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I listened to the vocals once. I'm done now.
I confess that I love Maiden-Wine and listen to it more than the AC score for this episode.
I think that that's outstanding! 
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Today is the day they recorded all the songs for Way to Eden in 1968.
I don't know what the world would be like if Star Trek ever had songs that I liked. OTOH, Charles Napier had a terrific voice.
Too bad the Good Ole Boys never really got to sing.
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How much *original* music was there even on Star Trek TOS: Season 3"? Whenever I watch an episode, almost all of it seems to be tracked in from earlier seasons.
Well, at this point I've posted about everything except four tracks of season three in this very thread. So rather a lot.
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I’m not a typical Trekker.
Unlike most posters around here, I consider the 3rd season of Star Trek to harbor the most engaging compositions.
I listen to this music with respect to its conceptual approaches and not based upon how ‘good’ the episodes’ stories are.
Trekkers predictably select the music written for their favorite Trek segments as – also – their favorite Trek music (i.e. “Amok Time” or “The Doomsday Machine”).
My assessment of the music for the original series will not rely upon the reputations of the stories (such as “And the Children Shall Lead” is a ‘turkey’, a ‘stinker’, etc.) but focus on other aspects like how does such music appear within its composers’ career timelines or the instrumentation utilized or that which may seem innovative for its time or the music’s overall values with respect to composition techniques and in comparison with contemporaneous music from (non-Trek) films & TV by any composer.
I’ll write some detailed paragraphs at a later date on some of these titles, but for now wish to start by displaying how I rank the music scores from Trek’s season 3:
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1. “Is There In Truth No Beauty?” George Duning
2. “Plato’s Stepchildren” Alexander Courage
3. “And the Children Shall Lead” by Duning
4. “The Enterprise Incident” by Courage
5. “The Empath” by Duning
6. “Spectre of the Gun” Jerry Fielding
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7. “Spock’s Brain” Fred Steiner
8. “Elaan of Troyius” by Steiner
9. “The Paradise Syndrome” Gerald Fried
None of these 9 episode scores are anything less than ‘good’, and 6 of them I think are very good/excellent.
The music by either George Duning or Alexander Courage, I feel, captures the overall somber and phobic moods of the 3rd season. The show’s prior heroism and high spirits are largely replaced with environments exerting oppression, fear, humiliation, etc. during this last season of TOS – and most of the music reflects this (unsurprisingly and appropriately).
Fielding’s “Spectre” – the more substantial score of the 2 he provided for Trek – serves as a tart dessert after main courses of Duning & Courage.
The least interesting aspects, to me, are the extended passages of tuneful romance accompanying Kirk’s back-to-back love affairs with Elaan and Miramanee. Ultimately, I prefer Steiner’s echo delay effects depicting “Spock’s Brain” over his Troyian themes for battle or lovemaking.
In the meantime, I welcome other FSMers to participate with their rankings and/or feedback on season 3 Trek…
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