The episode gave Rachel a chance to use another of her many talents — her singing voice. But her ability also added a complication to the episode’s production, she reveals.
“I flew to Los Angeles and recorded the song with [composer Joel Goldsmith], then immediately flew back to continue shooting in Vancouver,” Luttrell said. “Then one of my producers, John Smith, came up to me on the set, and said, ‘Rachel, we’re going to have to fly you back to Los Angeles to re-record the song because it sounds too good.’ So they then sent me back to Los Angeles to rerecord it and to not to make it sound quite as polished.”
In the episode Teyla performs a song at the funeral of a loved one, a fellow Athosian who has died of old age — something very rare for her people, who have lived under the constant threat of the Wraith.
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The idea for Teyla to sing was originally Rachel’s idea, she said. “I love to sing, and it was always something that I thought we would be able to use in terms of a link her people, to Teyla’s people. It would be very interesting, kind of a historic look into who her people are, and their beliefs. I went and I talked to [executive producer] Brad Wright about it, and how I thought song and dance have been historically used for funerals and grief, and spiritual purposes, in various different cultures. I thought it would be an interesting way to incorporate it.”
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