Mass Effect 2 is immortalized in song as the 8-Bit Big Band takes a filkish swing at an old Gilbert and Sullivan favorite.

From CRosen Music:

Codex entry: Scientist Salarian, a parody of the Modern Major General song (humans Gilbert and Sullivan, 1879) was written in 2171 by famed Salarian lyricist and part time structural biologist Jokus Kirosa. The song was later featured as part of the 2183 inaugural gala celebrating humanity’s contributions to the galactic artistic community, where it was performed for the council alongside other classics like Francis Kitt’s All-Elcor Hamlet and Leonin Trebin’s musical comedy rendition of “Jaynestown”.

So thrilled to finally bring the full version of this Mass Effect legendary dialogue easter egg to life! When I first played Mass Effect 2 and discovered the dialogue option of Mordin Solus talking about his time singing this Gilbert and Sullivan “Pirates of Penzance” classic I immediately took to the internet to see if there was a full version of the lyrics in existence.

After a little googling I discovered an entry on fanfiction.com by the incredible writer by the user name AssaultSloth of a fantastic expansion of a full set of lyrics and KNEW I had to give musical life to his genius writing! So for all you fans who intersect the Mass Effect universe and the operettas of the great Gilbert and Sullivan like myself, this one is for you!! Hope you enjoy!

You can read AssaultSloth’s full FanFiction entry here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5753454/…

We love it when somebody of means takes on a project like this. It’s the pinnacle of filk music. We live for this stuff.

Naturally, you can hear this track as part of our regular broadcast library here on SCIFI.radio. We hope you enjoy this selection.