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We've all grooved to William Shatner's "singing." But the history of science-fiction novelty records is much bigger, and weirder. From Weird Al's tribute to Yoda to Wonder Woman covering Toto, there have been many bizarre discs that celebrated science fiction. More »
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Rick Baker, the FX and make-up master behind Videodrome and An American Werewolf in London, took us behind the werewolf mask on Wolfman. Check out this new video, along with the discarded Wolfman rock score. More »
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The Black Eyed Peas have piled everything that is terrible in today's science fiction into one giant Terminator Salvation-inspired music video. The 10-minute monster is fraught with lens flares, silver masks, plastic capes and break-dancing ray guns. More »
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Yoda is a pimp, Luke gives a rap tribute to a crispy Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen, and the Emperor struggles to keep up with Lando Calrissian's flow. Yes it's another Star Wars rap video. More »
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Words do not even begin to express my confusion and sick, splodey delight. The runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol, Adam Lambert (Yes, the Goth kid), has made a 2012 music video. It's him walking through explosions, naturally. More »
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Nine Inch Nails frontman and all-around rock god Trent Reznor is remixing his own "Zero-Sum" for J.J. Abrams' Fringe. And in keeping with the show's nerd-overload, the whole thing is full of geeky Easter Eggs and hard core Fringe references. More »
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Check out this amazing collection of autotuned scientists from past amazing series and old cosmic sermons remixed and put into beautiful melody. Sing with the mental giants and TV scientists from all different eras and know: "We Are All Connected." More »
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Listen to Eminem's "Without Me" in Klingon, by Klenginem. We didn't think it was possible to translate Slim Shady's rapping into Klingon, and yet here it is in mighty warrior glory. It's impressive. Qapla'! More »
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With the Wild Things soundtrack being released and the Admiral Ackbar song contest underway, it's high time we stopped and paid attention to a few other note-worthy and science-fictional musician. Here's our round-up of futuristic and mind-expanding music videos. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5369543&view=rss&microfeed=true We thought the Spider-Man musical fiasco was finished, crushed to death under its $45 million budget. But it seems the sunglassed superstar Bono, who wrote the show's score, has stepped in to save the day. [New York Post] More »
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Alt rockers Breaking Benjamin are debuting loads of spoilery Surrogates clips in their new music video, "I Will Not Bow." Check out Bruce Willis in his "I'm really a robot" chair and shades, and emo-style dancing with half naked Surrogates. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5346370&view=rss&microfeed=true You can hear the first song off the Wild Things soundtrack from Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs fame, backed by a beautiful children's choir. But you have to wonder, is there some indie checklist Jonze is ticking off? [Myspace] More »
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The Legend of Neil musical episode has finally been released, featuring the whole cast breaking out in song — including Felicia Day's sex-crazed flasher fairy from season one. It's probably NSFW. More »
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Sounds like the rumors about singing Spidey's rapidly fraying money web are true. The $45 million musical written by Bono and The Edge, put the crew on hiatus and now the actors have been released from their contracts. The New York Post is calling it the biggest fiasco in Broadway history, and quoting experts saying it could never have broken even, absent a miracle. Still: the BIGGEST fiasco ever? Do we not remember Carrie: The Musical? [NY Post] More »
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No matter how you feel about the G.I. Joe movie, at least the exploding-ninja madness has led to some awesome viral videos. The best of which is probably this song, featuring Billy Crudup as Zartan and Zach Galifiankais as Snow-Job. More »
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Who can forget Jeremy London's virtual cigarette, after having fake sex with Alicia Silverstone to Aerosmith's "Amazing"? Some of the best and worst virtual world-building has come from the music video industry. Strange virtual music worlds, we salute you. More »
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It's almost terrifying how well this remake of the Saturday Night Live digital short "Jizz In My Pants" works with the cast of Heroes. Especially the Parkman and Sylar moments. Who knew Zachary Quinto made that many "O" faces throughout the series? It's astonishing. More »
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Perhaps my favorite Star Trek in-joke is this video explanation for the Beastie Boys' song "Sabotage" playing during baby Kirk's wild ride. Turns out Shatner had a problem with the word "sabotage." [Topless Robot] More »
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The latest True Blood promo spot is out, with all our favorite characters doing what they do best: getting naked and rolling around in blood. Watch the cast jump and jive to Bob Dylan. More »
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In honor of the great Bea Arthur, who passed this weekend, we thought it only right to post a Star Wars Cantina singalong from the Star Wars Holiday Special. You will be missed, Bea. More »
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It's been ages since Eminem decided to insult us all with a sexist, homophobic, celebrity skewing, Star Trek-referencing rap video. Em and Dre put their best Trekker faces forward, and beam up to planet lesbian. More »
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In a special sneak peek at the multi-million dollar Spider-Man musical, director Julie Taymor spilled details on sets, villains, and sky high web-slinging. Plus Bono and The Edge played a few tunes. More »
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Jonathan Mann writes a song a day, but his greatest achievement is sporting tiny shorts and rapping about BSG. Listen at your own risk because you will be singing this for the rest of time. More »
