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Bringing back a bunch of older composers like McCarty or Chattaway (both in their 70s) or Bell or Jones (both in their mid-60s), none of whom the producers have ever worked with, seems neither obvious nor sensible to me. In the case of Jones in particular, I suspect it would end much like his stints on TNG, Family Guy, and Lukas Kendall's recent short did... and Alex Kurtzman and company would be crazy to go down that path.
It does increasingly seem like Jones has made himself very difficult to work with. Such a shame for such a talented composer.
Wait Ron Jones isn’t doing Family Guy anymore?
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Ron Jones hasn't scored an episode of Family Guy since 2016. Walter Murphy scores it now.
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Well, now that it has aired I was pleasantly surprised. There are a couple little fun things in this score. The most surprising is a reprisal of the Romulan theme dating all the way back to TOS’s Balance of Terror.
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I remember a time, so so long ago, when you could get excited about a composer announcement for a series. But, that's long since warped away.
Warp factor ten.
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Bringing back a bunch of older composers like McCarty or Chattaway (both in their 70s) or Bell or Jones (both in their mid-60s), none of whom the producers have ever worked with, seems neither obvious nor sensible to me. In the case of Jones in particular, I suspect it would end much like his stints on TNG, Family Guy, and Lukas Kendall's recent short did... and Alex Kurtzman and company would be crazy to go down that path.
Crazy? Why? 70s, mid-60s? You mean like Herrmann working with Scorsese or DePalma?
In any case, Star Trek? I've given up on that a long, long, long time ago. It was an amusing show back in the sixties, and then with the Kirk generation films, but the sanctimonious Picard and his prissy cohorts were an absolute boresville, to be perfectly frank.
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Star Trek Picard is all momentum and no movement. Some interesting ideas but television is too fucking impatient that it doesn’t want to tell stories anymore, just have scenes for 40 minutes. No characters, just concepts. Ghastly music and cinematography too.
Cancel Red Alert.
Rating: D
Y’all can speak for yourselves. I for one am enjoying it and am open to the new format and way of storytelling and can wait for the payoff of the story. It’s not multiple stories it’s one big story.
Russo isn’t my favorite composer admittedly but his Discovery score esp Season 2 has grown on me and he’s doing a decent job with Picard. Just hasn’t blown my socks off yet.
I’m just happy to get more Star Trek and esp get to see these characters again. Never thought we would get the chance.
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Y’all can speak for yourselves. I for one am enjoying it and am open to the new format and way of storytelling and can wait for the payoff of the story. It’s not multiple stories it’s one big story.
I love serialized TV shows, but this just falls in line with every other generic modern action movie/TV show. Faux grittiness, laughable fight scenes (characters running directly into gunfire so they can engage in hand to hand with the gunman [give me a damn break]), zero optimism. This is yet another entry to file under "Star Trek in name only."
Yes, STINO it is.
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It's just not fun. And I'm not talking about the lack of action, dune buggy chases or explosions. Star Trek was always fun when it did drama and action that felt very specific to Star Trek.
Very well and succinctly put.
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