| | Star Trek Album Soundtrack CD (2 Customer Reviews)
2cds-Theme Music From Star Trek Movies & TV Shows.
Personnel: Mark Ayres (sound effects).
Recording information: Smecky Studios, Prague, Czech Republic.
Editor: Gareth Williams.
Unknown Contributor Role: David Stoner.
Arrangers: Christopher Tin; Mike Townend; Nic Raine.
Silva Records' collection of music written for the various film, television, and video properties that make up the Star Trek franchise (performed, as usual for Silva, by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) suggests a division between two composers not unlike that in the James Bond film franchise between Monty Norman, who wrote the original theme, and John Barry, who has done much of the scoring. In the case of Star Trek, that division is between Alexander Courage, who wrote the theme for the original 1960s television series, and Jerry Goldsmith, who wrote the music for the first film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, in 1979. And, as with the Bond films, in which, while Norman always gets his due, Barry really rules the roost, in the Star Trek galaxy, Courage gets repeated nods while Goldsmith is the real power. That's a shame, really. Courage's fruity theme is a triumph of '60s exotica, with its jazz elements and otherworldly female ululations. It's a throwback to the cheesy science-fiction films of the '50s. Goldsmith, on the other hand, contributed a big, showy march to the first film, its chief influence being John Williams' Star Wars music. As this album demonstrates, Goldsmith's successors, James Horner, Leonard Rosenman, Cliff Eidelman, and Dennis McCarthy, have always kept him in mind, but have recalled Courage only occasionally. And Goldsmith himself has stepped back in here and there, returning for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, and handling the eighth, ninth, and tenth films, as well as one of the later TV series (Star Trek: Voyager). There is plenty of enjoyable film music here that will remind the Star Trek fan of favorite moments. But there is also aural evidence of how far Star Trek journeyed from its original form, and not necessarily for the better. ~ William Ruhlmann
Star Trek Album Soundtrack Music Star Trek Album Soundtrack Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   from one trekkie to another
IF YOU LOVE STAR TREK YOU WILL REALLY
ENJOY THIS MUSIC..A GREAT COMBO OF THE MUSIC FROM THE TV SERIES AND THE MOVIES, ONLY WISH IT WAS LONGER.
Submitted by pegsailaway (CANANDAIGUA, NY) 
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 The surprising mirror of the originals
First of all, here's a product that will have to gain popularity by high rated reviews. In Europe, you can't find it anywhere in shops, so it's a good thing that something like Internet exist to buy it.
The album is a 2-disc compilation from all famous themes of the Star Trek universe. TV tunes, movie themes, suites from a couple of episodes, which adds dramatic turns to the whole. Maybe the most famous of episode suites is the one from Deep Space Nine episode 'The Visitor'. A very emotional episode where the musical score was not only on the background, but remained in thoughts of watchers of that episode anywhere.
If I look at the quality of the music performed, I must say that it is really excellent! People who know the original tunes by heart will certainly acknowledge their equals in the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Sometimes, you can't hear the difference between this and the original until you here a twist in the tunes, which happily reminds you that it is not the original at all.
Even though this is a very nice album to hear, there are a few sound-effects added between the musictracks. I didn't like those that much because these sound-effects don't match the quality of the music performed.
The only thing missing is the theme of TV-Series 'Enterprise'. I know originally it is not a classical performed tune, but a classical recording would have been nice to it.
In short, a good choice to buy for the lover of any classical music and soundtrack fan.
Submitted by ralphitz (Breda, NB, Netherlands)
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