realize some of the best themes from video game music from all consoles and eras arranged in a large ensemble Jazz/Pop/Rock setting!
Blending together timeless musical themes from Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and more then re-arranging them in genres and styles of all musical inspirations, The 8-Bit Big Band has members from all around the world, but most reside primarily in New York City, and are some of the most highly sought after musicians and performers.
Band leader/Arranger/Orchestrated by:
https://www.youtube.com/user/CRosenMusic
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FULL CREDITS:
The role of Mordin Solus is played by Will Roland
Choir:
Sopranos - Candice Corbin, Carrie Salmon
Altos - Amy Button, Gracie Nash
Tenors - Darrell Hunt, George Slotin
Baritones - Keith White, Charlie Rosen
Winds:
Piccolo - Zac Zinger
Flute - Andrew Gould
Oboe - Steve Lyon
Clarinet - Sam Dillon
Bassoon - John DiSanto
Trumpet 1 - Bryan Davis
Trumpet 2 - Jay Webb
Trumpet 3 - Nick Frenay
Trumpet 4 - Danny Jonokuchi
Trombone 1 - Jimmy O'Connell
Trombone 2 - Javier Nero
Trombone 3 - Mariel Bildsten
Tuba - Reginald Champan III
Piano - Jake Silverman
Drums - Jared Schonig
Strings:
Violins - Lavinia Pavlish, Josh henderson, Tomoko Akaboshi, Maria Im, Meitar Forkosh, Daniel Constant, Francesca Dardani, Kevin Kuh, Eli Bishop
Violas - Laura Sacks, Tia Allen, Sarah Haines, Midori Witkoski
Celli - Susan Mandel, Sasha Ono, Jessica Wang
Double Bass - Michael Olatuja
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by Tyler Larsen aka AssaultSloth
Arranged/Produced by Charlie Rosen
Engineered and Mixed by John Kilgore
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf Mastering
Shot and Edited by Halleloo Productions
Animations by @JavaDoodles - https://www.youtube.com/c/JavaDoodles
Thumbnail art by @MikeKILLUZ
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I love musical theatre but have been out of the loop for awhile. Surprised they managed to grab a Broadway guy. Pretty funny considering he sings “Two Player Game,” a song about playing video games with your best friend, in the musical Be More Chill.