Was the Fringe Theme strongly influenced by Night Stalker?
[PIANO] The Fringe Equation by Torley First, I’m not going to use the term “rip-off”. I know while that attracts attention, I’m not into lame linkbation, and would rather not accuse someone sans merit. I prefer to ask questions and learn more to make an informed decision. Numerous people, including myself, have observed that the Fringe Theme (incidentally one of my fave pieces of music which I performed a piano version of) is strongly reminiscent of Philip Glass’ style. However, I was unable to pin it to a specific work until just now — ah, serendipity. I’ll explain the chain of events so you can better understand my thought processes: • I was on io9 reading about a new TV series called Warehouse 13, which bears similarities to that magnum opus of paranormal investigations, The X-Files. • Obviously, other commenters called that out, and I remarked that Fringe was just getting out from the X-Files’ shadow. • I mused about earlier influences, such as Kolchak: The Night Stalker, then look
