4X08 - Fugue
Written By : Damian Kindler
Directed By : Damian Kindler
Guest Stars : Pascale Hutton, Robert Lawrenson, Jim Byrnes
Airs : Space 25-Nov-11, Syfy (US) 25-Nov-11, SciFi (Aus) 23-Dec-11
Directed By : Damian Kindler
Guest Stars : Pascale Hutton, Robert Lawrenson, Jim Byrnes
Airs : Space 25-Nov-11, Syfy (US) 25-Nov-11, SciFi (Aus) 23-Dec-11
NOTE : entries with a double asterisk are included tentatively as they have been identified with an episode based solely on a rough shooting schedule. They may not belong to this episode.
Short Episode Descriptions
In a groundbreaking episode of SANTCUARY, a mysterious Abnormal attacks Abby, and Magnus and Will discover there’s only one way to communicate with this unusual enemy – through music. Music and lyrics done by series creator Damian Kindler and composer Andrew Lockington.
Source : Space Channel press release
An Abnormal's attack on Abby leaves her requiring treatment at the Sanctuary while Henry and her FBI partner Gavin retrace her steps to determine what happened.
Source : TVGuide.com
Source : Space Channel press release
An Abnormal's attack on Abby leaves her requiring treatment at the Sanctuary while Henry and her FBI partner Gavin retrace her steps to determine what happened.
Source : TVGuide.com
Episode Promotional Photos
26-SEP-11
Q) Can you talk about the musical episode?
Amanda Tapping: Oh, yes, the musical episode is our eighth episode. It's called Fugue. It was written by Damian Kindler and he wrote the lyrics for the music with our composer, Andrew Lockington. And it's, it's interesting if, you're not going to see an episode of Glee. There's not big production numbers or dancing or anything like that. It's actually a very organic way of telling a story, and the songs, even though the songs are sung, it's sort of like you're hearing a scene.
Robin Dunne: Directed by Damian Kindler as well. Yes, I think the way that the music and the story are married together, like as Amanda says, it's very organic and it was an amazing episode to shoot. During a lot of the musical scenes, a lot of the crew were saying that it was like they were just watching a scene, and the singing was sort of secondary, which was kind of interesting.
Amanda Tapping: Yes, but what was cool about it, was the crew really got into the idea of doing a musical, so everyone on set was singing. You know, "we're coming up behind you, we're carrying a ladder," it was really funny, and it was just a great atmosphere. But it sort of goes with the idea that certain people respond better to frequencies, certain musical frequencies or tonal qualities, than they do to actual voice. So we sort of took that idea and made it a Sanctuary episode.
Robin Dunne: It was also kind of interesting, too. It was a very emotional episode to shoot. Something about the music really brought the emotion out in a lot of people, and not just the actors but, we had like, burly grip guys standing in the back of the room kind of wiping tears away from their eyes, which was kind of interesting.
Amanda Tapping: And we had Pascale Hutton, who plays Abby on our show, figures very prominently in this episode, and we were really lucky to get Jim Byrnes, who plays my dad, who's an incredibly accomplished blues musician, sing a song for us in the show. So it was a, I don't know, I think it's so far outside the box, and yet not, in the way that we presented it.
Robin Dunne: Yes, I think it's like Amanda says, it's something very different, but it'll totally fit in as a Sanctuary episode.
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Q) What has been your favorite experience while working on this season of Sanctuary?
Amanda Tapping: I would say, one of the most interesting, and really fun experiences was doing Fugue. It was such a crazy episode to shoot, and it was so far outside of everyone's comfort zone. And I just felt like, creatively, we all pushed the envelope. And everyone, it was one of those where, you either give in to the idea fully, and just go for it, or you're not servicing it, and so we all kind of had to take this massive leap of faith, which is kind of the Sanctuary logline, and it was so much fun.
Robin Dunne: Just being in the recording studio, recording songs and working with Damian Kindler and our composer Andrew Lockington, who really helped us through that process because as actors and not singers, per se, it was a very daunting task to take on. But it was a really special experience.
Amanda Tapping: Yes, and because it took so long, like it wasn't just, we didn't just shoot the episode. We had to go in a couple of weeks before and record the songs, and then the week before we shot, we went into the studio and rehearsed. And so it was just, it was spread out over a period of time and, so when we finally came on to the set to actually shoot the scenes where we were singing, we were so prepared and had a real sense of anticipation.
