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My offer stands firm at one MILLION dollars!
What is that in quatloos?
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The way I remember it, Jeff Bond said at some point that, taking into account the months he spent working on the book, and the money he eventually made on it, he would have done better financially by working at McDonald's. Meaning: it's a miracle we got even one edition of this great book. And I say that as someone who bought two copies when it first came out, one as a gift.
But man, it we didn't get this book, would we have gotten the famous "bottlecaps" quote from Jerry Goldsmith?
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If anyone else is looking for this at a reasonable price, I just got an excellent copy - the seller still has one more left. Here's the link, and a shot of my copy. The copy is an ex-library book which has been culled, the copy I got was pulled from the Chicago Music and Performing Arts Library.
Just bought the last copy! Thanks for the tip!
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The public library culled it?
Ouch!
That is cold.
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I have a copy that I'd sell in a Goldsmith minute if anyone's interested.
Hey Jim, still interested in selling your copy, if you still have it? What kind of condition is it in and what kind of price did you have in mind? Please send me an email (address in profile) if you’re so willing, my friend!
Phelps has been 'disavowed'
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I have a copy that I'd sell in a Goldsmith minute if anyone's interested.
Hey Jim, still interested in selling your copy, if you still have it? What kind of condition is it in and what kind of price did you have in mind? Please send me an email (address in profile) if you’re so willing, my friend!
Phelps has been 'disavowed'
What does that mean, Bruce? I apologize for my ignorance!
Phelps is a screen name for a television character from MISSION IMPOSSIBLE . Watch any episode to see the reference .
He doesn't post here anymore
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I need this book. I am the biggest Trekkie around. Its a shame it was out of print before I even knew about it.
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The book is great; years ago, I even looked into a deal to have it translated into German; but the ones in charge at the publisher left for another house, and so priorities changed, so it never got anywhere.
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The book is great; years ago, I even looked into a deal to have it translated into German; but the ones in charge at the publisher left for another house, and so priorities changed, so it never got anywhere.
DasTrek
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You can always check out a copy from your local library, as there's 3 copies in LA.  I would have done that if I was in your shoes. The closest copy to me in Canada was over 5 hours drive away, and only available in reference libraries.
Do you have an interlibrary loan system in Canada? Here most libraries are able to request titles at least from regional-ish libraries and many, for free or for a small fee, will request anything in WORLDCAT, or at least anything in the nation in WORLDCAT.
We do, but if an item is only available within a 'Reference' area of the library it must stay on premises, and cannot be sent interlibrary. Here in Ottawa with a public library card, I can enhance it to a Smart card and get access to the two university libraries, College Libraries, and Library and Archives Canada - all which don't sadly have this book. I bought a second hand copy late last year for about the equivalent of $30CAD.
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Who else here besides me desperately wants a new and improved Music of Star Trek? Jeff's old volume still has a place of honor on my shelf but it was written so many years ago that it's woefully out of date, and the author himself has acknowledged that it contains a lot of errors that working the past several years of Star Trek music releases has brought to his attention.
To add to the existing interviews in the first edition, there's all the interview material recently uncovered for the Star Trek: TOS box set, plus a new composer to interview: Michael Giacchino! (And heck, I wouldn't mind a new interview with Gerald Fried, the only still living composer who worked on the original series -- perhaps he can give some insight into the new arrangement of his Trek themes which is available for download and which he performed live in L.A. just a few months ago...)
The old edition also featured a lot of cue sheets with info for some tracked episodes. In the gargantuan thread here, a lot of people were asking about making the complete cue sheets available for download to accompany the TOS music box release, but Lukas replied saying it really wasn't very feasible. But for a *book* maybe it would be! Say, with other bonus features (audio/video interviews?) on an attached DVD or CD-Rom so as to not up the printing costs.
I'm not in a crazy rush to get this but I think Jeff should start working on it and find a publisher.  I think perfect timing for its release would be with the third (and final?) Abramsverse film when it eventually comes out -- the cast was signed to three films minimum if I'm not mistaken. That way it can get the maximum exposure and attention and be the most up to date, since by that point all of the complete Trek feature scores will probably be out (with the exception of Giacchino's third) plus a slew of TV music releases.
Also, I for one would love to have this book in HARDCOVER! Here's Jeff's chance to compete with his own fancy Elfman/Burton book as well as Doug Adams' Music of the Lord of the Rings Films. I for one think Star Trek's music deserves a presentation on that level.
Who's with me? I think if there was a market for this back in the late 90s, there's probably even more interest now what with all of the definitive music releases, Blu-Ray releases, and Star Trek actually being COOL to the general public thanks to J.J. Abrams!
I can't believe I originally began a thread on this wish almost 11 years ago... and today comes this news in the latest Jerry Goldsmith Companion update from Taylor White!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nightgalleryart/the-jerry-goldsmith-companion/posts/3992296
"Lastly, the New Year kicks off our upcoming slate of book releases, including two more from our esteemed author Jeff Bond. The first is the expanded second edition of his elusive MUSIC FOR STAR TREK, first published in 1999 and long out-of-print. The first edition contained 219 pages, but now clocks in at twice the length with over 400 pages, including new interviews with Michael Giacchino and many others. Also in our queue, Bond joins forces with make-up FX veteran Steve Buscaino to co-author JOHN CHAMBERS: PRIMATES, HUMANIMALS AND SUPER SPIES. This massive full-color masterwork documents the extraordinary life and career of Hollywood’s legendary artist who created the Oscar winning make-ups for PLANET OF THE APES."
WOW has 2023 been a great year of film music news!
Yavar
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