"Remains" is a single from

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and was released on July 9, 2009. The track was co-written and produced by Maurissa and Jed specifically for inclusion in "

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," the unaired episode of

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's sci-fi television series ''

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'', which Maurissa and Jed also wrote together.

Song information

During writing and production of "Epitaph One," the 13th unaired episode of ''Dollhouse'' (the television series for which Tancharoen and Whedon also write), the two writers felt that a piece of music was necessary over the coda of the episode, but due to budget concerns, they were unable to use a famous or popular song at the time. Rather, Tancharoen and Whedon wrote "Remains," which can be heard over the episode's final scenes. However, they wanted the song not to appear too close to the content of the episode lyrically, so as not to distract the viewer with the realization that the song was composed specifically for the episode, despite the lyrics being thematically relevant but not overly specific to the context. Tancharoen and Whedon were happy with the end result of the song, which they felt sounded like a genuine piece of contemporary music, thus prompting them to release the song on its own merit as well. Despite "Epitaph One" having not aired on television in the United States, the episode did air in foreign markets (airdates varied) and was released in the U.S. on the first season DVD set of ''Dollhouse'' on July 28, 2009, with the song fully intact. Tancharoen and Whedon have since lent their musical writing and production and/or vocal abilities to ''

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s musical episode, the music video " (Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar" for '' The Guild'', and previously in ''

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. Coincidentally, all of these productions also featured

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Music video

A video was released October 12, 2010. It is written, directed, and shot by Anton King and features Tancharoen (who played Kilo in ''Dollhouse''), Fran Kranz (Topher in ''Dollhouse''), Caitlin Stasey, and J.R. Starr.

References

External links

- Official ''Dollhouse'' site.

- Remains - Official Music Video (Dollhouse).

- Joss Whedon's ‘Dollhouse’ resurrected thanks to ‘Remains’ music video. {{Authority control 2009 singles

Song information

Music video

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