The Official Star Trek Music Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[Osato]

But I'm still waiting for LaLaLand to cut through that red tape on the Twilight Zone!

And the Roger Moore James Bond scores!!!!

 

[Nelson Au]

I was curiously looking at the 2009 Star Trek film score and see the 2 CD deluxe edition that is the full score is out of print. I didn't realize or didn't pay attention it was a limited 5000 unit run. I sort of wanted to add it to the collection. But it's selling at very high prices now, oh well. I hope one shows up. Or Varèse Sarabande reissues it. Anyone know if this is the case for the 50th Anniversary? I doubted it.

 

[Lord Dalek]

I was curiously looking at the 2009 Star Trek film score and see the 2 CD deluxe edition that is the full score is out of print. I didn't realize or didn't pay attention it was a limited 5000 unit run. I sort of wanted to add it to the collection. But it's selling at very high prices now, oh well. I hope one shows up. Or Varèse Sarabande reissues it. Anyone know if this is the case for the 50th Anniversary? I doubted it.

Maybe Intrada might do something? They reissued La La Land's Star Trek V went that OOP.

 

[Nelson Au]

That's reason for hope, thanks Joel!

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

Maybe Intrada might do something? They reissued La La Land's Star Trek V went that OOP.

Varese has that score in perpetuity.

Neil

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks Neil. Well, if one wants that full 2 CD set, it's either eBay or Varése reissues it. If they have the score in perpetuity, then I'd think they'd want to exploit it.

 

[Lou Sytsma]

I have the 2 CD and it sounds fantastic.

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

I have been listening to LLL's outstanding 4-disc collection of Deep Space Nine music and loving it even more. There are wonderful themes and rousing action pieces that I adore. Jay Chattaway's contributions have been standing out to me more than ever as well. I can't wait for LLL to release more of this, and Voyager too!

 

[Nelson Au]

Rub it in Lou!

Neil, thanks for the reminder. I haven't been as excited by the 24th Century series music because of the Berman rule for the music to not draw attention to itself, or however he described it. But I am curious now to get that set. Hope it's still available.

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

Rub it in Lou!

Neil, thanks for the reminder. I haven't been as excited by the 24th Century series music because of the Berman rule for the music to not draw attention to itself, or however he described it. But I am curious now to get that set. Hope it's still available.

Nelson - it's still available
http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Site/DS9.html

They have some terrific sound samples up on their site too. I was going to list which samples I thought you should check out, but they are all so good (one sample you will recognize as borrowed and expanded by Dennis McCarthy from his score to Star Trek: Generations).

I will say that some of the themes are undercurrents that, having watched the show a few times, and spun the discs now a number of times, I am very familiar with - but first listens don't always reveal the excellence that DS9's scores were able to achieve. The music for Ferengi themed episodes are typically a lot of fun - and in TOS days would have been scored like the Mudd episodes.

 

[Nelson Au]

''Alright Jonesy you sold me."

Thanks Neil for the link. I do hear some Generations in the first track and it has a bigness to it. I also checked out the two volumes of the Star Trek TNG sets, I'll probably regret not collecting all these.

I did skip on that Ron Jones set of TNG music.

 

[Nelson Au]

Well Neil, I went nuts and ordered the DS9 set as well as the two volumes of TNG and the Enterprise set.

They were all on my to do list. But I wasn't as in a hurry on the TNG sets because of that Rick Berman mandate of music being like a wall of sound and not something that helped to drive the scenes.

 

[Jason_V]

Well Neil, I went nuts and ordered the DS9 set as well as the two volumes of TNG and the Enterprise set.

They were all on my to do list. But I wasn't as in a hurry on the TNG sets because of that Rick Berman mandate of music being like a wall of sound and not something that helped to drive the scenes.

Later seasons, yes. But the early stuff (like the Ron Jones music) is really interesting to listen to. One of my fave episode scores (outside of BoBW) is The Defector. Take a listen to that in the Ron Jones boxset, Nelson.

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

Well Neil, I went nuts and ordered the DS9 set as well as the two volumes of TNG and the Enterprise set.

They were all on my to do list. But I wasn't as in a hurry on the TNG sets because of that Rick Berman mandate of music being like a wall of sound and not something that helped to drive the scenes.

You will NOT be disappointed

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks Neil, I better not be! Thanks for the positive notes on the DS9 set. I'll be looking forward to listening to it.

Jason, I don't have the Ron Jones set. When it was released, it was pricey and I wasn't sure it was something I'd enjoy. But I wasn't fully aware of what episodes he scored. The Defector is one of my favorite episodes. I just sampled a track on YouTube from that episode. ( No doubt that makes Lukas upset. I recall how mad he was at people who were making that set available for free on the web. ) The Enemy is also a favorite episode introducing Tomalak. There's a lot of good episodes that season and if Jones had scored many of those, then I recall some good music. You've probably cost me another chunk of cash!

 

[Jason_V]

Totally and no doubt, Nelson! It is an investment (just like the TOS box) but I think it is well worth it. This isn't "sonic wallpaper"; it's engaging, fun, interesting music.

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks Jason for the enthusiastic recommendation, the word is yes! I've placed the order. The TOS set was well worth the money. So I hope to enjoy these sets as much.

If Neil S Bulk is still reading, Dances with Wolves is a soundtrack I saw that you're involved with in a new 2 CD set. Sorry to go off topic a bit. I think it's one of John Berry's best scores. I only have the 1990 release, so this was interesting news to read that there is a new release. I just tried to order it along with the Ron Jones set, but it said pre-order. The La La Land site says its out now. At any rate, it's a set I'll want to grab. I still hope you get to work on the entire Bond film series scores.

The buffalo hunt track is quite exciting! And I can hear Berry uses similar large open compositions as he does on the Bond films. I hope it sounds great!

 

[Osato]

Thanks Jason for the enthusiastic recommendation, the word is yes! I've placed the order. The TOS set was well worth the money. So I hope to enjoy these sets as much.

If Neil S Bulk is still reading, Dances with Wolves is a soundtrack I saw that you're involved with in a new 2 CD set. Sorry to go off topic a bit. I think it's one of John Berry's best scores. I only have the 1990 release, so this was interesting news to read that there is a new release. I just tried to order it along with the Ron Jones set, but it said pre-order. The La La Land site says its out now. At any rate, it's a set I'll want to grab. I still hope you get to work on the entire Bond film series scores.

The buffalo hunt track is quite exciting! And I can hear Berry uses similar large open compositions as he does on the Bond films. I hope it sounds great!

Count me in for the bond scores!!!

 

[Lord Dalek]

Thanks Neil, I better not be! Thanks for the positive notes on the DS9 set. I'll be looking forward to listening to it.

Jason, I don't have the Ron Jones set. When it was released, it was pricey and I wasn't sure it was something I'd enjoy. But I wasn't fully aware of what episodes he scored. The Defector is one of my favorite episodes. I just sampled a track on YouTube from that episode. ( No doubt that makes Lukas upset. I recall how mad he was at people who were making that set available for free on the web. ) The Enemy is also a favorite episode introducing Tomalak. There's a lot of good episodes that season and if Jones had scored many of those, then I recall some good music. You've probably cost me another chunk of cash!

Well Ron did become legendary for the most famous non-Doctor Who Cliffhanger sting of all time...

 

[Nelson Au]

He is a Borg!