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The {{audio|Colonial Anthem.mp3|'''Colonial anthem'''}} is the official state music of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. The music that became the anthem was originally composed by [[Stu Nomion]] at least fifty-eight years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]"). It would eventually be adopted as the official anthem of the Colonies following their unification under the [[Articles of Colonization]].

==Examples of usage==
* The anthem plays as a fanfare when the television station [[Caprica 5]] announces a live interview with the celebrity scientist, Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]]).
* Around the same time, it plays briefly during a fly-by of the last [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron of the [[Battlestar (TRS)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' during its decommissioning ceremonies held in its new [[Galactica Museum|museum]], shortly before a speech given by Commander [[William Adama]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]]).
*After the fall of the Colonies, the anthem appears in a documentary on the crew of ''Galactica'' created by [[D'Anna Biers]]. A crewman, [[Stan Gibson]],<ref>This character, who hums the Colonial anthem while mopping the floors of ''Galactica'', is Battlestar Wiki's [[w:patron saint|"patron saint"]] for its [[BW:AN#Current administrators|administrators]].</ref> whistles a part of the anthem while he mops a deck on the ship, then an orchestral version of the anthem bursts into the documentary as several pilots enter a hallway to give the film an uplifting heroic appeal ([[TRS]]: "[[Final Cut]]").

==As incidental music==
*The Colonial Anthem plays as a young Ensign William Adama sees ''Galactica'' for the very first time through a window on a transport ([[Blood_and_Chrome#Plot|''Blood and Chrome'', part 1]]).
*A variation of the anthem is used as incidental music to accompany the departure of the ships of the former [[The Fleet (RDM)|refugee fleet]] from [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth:_The_Promised_Land|Earth]] as they fly into the Sun ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

==Notes==
* The Colonial anthem is a new recording of the [[Original Series]]'s main theme composed by [[Stu Phillips]], who assisted [[Bear McCreary]] in the new arrangement.<ref>{{cite online journal|url= http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=117|title=The Themes of Battlestar Galactica Part IV| | journal=http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/ Bear's Battlestar Blog | last =McCreary | first= Bear}}.</ref>
* The scene in which the crewman is heard whistling the anthem confirms that the piece of music exists "in-universe" and is not simply part of the "real world" soundtrack (something that is not necessarily made clear in the mini-series, or by the anthem's use at the end of Biers' documentary, both of which could simply have been soundtrack elements for viewers).
* The audio sample in this article is from the [[Soundtrack (Season 2)|Season 2 soundtrack]], track 1, a modern arrangement of the original theme for the episode, "Final Cut", by [[Bear McCreary]].

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