Robin Dunne: We had these cool, like, (phonics) things, they called them (phonics) things, they're like invisible earpieces where, we could hear the music but nobody else could, so we could sing along with the track, but get the singing recorded clean and, I don't know, it was just, it was kind of like being a rock star for a little while, and it was fun.
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Q) Robin, I wanted to know, can you talk about the musical episode, and how the Bollywood episode might have helped you with that?
Robin Dunne: Yes, sure. The Bollywood episode helped me in no way whatsoever. No, I mean, I think it helped me in the sense that they were both episodes that were extremely daunting to undertake. Both episodes were way out of my comfort zone. And both episodes had me do something that I don't do very well, which are dancing and singing.
Amanda Tapping: There's a level of trust, right, like you built up a level of trust with the crew, I think, doing the Bollywood thing, and had so much support that it made, maybe made the next one easier.
Robin Dunne: Well, I don't know if I would say easier, but yes, it certainly is a classic Sanctuary thing where you go, "Okay let's dive in and let's do this," and Fugue is probably one of the most amazing experiences of my career, being able to work in that capacity with Amanda and Pascale and Damian, both being the writer and director. It was a really, really amazing thing, and like I said before, there's something different about song, it brings people together, it hits more of an emotional chord, and certainly we were all feeling that during that episode. (Ry Ro) has a really lovely song in it, and to me across the board it's, I'm telling you, it's going to be something that's going to really blow people away.
Amanda Tapping: And again, in Fugue, there's only like seven songs, maybe, in the whole episode. It's an emotional episode that the, it's not like we sing wall to wall in the episode.
Robin Dunne: And there's, like we've mentioned earlier, it's a real organic connection between the story and the singing, and the theme was sort of a joining of those two things where maybe in other TV shows that have tried to do this, there has been sort of more of a story and then a gap between the singing. But certainly here in this Fugue is not the case at all.
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Source : Starry Constellation Magazine - Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne
Amanda Tapping: Oh, yes, the musical episode is our eighth episode. It's called Fugue. It was written by Damian Kindler and he wrote the lyrics for the music with our composer, Andrew Lockington. And it's, it's interesting if, you're not going to see an episode of Glee. There's not big production numbers or dancing or anything like that. It's actually a very organic way of telling a story, and the songs, even though the songs are sung, it's sort of like you're hearing a scene.
Robin Dunne: Directed by Damian Kindler as well. Yes, I think the way that the music and the story are married together, like as Amanda says, it's very organic and it was an amazing episode to shoot. During a lot of the musical scenes, a lot of the crew were saying that it was like they were just watching a scene, and the singing was sort of secondary, which was kind of interesting.
Amanda Tapping: Yes, but what was cool about it, was the crew really got into the idea of doing a musical, so everyone on set was singing. You know, "we're coming up behind you, we're carrying a ladder," it was really funny, and it was just a great atmosphere. But it sort of goes with the idea that certain people respond better to frequencies, certain musical frequencies or tonal qualities, than they do to actual voice. So we sort of took that idea and made it a Sanctuary episode.
Robin Dunne: It was also kind of interesting, too. It was a very emotional episode to shoot. Something about the music really brought the emotion out in a lot of people, and not just the actors but, we had like, burly grip guys standing in the back of the room kind of wiping tears away from their eyes, which was kind of interesting.
Amanda Tapping: And we had Pascale Hutton, who plays Abby on our show, figures very prominently in this episode, and we were really lucky to get Jim Byrnes, who plays my dad, who's an incredibly accomplished blues musician, sing a song for us in the show. So it was a, I don't know, I think it's so far outside the box, and yet not, in the way that we presented it.
Robin Dunne: Yes, I think it's like Amanda says, it's something very different, but it'll totally fit in as a Sanctuary episode.
S~s~S~s~S
Q) What has been your favorite experience while working on this season of Sanctuary?
Amanda Tapping: I would say, one of the most interesting, and really fun experiences was doing Fugue. It was such a crazy episode to shoot, and it was so far outside of everyone's comfort zone. And I just felt like, creatively, we all pushed the envelope. And everyone, it was one of those where, you either give in to the idea fully, and just go for it, or you're not servicing it, and so we all kind of had to take this massive leap of faith, which is kind of the Sanctuary logline, and it was so much fun.
Robin Dunne: Just being in the recording studio, recording songs and working with Damian Kindler and our composer Andrew Lockington, who really helped us through that process because as actors and not singers, per se, it was a very daunting task to take on. But it was a really special experience.
