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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3      General Discussion: Favorite STAR TREK composer?    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2 3       Last Post   Posted:   Aug 9, 2017 - 11:42 AM     By:   dcornibe   (Member) Almost all the responses here boil down to a name or three, without really saying why. I offered some thoughts on why I like MG's theme more than the others, and whether it's why you'd boost your favourites or why you don't value some of the others quite so much it'd be a more interesting thread for a bit of narrative For example, while Goldsmith's main title march might be ok for many another space battle movie, doesn't it clash with ST's original vision of space exploration rather than invasion? No, to me, that TMP march is the BOLD in "to BOLDLY go where no man/one has gone before"!    Posted:   Aug 9, 2017 - 12:02 PM     By:   Sean Nethery   (Member) Third I would have to say is a tie between Cliff Eidelman (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) and Michael Giacchino (the reboot movies). Both composers had some pretty exciting scores, although I think with the former, he practically stole the main title theme for VI from Holst's The Planets' opening Mars movement..... Actually, Eidelman combined the Holst Mars figures with the opening of Stravinsky's Firebird, except with the ostinato going in the opposite direction. This was what Meyer asked for, and Cliff got the assignment based on his demo of how to turn these two elements into a new composition. (I believe this was in the notes of the original CD release.) BTW I don't have a favorite, I love them all and find a remarkable consistency of appeal across every score right up to ST Beyond. But I'll give a shout out to Rosenman, because his score is a definite favorite for one of my three favorite movies.    Posted:   Aug 9, 2017 - 2:47 PM     By:   jb1234   (Member) Controversial opinion perhaps, but I find myself returning to Generations more than any other Star Trek score. Which has to mean something. So...Dennis McCarthy? I've always had a soft spot for Generations' score. Although the original album makes for a better listening experience than the expanded, which adds some cues that aren't terribly distinctive.    Posted:   Aug 9, 2017 - 3:23 PM     By:   Tango Urilla   (Member) Controversial opinion perhaps, but I find myself returning to Generations more than any other Star Trek score. Which has to mean something. So...Dennis McCarthy? I've always had a soft spot for Generations' score. Although the original album makes for a better listening experience than the expanded, which adds some cues that aren't terribly distinctive. The original album did feature most of the best music from the film. Or in other words, it did what a good album should do. My preferred listening experience is basically most of the original album with just a few new cues. The whole score just sets such a distinct mood and feel that is unlike any other ST film score. It's ethereal, dreamlike, warm, and inspiring.    Posted:   Aug 10, 2017 - 12:35 AM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) But understand anyone thinking this theme is merely ok is at the other end of the universe of my musical taste. And yet we overlap on so much else! I'm afraid I'm always likely to associate this film with a feeling of deflation. Mind you, it livened up the thread a bit    Posted:   Aug 19, 2017 - 11:33 AM     By:   leagolfer   (Member) Top 3. Alexander Courage Fred Steiner Jerry Goldsmith Other composers I liked were Horner, Chattaway, they both scored some lovely music. I do prefer the more old school Star Trek.    Posted:   Aug 19, 2017 - 7:01 PM     By:   WJF   (Member) >> Posted: Aug 6, 2017 - 5:06 PM > By: Scott M (Oldsmith) (Member) > Oh boy, this one has me written all over it. >For the original series: Sol Kaplan. He only did two scores, but they > were both home runs, not a single note wasted. Both muscular, emotional, action packed and thematic. I wish he > could have done more. Steiner was the shiz, but I feel Kaplan was the superior composer. > The films: Horner. His one-two punch of Treks 2 & 3 meld together into a single flowing masterwork. Beautiful > music from start to finish. I love JG, but his Trek work didn't move me as much as Horner's did. > TNG: Ron Jones. He had the pulse of the characters and his dynamic style was exactly the reason he got let go. I could not have said it any better.    Posted:   Aug 20, 2017 - 5:50 PM     By:   Dr. Nigel Channing   (Member) Of course I love Jerry's work, but I have to put a plug in for Chad Seiter's sadly unreleased score to the STAR TREK videogame, and the newly released cd by IMAscore for MoviePark Germany's rollercoaster STAR TREK: OPERATION ENTERPRISE. Every Trek soundtrack fan needs to pick up the spectacular cd for this attraction which includes some nice arrangements of the classic themes and four new orchestral tracks that are out of this world. "Endeavor" is right up there with the best music ever composed for a STAR TREK film or tv show. Trust me.     General Discussion: Favorite STAR TREK composer?    << < 1 2 3  >   Go to page:  1 2 3   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3

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