4815162342 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Simple Topic, of all the main themes for Star Trek floating around out there, which is the best? I'll be posting examples of all the ones that come quickly to mind Star Trek: The Original Series (By Alexander Courage) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zalQv1bpdw Star Trek: The Motion Picture/Star Trek: The Next Generation/etc (By Jerry Goldsmith) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxEl_fBlXWU Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (By James Horner) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeFHQnHMXM Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (By Cliff Eidelman) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhoa7oWPPhk Star Trek: First Contact (By Jerry Goldsmith) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlHyt_I1rFc Star Trek Abramsverse (By Michael Giacchino) Edited May 31, 2013 by 4815162342 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 My personal choice is Goldsmith's theme for The Motion Picture, though I like how other films do incorporate a reference to Courage's theme as a nod to what started it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 For something a little bit different I always enjoyed The Undiscovered Country http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Zb-fHaH8A&list=PL5988DE30A9D8F521 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 For something a little bit different I always enjoyed The Undiscovered Country http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Zb-fHaH8A&list=PL5988DE30A9D8F521 Yeah Undiscovered Country has strong music, though my impression is that its "main theme" is what plays during the youtube vid I posted for it (Sign Off) since that's the big cue for when all the film shows the signatures of all the main actors right before the credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 (edited) For something a little bit different I always enjoyed The Undiscovered Country http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Zb-fHaH8A&list=PL5988DE30A9D8F521 That's my favorite theme as well. Although I love Horner's overall work best, Eidelman's theme is just so scrumptiously dark. It's too bad he didn't get more work. He and Joel McNeely(Terminal Velocity and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire) immediately spring to mind when it comes to criminally underused composers from the 90's. Edited May 29, 2013 by Accursed Arachnid!™ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Yeah Undiscovered Country has strong music, though my impression is that its "main theme" is what plays during the youtube vid I posted for it (Sign Off) since that's the big cue for when all the film shows the signatures of all the main actors right before the credits. I've just always considered the song that plays over the opening titles is the 'main theme' To be honest I missed your post when I posted mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 I've just always considered the song that plays over the opening titles is the 'main theme' To be honest I missed your post when I posted mine Usually, but IMO the theme for Star Trek is the one associated with the Enterprise and Undiscovered Country is one of the few Trek films that doesn't have the opening titles music be its Enterprise music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) Usually, but IMO the theme for Star Trek is the one associated with the Enterprise and Undiscovered Country is one of the few Trek films that doesn't have the opening titles music be its Enterprise music. Yeah, neither did The Search for Spock(We used to call it "In Search of Spock" when I was a kid, a nod to Nimoy's spooky docu-series). They used Spock's theme for that. Edited May 31, 2013 by Accursed Arachnid!™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted June 11, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted June 11, 2013 (edited) My top 5 in no particular order: - Voyager theme - DS9 theme (seasons 4-7 version) - TMP/TNG theme - Abrams-verse theme - First Contact theme Runner-up: Generations has a very underrated soundtrack, IMO. The overture is glorious. Edited June 11, 2013 by ShawnMR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 (edited) Runner-up: Generations has a very underrated soundtrack, IMO. The overture is glorious. Yeah, I've always liked Generations' score. In fact, there isn't one ST film soundtrack that is "bad". Even Goldsmith's Star Trek V score is a good listen. Here is how I rank the film scores(in their entirety): 1. Wrath of Khan(Horner) 2. The Motion Picture(Goldsmith) 3. First Contact(Goldsmith) 4. Undiscovered Country(Eidelman) 5. Star Trek '09(Giacchino) 6. Search for Spock(Horner) 7. Star Trek into Darkness(Giacchino) 8. Generations(McCarthy) 9. Nemesis(Goldsmith) 10. Final Frontier(Goldsmith) 11. Insurrection(Goldsmith) 12. Voyage Home(Rosenman) I liken Star Trek to Bond when it comes to scores, they are usually excellent. Edited June 18, 2013 by Dining on Crow on Krypton™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