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Neil Gaiman's Coraline is getting a musical adaptation composed by the sharp witted, velvety voiced Stephin Merritt, whom some of you may know from Magnetic Fields. I couldn't have imagined a better indie dream team. More »
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The Spider-Man Musical auditions are underway and still no word about who our singing Peter Parker will be until now. We've got wind of one casting rumor for our dear U2-warbling webslinger. More »
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Sure smoke monsters, polar bears, dead people and time travel are all an important part of Lost. But another important component to the Lost recipe for awesomeness is the soundtrack. Oh, don't act like you didn't run over and download Mama Cass' "Make Your Own Kind Of Music." Check out UGO's brilliant run-down of all the influential tunes that rock the island, and why they were important. [UGO] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5163276&view=rss&microfeed=true Enjoy a taste indie god Nick Cave's musical compilation for the post apocalyptic move The Road. The BBC did a small special on Cormac McCarthy's adaptation onto the big screen, dubbing bits from his Oprah interview and here and there. But the best part: about 3:30 into the package, they debut some of Nick Cave's soundtrack for the movie. It's hauntingly beautiful and a bit melancholy, which will fit in quite nicely with the whole, "the world is a burned out shell of nothing and we're all going to die" theme from the movie. Thanks to Quiet Earth for finding this gem. [BBC] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5162529&view=rss&microfeed=true Rev up your snapping fingers and web-shooters - the multi-million dollar Spider-Man musical, "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark," has a date. More »
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Wow, Robot Chicken has truly outdone itself. This adorable claymation rendition of an Italian stage translation of Star Trek II: Wrath Of Khan is fantastic stupendous. Especially the "lowering of the mind control eels" song. More »
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Now this is the perfect combination: Depche Mode and Tron. This delightful little mash-up shames the rest of the sad Youtubers. Well done, internet. More »
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Young Frankenstein will close its doors on January 4, 2009. Sad news for lovers of both science fiction and Mel Brooks, as this was an adorable little show. But more importantly, how will this directly affect my dream to see Waterworld: The Musical staring Patrick Warburton (Putty, The Tick) on stage? What — you've never heard of the musical about the trials and tribulations of half fish/half man on a completely flooded globe of the future? In that case, please do enjoy the video below. More »
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David Fincher's new backwards-aging movie is at heart a love story, and the new international trailer for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button reveals the perils of falling in love with someone who ages in reverse. Good deal for you — but bad for them when you get old and wrinkled and they still look hot riding a motorcycle. Watch the trailer, and then find out how you can listen to the movie's entire gorgeous score online. More »
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The goth-y movie musical Repo! The Genetic Opera, set in a sad dystopia where organ harvesting is common practice, has released a new song video-clip out into the world. Powerhouse singer Sarah Brightman haunts the screen as Blind Mag, who sings to her long lost god daughter and spits out holographic pictures from her eyes. The duet is titled "Chase The Morning." More »
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We know that pop stars are readying the world for a scifi tidal wave, but perhaps some of them need a bit more guidance. The new music video for Christina Aguilera's “Keeps Gettin’ Better” is a mess of hits and misses. Hit: comic book action and a lady producer bringing her characters to life. Miss: dressing up like Catwoman. Potential miss: Peter Berg, who is about to helm the new Dune remake, directed this vid. More »
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Toxic Avenger: The Musical is all sorts of spinal cord ripping, potty-mouthed, toe tapping fun. Based loosely on the classic Troma gross-out film The Toxic Avenger, the musical still has Melvin Ferd and his gooey toxic waste transformation into New Jersey's own superhero, who saves the land from pollution so we all "won't get cancer and die." It's the self aware lines like that paired with the phenomenal supporting cast that made this show a lot of fun to watch. We've got an exclusive video from the show, for you "Hot Toxic Love" fans. More »
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Wanna see everyone's favorite bat-butler Alfred self-flagellate himself to the tunes of U2 while Batman deals with Katie Holmes' alien hubby? Now you can. Darq Knight is a power ballad musical which pulls from all the best parts of Dark Knight with a dash of what could have been. Batman is played by a black "Robert Downey Junior" while Bruce Wayne is a tall thin white kid, Katie Holmes and Maggie G play themselves and it's all narrated by Morgan Freeman. More »
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A heap of new music videos represent for science fiction. But the stand-out video this time around is Common's "Universal Mind Control" video, featuring Pharrell as a robot. Not only is the track a hit, but the dancing robot's moves are far and away some of the best robot strides I've ever seen. I dare you not to dance along to this video. Also, Torchwood's John Barrowman has got his own album coming out, and we're bringing you the cheese-tastic video. Who wins — Common or Captain Jack? More »
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Who knew alien beings made from light loved to tickle the keys so beautifully? Artist Ryan Cashman has put together a fantastic video that will brighten your day, as only a piano-playing extraterrestrial can. More »
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Breaking up is hard to do and if you could express your relationship issues through science fiction, I'm betting there would plenty of coffee shops and diners full disembodied hearts. Gnarls Barkley's music video for "Who's Gonna Save My Soul?" is probably the most honest look into an actual breakup ever. More »
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