Allen, you said we don't know how long he had to do the piece. I'm guessing the video must have gone out to the composers around the same time those images got shared with us by Michael in July. I imagine they would have been given two weeks, then Frontier spent a month deciding on who to hire, then another two weeks getting that video ready for backers (they've been hinting at it for a while). Just guesswork of course
It was mentioned about the galaxy moving towards the screen, but I think it's been suggested elsewhere that it was just a star with a nebula? Otherwise there's no way the galaxy would move that much with respect to the player in a single jump.
Anyway, great ep, had me shuddering in a good way
Well done on getting it arranged and edited so quickly!