"Remains" is a single from
Maurissa Tancharoen and
Jed Whedon
Jed Tucker Whedon (born July 18, 1975) is an American screenwriter and musician, and the son of screenwriter Tom Whedon, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and the brother of screenwriter Zack Whedon and of filmmaker Joss Whedon.
Career
Alo ...
and was released on July 9, 2009.
The track was co-written and produced by Maurissa and Jed specifically for inclusion in "
Epitaph One," the unaired episode of
Joss Whedon
Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon ( ; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, comic book writer, and composer. He is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer' ...
's sci-fi television series ''
Dollhouse'', which Maurissa and Jed also wrote together.
Song information
During writing and production of "Epitaph One," the 13th unaired episode of ''Dollhouse'' (the television series for which Tancharoen and Whedon also write), the two writers felt that a piece of music was necessary over the coda of the episode, but due to budget concerns, they were unable to use a famous or popular song at the time. Rather, Tancharoen and Whedon wrote "Remains," which can be heard over the episode's final scenes. However, they wanted the song not to appear too close to the content of the episode lyrically, so as not to distract the viewer with the realization that the song was composed specifically for the episode, despite the lyrics being thematically relevant but not overly specific to the context. Tancharoen and Whedon were happy with the end result of the song, which they felt sounded like a genuine piece of contemporary music, thus prompting them to release the song on its own merit as well.
Despite "Epitaph One" having not aired on television in the United States, the episode did air in foreign markets (airdates varied) and was released in the U.S. on the first season DVD set of ''Dollhouse'' on July 28, 2009, with the song fully intact.
Tancharoen and Whedon have since lent their musical writing and production and/or vocal abilities to ''
The Legend of Neils musical episode, the music video "
(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar" for ''
The Guild'', and previously in ''
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'', again with brothers
Joss Whedon
Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon ( ; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, comic book writer, and composer. He is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer' ...
and
Zack Whedon
Zachary Adam Whedon (born August 14, 1979) is an American screenwriter, film director, and comic book writer.
Early life
Whedon is from a family of writers: he is the son of screenwriter Tom Whedon, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and ...
. Coincidentally, all of these productions also featured
Felicia Day
Kathryn Felicia Day (born June 28, 1979) is an American actress, singer, writer, and web series creator. She is the creator and star of the web series '' The Guild'' (2007–2013), a show loosely based on her life as a gamer. She also wrote and ...
.
Music video
A video was released October 12, 2010. It is written, directed, and shot by Anton King and features Tancharoen (who played Kilo in ''Dollhouse''), Fran Kranz (Topher in ''Dollhouse''), Caitlin Stasey, and J.R. Starr.
See also
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digital single
In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album ( LP), typically one or two tracks. A single can be released for sale to the public in a variety of physical or digital formats. Singles may be standa ...
References
External links
- Official ''Dollhouse'' site.
- Remains - Official Music Video (Dollhouse).
- Joss Whedon's ‘Dollhouse’ resurrected thanks to ‘Remains’ music video.
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2009 singles