Nelson Au
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I have a Star Trek question here regarding the soundtrack audio CD’s. I know this is the TV section, but the music section might not be knowledgeable on this topic. If it’s best to move to the music section, please do.
I’m curious if there are many here who are familiar with the Label X and GNP/Crescendo CD’s of newly recorded symphonic soundtracks of the original Star Trek TV series that came out in the mid 80’s and early 90’s.
I have a copy of Star Trek Volume 2 from Label X I recently unearthed in my collection and started to enjoy again. Clyde Allen arranged each suite and Tony Bremner conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. There are 4 suites on this CD, The Conscience of the King, Spectre of the Gun, The Enemy Within and I, Mudd. These are incredibly well done and recorded, I particularly find The Conscience of the King recording the best for it's content. They are as if they unearthed the real recordings from 1966-67. I wished I had picked up Volume 1, but I think its OOP.
Upon a search, I found on Amazon several Star Trek TOS and other Star Trek recordings on the GNP/Crescendo label with recordings also by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. I found no information on the arranger there, but I did sample some tracks on the Amazon site and they sound as authentic as the Label X recordings.
Perhaps someone may know the story here? I suspect the success of the Label X Volume 1 and 2 caused GNP/Crescendo to buy out the Label X rights, or they merged. Whatever the story is, I’m curious about picking up as many of these recordings as I can find as they are quite authentic recreations of the recordings for the original soundtracks for these episodes. Of interest is a boxed set that has all 3 CD’s of the TOS recordings on the GNP/Crescendo label. Titles included are: STAR TREK Original Series: The Cage / Where No Man Has Gone Before, STAR TREK Original Series: The Doomsday Machine/Amok Time, and STAR TREK Original Series: Shore Leave / The Naked Time. The GNP/Crescendo website still list these in their catalog.
If you are a Trek fan who is familiar with these CD’s, I’d appreciate an opinion on these CD’s. I’m focusing strictly on the TOS stuff. Too bad they didn’t do more of these TOS recreations, if they had the rights for City on the Edge of Forever that would have been cool. As polished a production the TNG and DS9 and even Voyager and Enterprise shows are, they just don't have the same quality when it came to their soundtracks, IMHO of course. Thanks.
Nelson
I’m curious if there are many here who are familiar with the Label X and GNP/Crescendo CD’s of newly recorded symphonic soundtracks of the original Star Trek TV series that came out in the mid 80’s and early 90’s.
I have a copy of Star Trek Volume 2 from Label X I recently unearthed in my collection and started to enjoy again. Clyde Allen arranged each suite and Tony Bremner conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. There are 4 suites on this CD, The Conscience of the King, Spectre of the Gun, The Enemy Within and I, Mudd. These are incredibly well done and recorded, I particularly find The Conscience of the King recording the best for it's content. They are as if they unearthed the real recordings from 1966-67. I wished I had picked up Volume 1, but I think its OOP.
Upon a search, I found on Amazon several Star Trek TOS and other Star Trek recordings on the GNP/Crescendo label with recordings also by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. I found no information on the arranger there, but I did sample some tracks on the Amazon site and they sound as authentic as the Label X recordings.
Perhaps someone may know the story here? I suspect the success of the Label X Volume 1 and 2 caused GNP/Crescendo to buy out the Label X rights, or they merged. Whatever the story is, I’m curious about picking up as many of these recordings as I can find as they are quite authentic recreations of the recordings for the original soundtracks for these episodes. Of interest is a boxed set that has all 3 CD’s of the TOS recordings on the GNP/Crescendo label. Titles included are: STAR TREK Original Series: The Cage / Where No Man Has Gone Before, STAR TREK Original Series: The Doomsday Machine/Amok Time, and STAR TREK Original Series: Shore Leave / The Naked Time. The GNP/Crescendo website still list these in their catalog.
If you are a Trek fan who is familiar with these CD’s, I’d appreciate an opinion on these CD’s. I’m focusing strictly on the TOS stuff. Too bad they didn’t do more of these TOS recreations, if they had the rights for City on the Edge of Forever that would have been cool. As polished a production the TNG and DS9 and even Voyager and Enterprise shows are, they just don't have the same quality when it came to their soundtracks, IMHO of course. Thanks.
Nelson