Ballad of Serenity
Written by Joss Whedon and performed by Sonny Rhodes, it is also known as the Theme to Firefly. Firefly was a woefully short-lived series on the Fox television station. It was a sci-fi western and the opening theme conveyed the main hero and protagonist of the show; a hardened war veteran named
Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds. The song has been covered by a band called The Henry Kaiser Band and can be heard in the closing title music of
Firefly's movie adaption, Serenity. The theme is also used as the chorus to filk band
Escape Key in their Firefly tribute entitled Mal's Song.