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It's sort of been a project to listen to every single Jerry Goldsmith score. Not every single note of each one, just a few cues each time. Naturally, some resonate with my ears and I want to hear more, or some don't and I move on.
Of particular curiosity has been his Star Trek music. I'm familiar with TMP of course, but I haven't delved into the rest yet and I'm not sure what the general consensus is.
After the original masterwork, which would you say is Goldsmith's best work for Star Trek? Final Frontier, First Contact, Insurrection or Nemesis?
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Aug 21, 2016 - 11:24 PM
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Josh
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It's sort of been a project to listen to every single Jerry Goldsmith score. Not every single note of each one, just a few cues each time. Naturally, some resonate with my ears and I want to hear more, or some don't and I move on.
I don't get the whole piecemeal approach to soundtrack listening. I don't take a CD off the shelf unless I'm confident that I'll have time to listen to the whole thing from beginning to end. If I'm short on time, I'll choose a compilation or collection of suites or shorter scores so I can fit the mini-experience, as complete as was intended, into the time I'm able to dedicate to it. I know, I'm weird.
Finally, to answer your question, The Final Frontier!
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I really enjoy them all, and I'm particularly fond of INSURRECTION, but if it's just one, yes, I'd go with THE FINAL FRONTIER as well.
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I agree, it's The Final Frontier, although none of the Star Trek sequel scores stands up to the amazing first.
I actually wish JG hadn't gone back to the TMP and Klingon Battle themes in his sequel scores, because in ST:TMP they felt like stately and serious themes. However, in STV—and this is my one and only criticism—they come across less stately and seriously and there's a point where the score flips back and forth between faster versions of these themes to the extent it starts to feel a bit like a Tom and Jerry style of scoring.
Nevertheless, a very enjoyable score.
Cheers
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I love Explorers and Tom & Jerry, so I'm apparently in for a treat. 
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As much as I enjoy TFF, the score sounds like "Space Rambo Beats Up the Brats from Explorers"
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Cue-for-cue, instead of picking some cues and saying that makes the score a winner, I'd probably tie TFF and FC (yes, discounting cues by Joel, since we're clearly taking Jerry).
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I don't neccesarily listen to a cue and decide "Oh, this score is terrible!" and never visit it again, so much as I just play random Goldsmith cues I've never heard now and then until something catches my ear.
But I loved Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend before I ever 'discovered' Rambo, so I'm just an odd chap.
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