Amanda Tapping: Yes, and because it took so long, like it wasn't just, we didn't just shoot the episode. We had to go in a couple of weeks before and record the songs, and then the week before we shot, we went into the studio and rehearsed. And so it was just, it was spread out over a period of time and, so when we finally came on to the set to actually shoot the scenes where we were singing, we were so prepared and had a real sense of anticipation.
Robin Dunne: We had these cool, like, (phonics) things, they called them (phonics) things, they're like invisible earpieces where, we could hear the music but nobody else could, so we could sing along with the track, but get the singing recorded clean and, I don't know, it was just, it was kind of like being a rock star for a little while, and it was fun.
S~s~S~s~S
Q) Robin, I wanted to know, can you talk about the musical episode, and how the Bollywood episode might have helped you with that?
Robin Dunne: Yes, sure. The Bollywood episode helped me in no way whatsoever. No, I mean, I think it helped me in the sense that they were both episodes that were extremely daunting to undertake. Both episodes were way out of my comfort zone. And both episodes had me do something that I don't do very well, which are dancing and singing.
Amanda Tapping: There's a level of trust, right, like you built up a level of trust with the crew, I think, doing the Bollywood thing, and had so much support that it made, maybe made the next one easier.
Robin Dunne: Well, I don't know if I would say easier, but yes, it certainly is a classic Sanctuary thing where you go, "Okay let's dive in and let's do this," and Fugue is probably one of the most amazing experiences of my career, being able to work in that capacity with Amanda and Pascale and Damian, both being the writer and director. It was a really, really amazing thing, and like I said before, there's something different about song, it brings people together, it hits more of an emotional chord, and certainly we were all feeling that during that episode. (Ry Ro) has a really lovely song in it, and to me across the board it's, I'm telling you, it's going to be something that's going to really blow people away.
Amanda Tapping: And again, in Fugue, there's only like seven songs, maybe, in the whole episode. It's an emotional episode that the, it's not like we sing wall to wall in the episode.
Robin Dunne: And there's, like we've mentioned earlier, it's a real organic connection between the story and the singing, and the theme was sort of a joining of those two things where maybe in other TV shows that have tried to do this, there has been sort of more of a story and then a gap between the singing. But certainly here in this Fugue is not the case at all.
S~s~S~s~S
Source : Starry Constellation Magazine - Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne
29-JUL-11
Yup! RT @MissCheerfully: Is Declan alias @RobertLawrenson going to be in the musical episode?? =D
Source : Twitter - Robert Lawrenson
Source : Twitter - Robert Lawrenson
26-JUL-11
The feisty, brilliant Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) can run a sanctuary for abnormals like no other 160-year-old around. But can she sing. Fans of Sanctuary will find out this fall, when the Canadian science fiction series joins the ranks of Grey`s Anatomy, Scrubs and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and airs a musical episode.
Announced at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday, the episode will explore the power of music as it relates to the brain.
``The basis of the story is the idea that there are certain harmonic frequencies that people respond to better than others``said Tapping, who is one of the show`s executive producers, told The Globe and Mail. ``And it gives them heightened abilities.``
In the episode, called Fugue, Abby Corrigan (Pascale Hutton, a trained singer) becomes possessed. Music holds the key to her rescue.
Series creator Damian Kindler, also an executive producer, was the driving force behind the episode. He co-wrote the music with Toronto-based composer Andrew Lockington, as well as the script, and also directs the episode.
When he pitched it to the networks - Space in Canada and Syfy in the U.S.- as a ``scary Exorcist dark rock opera, ``Kindler figured they would likely turn him down. ``But they did the exact opposite`` he says. ``They bit down like a starving child on it.``
The show was taped earlier this summer at the show`s Burnaby, B.C. studios. ``In the very first take, it was very nerve-wracking,`` says Tapping. ``But after that, we just got into it.``
The musical episode will air during Sanctuary`s fourth season this November on Space in Canada.
Source : The Globe and Mail print article
via EH-T
Announced at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday, the episode will explore the power of music as it relates to the brain.
``The basis of the story is the idea that there are certain harmonic frequencies that people respond to better than others``said Tapping, who is one of the show`s executive producers, told The Globe and Mail. ``And it gives them heightened abilities.``
In the episode, called Fugue, Abby Corrigan (Pascale Hutton, a trained singer) becomes possessed. Music holds the key to her rescue.
Series creator Damian Kindler, also an executive producer, was the driving force behind the episode. He co-wrote the music with Toronto-based composer Andrew Lockington, as well as the script, and also directs the episode.
