Kometkameratene
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Kometkameratene (roughly in English, "The Comet Comrades") is a Norwegian children's TV show, produced by NRK. In every episode, space aliens traveling in their flying saucer, explore the Earth and humans inhabitating it.
Gisle Martens Meyer composed and arranged the music for the show's season 1, along with Sjur Hjeltnes. They will also continue to compose the music for season 2.[1]
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[edit] Characters
- Kaptein Lu — captain of the ship. Played by Hanne Dahle.
- Agent 25 — agent. He is beamed to Earth in every episode to research humans and things relating to humans. Played by Linda Mahala Mathiassen.
- Gilli — scientist. She studies objects and other subjects brought to him from Earth. Played by Ole Jacob Lindberg.
- Mook — mechanic. Fixes things by talking to them gently and maybe clicking them with his hammer a few times. Played by Aslag Guttormsgaard.
- Kokken — chef. Frequently accompanied by Zook. Played by Espen Beranek Holm.
- Zook — a small rodent-like creature. He speaks very few words apart from occasional grunts. Played by Thomas Hildebrand.
Other voice talent in the show include Christine Litle, Sjur Hjeltnes and Gisle Martens Meyer.
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1
- Episode 1: Jorda (Earth) — Aired October 4th 2008
Kometkameratene first arrive at Earth, wondering whether intelligent life exists on it. Agent 25 is sent to investigate. - Episode 2: Fødsel (Birth) — Aired October 5th 2008
Kometkameratene investigate how these humans are made after all. Meanwhile, the chef prepares a nice hot sock soup. - Episode 3: God - Ond (Good - Bad) — Aired October 11th 2008
Kometkameratene want to find out what exactly is good and what is bad. - Episode 4: Kjærlighet (Love) — Aired October 12th 2008
Kometkameratene research a mysterious subject: love. - Episode 5: Døden (Death) — Aired October 18th 2008
Kometkameratene try to figure out what is death. - Episode 6: Penger (Money) — Aired October 25th 2008
Kometkameratene learn about money and its value. - Episode 7: Søppel (Garbage) — Aired November 1st 2008
Kometkameratene research garbage, recycling and environmental challenges. - Episode 8: Meningen med livet (Meaning of Life) — Aired November 8th 2008
Kometkameratene ponder the biggest question of all; the very meaning of life. - Episode 9: Lydighet (Obedience) — Aired November 15th 2008
Kometkameratene try to define obedience. - Episode 10: Løgn (Lies) — Aired November 22nd 2008
Kometkameratene investigate the sins of lies.
[edit] Music production
Gisle Martens Meyer composed and arranged the music for the show, along with Sjur Hjeltnes.
Together they composed the theme song, occasional music, and a one sing-along song for each episode, concerning the subject and sung by a different character in every episode. The song for episode 1 was specifically made for Kometkameratene from scratch. For the songs in episodes 2 and 3, the idea came from old sketches for Ugress songs that never made it. The sketches were then polished up and vocals recorded to make the final song in the TV series. The song in episode 4 was written by Sjur, with Gisle doing editing and beats. [2]
[edit] Trivia
- The name for the show was originally Romkameratene, but had to be changed to Kometkameratene for legal reasons. Because the first episode had to be re-dubbed to facilitate the name change, the premiere was bumped to October and four first episodes had to be aired on consecutive days in two weekends, to keep in schedule.[3][4]
- Gisle's favorite character is Mook the mechanic.
