> Just caught the old NBC "Merlin" film today on the Sci-Fi
> Channel.

> During the scene with Merlin fighting the dragon, I noticed the music was
> strikingly similar to Dark City. Not just a passing similarity, but almost
> verbatum from Dark City.

> Wouldn't you know that Trevor Jones scored it, likely from his work on
> Excalibur.

> I highly enjoy Dark City, so don't think I'm just ripping on him or
> anything. Dark City and Merlin were produced within a year of each other
> so I can see that his mind may have been set in one mode; still though,
> using the EXACT same melody and very similar rhythmic motifs, kind of
> lazy. Guess other composers have gotten away with it too though.

> Just an observation.

I think he only quotes that theme once for about 10 seconds out the 73 min soundtrack. But he used it as the primary theme in the video game Marvel Nemisis