When he pitched it to the networks - Space in Canada and Syfy in the U.S.- as a ``scary Exorcist dark rock opera, ``Kindler figured they would likely turn him down. ``But they did the exact opposite`` he says. ``They bit down like a starving child on it.``
The show was taped earlier this summer at the show`s Burnaby, B.C. studios. ``In the very first take, it was very nerve-wracking,`` says Tapping. ``But after that, we just got into it.``
The musical episode will air during Sanctuary`s fourth season this November on Space in Canada.
Source : The Globe and Mail print article
via EH-T
25-JUL-11
Q : What kind of songs do you have in the musical episode? I mean what kind of musical I know there are different variations.
AT : Well it's a very organic episode in terms of trying to draw this creature out of a character, it's an exorcist kind of episode. And so there is actually one song, I mean there are a few different songsin the episode but there is one theme, lyrical theme that goes through the entire episode. So a lot of the songs will grab from that and then dovetail into something else. I don't know what style it is, it's certainly not opera or jazz, ah it's more um .. easy listening.
Source : MovieWeb - Comic Con interview with Amanda Tapping
AT : Well it's a very organic episode in terms of trying to draw this creature out of a character, it's an exorcist kind of episode. And so there is actually one song, I mean there are a few different songsin the episode but there is one theme, lyrical theme that goes through the entire episode. So a lot of the songs will grab from that and then dovetail into something else. I don't know what style it is, it's certainly not opera or jazz, ah it's more um .. easy listening.
Source : MovieWeb - Comic Con interview with Amanda Tapping
25-JUL-11
Q : Can you tell us a little about the musical episode?
RD : The musical episode is phenominal. It's like, we were doing these emotional scenes and the DP, Gord Verhuel came up to me and after one day, Pascale Hutton who plays my girlfriend on the show, she's kind of in a zone where she's not well and I have to communicate to her through song. And it's a very emotional scene and you look around and everyone is in tears, like big gruff grips, like burly crew members are like wiping tears away and our Dp comes over to me and says you know it's amazing everyone kind of forgot that you were singing, it was just like you were doing a scene, it was like singing just became like something you were doing. Damian who wrote the episode and also directed it had a very intuitive piece of advice before we started, he said don't try to sing, don't go out and be all sorta Broadway about it, just go out and act. Act the scene. And that was the best piece of direction he could have given because it just made everything very rounded. It's not an episode that's all kind of big London Westend Production it's a very organic episode and I think when you watch it you'll see how the singing has been so well melded with the story, it doesn't just pop out of nowhere with people just start singing for no reason. It's pretty amazing.
Source : She Knows Entertainment - Robin Dunne round table interview
RD : The musical episode is phenominal. It's like, we were doing these emotional scenes and the DP, Gord Verhuel came up to me and after one day, Pascale Hutton who plays my girlfriend on the show, she's kind of in a zone where she's not well and I have to communicate to her through song. And it's a very emotional scene and you look around and everyone is in tears, like big gruff grips, like burly crew members are like wiping tears away and our Dp comes over to me and says you know it's amazing everyone kind of forgot that you were singing, it was just like you were doing a scene, it was like singing just became like something you were doing. Damian who wrote the episode and also directed it had a very intuitive piece of advice before we started, he said don't try to sing, don't go out and be all sorta Broadway about it, just go out and act. Act the scene. And that was the best piece of direction he could have given because it just made everything very rounded. It's not an episode that's all kind of big London Westend Production it's a very organic episode and I think when you watch it you'll see how the singing has been so well melded with the story, it doesn't just pop out of nowhere with people just start singing for no reason. It's pretty amazing.
Source : She Knows Entertainment - Robin Dunne round table interview
25-JUL-11
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AT : ...And we sort of never stopped from there we just kept going, to the musical episode which is very outside the box but I'm super excited about it. It's like very organic, it's not Glee by any stretch of the imagination, it's not like we suddenly break out into song. It really fits in with the story and in fact Damian was very adamant that we not focus on the singing so much as the acting, right, just tell the story it's more important than hitting the notes, but hit the notes.
Q : Did you watch the Buffy musical episode and that sort of thing
AT : Not recently, no. I did back in the day when it was on but no, I didn't want to, because that would be like too intimidating. Yeah and I thought a lot about it but I'm not going back there.
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AT : The thing with it is there's only 5 or 6 songs in the whole show so it's not like the whole thing is music but once we did it we were like "Oh we have to do another one, with more music and bigger songs"
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Source : She Knows Entertainment - Amanda Tapping round table interview
24-JUL-11
Sanctuary Panel - Moderated by Josh Gates from Destination Truth
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AT & RD sing : This season on Sanctuary we do a musical, you're gonna love it!
