Here are more samples from the Star Trek music CD set from La-La Land Records...
http://www.trekcore.com/merchandise/sttos_lukaskendall.html http://www.trekcore.com/merchandise/sttos_jeffbond.html
... includes interviews with producers Lukas Kendall and Jeff Bond.
* Alexander Courage's score for "The Cage" is a standout which set the bar very high; but the cue, "Monster Illusion", is a highlight.
* Fred Steiner wrote music to make the viewer take a potentially goofy episode ("Who Mourns for Adonais?"), seriously. This score makes a lot of fans absolutely giddy... me being one of them. The composer's score for "The Corbomite Maneuver" is loaded with exotic, propulsive tension -- and very catchy.
* Speaking of "catchy": The versatile Gerald Fried wrote with his sentimental pen for "The Paradise Syndrome". Silky-smooth melodies for a Captain's Holiday, of sorts.
* Joseph Mullendore scored just one episode for Trek, that being "The Conscience of the King", but he left a mark: mainly, a gem of a love theme. Which reminds me...
... the (original series) Star Trek composers were obviously, and continually, inspired to do their best stuff. The format of the show certainly helped, but there was something else going on. It's hard to put into words. The music ran the gamut from bombastic to sentimental; bursting with melody; light/bright, and dark; often exotic and out-worldly.
If I were trained in musicology, I would definitely take some time to study these scores, and their relationship to a great television series. Perhaps they are so essential, a vital part of that series' DNA, that it would be foolish to try and imagine Star Trek hitting such stellar heights without those scores. The right television series and composers. A textbook example of just how important music is to the motion picture experience. Required reading at the Academy....
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