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No but is the CD they did at the time any good?
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Not heard the CD, but saw the show in LA, and really enjoyed it.
Nice selection of music and film clips from the entirety of Star Trek.
Seemed to take a unifying, holistic approach, tying the music to general ideas more than specific scenes.
The BOBW cliffhanger finale cue was used to signal the intermission mid show, which was a fun touch, since you then have to wait until "Part 2". 
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I didn't go. I heard that 1) they were playing recordings to fill out the orchestra and 2) that they were playing dialogue over the music.
But the CD is terrific. Some performances are so so (TMP) others are wonderful.
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I didn't go. I heard that 1) they were playing recordings to fill out the orchestra and 2) that they were playing dialogue over the music.
But the CD is terrific. Some performances are so so (TMP) others are wonderful.
The LA performance had more musicians than the 30-35 player complements elsewhere, and I think they did supplement the orchestra at those showings.
There were occasional voiceovers on the videos, but they were more introductory and intermittent, and used in specific places.
The best Star Trek concerts for me in the last few years has been the live orchestra with the films in San Diego, alongside Comic-Con.
Those were fantastic, IMHO.
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I didn't go. I heard that 1) they were playing recordings to fill out the orchestra and 2) that they were playing dialogue over the music.
But the CD is terrific. Some performances are so so (TMP) others are wonderful.
The dialogue was my biggest beef with the show. It was too loud. I was there for the music, not for the movies.
Though, we did get a really funny part. They were playing this cheesy episode of TOS. There was this "dramatic" part where they're not sure if Kirk will beam up in time. (Obviously, he's never in any real danger). And then at the LAST second, (of course) he manages to beam up. Someone in the audience shouts "YES" at the top of their lungs. It was hilarious!
I think that was The Doomsday Machine. Lots of great music in that episode.
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Kooky as it gets, I still love TOS.
The stories and characters are great.
Thin wooden sets and planets with colored gel lights to turn plain backgrounds into skies, glittery syrofoam "rocks" couldn't disguise the great stories in most episodes.
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I enjoyed it here in LA- McCarthy, Chattaway, Jones, & Giacchino (I think) conducted their own work.
I believe the LA show included the pre-recorded tracks.
The VO was fine- it came and went to set-up and then give way to the music.
I completely thought it worth the time and money.
I did not buy the CD- apart from the concert arrangement of one track, I have everything.
I generally won't buy a re-recording if I already have the original film recordings (unless the re-recording offers substantially more material or the like).
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Jan 5, 2017 - 1:32 PM
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Kooky as it gets, I still love TOS.
The stories and characters are great.
Thin wooden sets and planets with colored gel lights to turn plain backgrounds into skies, glittery syrofoam "rocks" couldn't disguise the great stories in most episodes.
You know, when you're young enough, you don't notice bad special effects. You've spent your whole life creating swords out of yardsticks, castle walls out of snow forts, cloaks out of blankets. You've honed your imagination so that even the lousiest effect becomes an explosion of sensory information. You just don't notice cheap sets and bad effects - you just roll with it and focus on the story.
Yup, nicely stated. TOS still works brilliantly well, imperfections and all. I recently watched Balance of Terror and City on the Edge of Forever, both some of the best television ever produced, still entirely effective.
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