AT : It's not Glee it's more like The Exorcist : The Musical
Josh : will the harmonies be as tight as that?
RD : tighter
AT : yeah
Josh (to RD) : will you be dancing again?
RD : ah, no dancing, it's just the singing.
Josh : that's a shame
RD : it's Glee meets the Exorcist, that's exactly what it is
Josh : The Glexorcist coming in Season 4!!!
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Source : San Diego Comic Con 2011 - Sanctuary Panel
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AT & RD sing : This season on Sanctuary we do a musical, you're gonna love it!
AT : It's not Glee it's more like The Exorcist : The Musical
Josh : will the harmonies be as tight as that?
RD : tighter
AT : yeah
Josh (to RD) : will you be dancing again?
RD : ah, no dancing, it's just the singing.
Josh : that's a shame
RD : it's Glee meets the Exorcist, that's exactly what it is
Josh : The Glexorcist coming in Season 4!!!
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Source : San Diego Comic Con 2011 - Sanctuary Panel
23-JUL-11
So, the #Sanctuary musical episode is out of the bag... I think you're gonna enjoy it :)
Source : Twitter - Ryan Robbins
Source : Twitter - Ryan Robbins
23-JUL-11
Truth in advertising: @SanctuarySeries s4 is doing a musical episode. It won't suck. And it's not goofy. In fact things get quite bloody.
@SanctuarySeries musical ep facts: no voice doubles. Magnus, Will, and Henry all sing + others. Music by Genius known as Andrew Lockington.
@SanctuarySeries musical ep facts 2: NO spell/dream/fantasy causes singing. Written/directed by Alan Smithee - or me. Depends if u like it.
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
@SanctuarySeries musical ep facts: no voice doubles. Magnus, Will, and Henry all sing + others. Music by Genius known as Andrew Lockington.
@SanctuarySeries musical ep facts 2: NO spell/dream/fantasy causes singing. Written/directed by Alan Smithee - or me. Depends if u like it.
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
23-JUL-11
The pair offered a tease for Season 4, revealing to the audience that there will be a musical episode in Season 4. "It's not Glee. It's more like The Exorcist the Musical," Tapping explained.
Source : Hollywood Reporter - Comic-Con 2011: 'Sanctuary' to Feature Musical Episode in Season 4
Source : Hollywood Reporter - Comic-Con 2011: 'Sanctuary' to Feature Musical Episode in Season 4
29-JUN-11**
It's not easy being green. But it's kinda fun... #Sanctuary yfrog.com/gzujjnauj
Source : Twitter - SanctuarySeries
Source : Twitter - SanctuarySeries
29-JUN-11**
Just wrapped @SanctuarySeries Ep 8 of Season 4. One of the best experiences of my career. Prepare yourself. It's gonna change your life.
Source : Twitter - Robin Dunne
Source : Twitter - Robin Dunne
28-JUN-11**
Shooting emotional scenes with friends can be tough sometimes... @RobinDunne is really bringing it today and making this scene a great one.
Aaaannnddd... That's my one @RobinDunne compliment for the season.
Source : Twitter - Ryan Robbins
Aaaannnddd... That's my one @RobinDunne compliment for the season.
Source : Twitter - Ryan Robbins
24-JUN-11**
Hey @amandatapping Thanks for today and have fun with that Tesla;)
OH on @SanctuarySeries set today (addressed to @damiankindler ) ..."get off twitter!"
Source : Twitter - theotherwerner Liz W
OH on @SanctuarySeries set today (addressed to @damiankindler ) ..."get off twitter!"
Source : Twitter - theotherwerner Liz W
24-JUN-11**
Cool stunt on set today. All green screen with a splash of pink pyjamas...that's all we're sayin'!! Season 4 incoming! #Sanctuary
Source : Twitter - SanctuarySeries
Source : Twitter - SanctuarySeries
23-JUN-11**
I'd shop there. @SanctuarySeries season four kickin' ass. http://lockerz.com/s/113475986
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
20-JUN-11**
Just wrapped on a super cool ep of #Sanctuary written & directed by Martin...now onto next super cool ep written & directed by Damian!
Source : Twitter - Robert Lawrenson
Source : Twitter - Robert Lawrenson
17-JUN-11
Amazing recording session today with the incomparable Jim Byrnes and the uber talented Pascale Hutton. @SanctuarySeries is in for a treat!
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler
Source : Twitter - Damian Kindler