Comments on: Giacchino ‘Scared’ To Begin Star Trek Score

By: lizzy_dehner

lizzy_dehner — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:19:26 +0000

Sorry. I meant that as two unrelated sentences. 1) Horner’s Titanic/Aliens/FieldOfDreams/STII/III sound pretty similar in places. But what the heck do I know?

2) And loved Eidelman’s ST VI. Originally Meyer wanted to use Holst’s The Planets as his score… Oddly, he went on to My Girl 3, the Lizzie McGuire movie and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (which may have awesome scores – haven’t seen them).

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:37:52 +0000

lizzy:

ST6 was not James Horner, but Cliff Eidelman. Don’t know what he did before or since, I agree. It was super.

Horner’s breakthrough score is apparently ST2, and then he went mainstream afterwards.

By: lizzy_dehner

lizzy_dehner — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:35:07 +0000

Horner’s scores definitely have a signature sound. It’s been said here already – but loved the ST VI score… powerful but not overwhelmingly score-y.

By: sean

sean — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:00:37 +0000

#54

I’d have to somewhat disagree with you there…TNG had some excellent music in it, it was just – sadly – unevenly applied. For instance, Ron Jones’ amazing score for ‘Best of Both Worlds’ or Jay Chattaway’s emotional knockout from ‘The Inner Light’. I’d agree that there are episodes where the music is a bit flat, but then again there are episodes of TOS that beat the themes into the ground (I say that as a fan of most of that music). I think Anthony’s weekly remastered recaps give us an idea of that.

I think Giachinno will do a great job though. He seems to have a gift for period music, and I haven’t been disappointed in anything he’s done so far. Personally, I think Star Trek VI had one of the best scores of any of the Trek films, at least in part because it dared break away from the traditional themes that had become somewhat overused over time. I love the TMP theme, but I don’t necessarily want to hear it in every Trek movie.

PS – I never noticed how much Horner stole from his own Trek II score in Aliens until I rewatched it just recently. That climactic scene where Bishop picks them up off the platform to save Ripley from the Queen is straight outta Trek.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:27:09 +0000

I would love to score this film myself! (Only way to make sure I’m personally happy with it!)

By: OneBuckFilms

OneBuckFilms — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:44:41 +0000

Actually, as an Origin story, perhaps the score should grow into the Classic Trek Alexander Courage fanfare. Subtle hints here and there, perhaps hinting at classic trek underscore, then bringing in the Alexander Courage fanfare at the end, over the “Space, the final frontier” monologue.

By: Dansk

Dansk — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:14:35 +0000

I’ll agree that TMP had the best score of all the movies. To be honest, it’s probably my favourite of all the TOS movies. The effects were stunning, the music was great, and although it was a little slow paced, the story appealed directly to the scientist in me.

If the new movie can capture all my favourite parts of TMP (sound, effects) and combine it with a more riveting story, they’re guaranteed a winner.

Here’s hoping.

By: Redjac

Redjac — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:51:10 +0000

Sounds like Giacchino has all the right inspiration for this score. I hope he uses both the ST:TMP and STII:TWOK scores as the jumping off point for style of the new film’s score!

By: NigelBrimstone

NigelBrimstone — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:39:53 +0000

I really quite enjoyed his work on Ratatouille… Nominated for an Oscar and won a Grammy for it.

He can draw inspiration from many places… Of all the people involved in ST XI, I’m the least concerned with this gent getting it wrong.

Cheers,

Nigel

By: Thorny

Thorny — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:23:41 +0000

“Alias” had a great theme in an age when networks were abandoning TV themes (and JJ went back to following the crowd with the minimalist “Lost” theme). I loved “The Incredibles” score, it perfectly captures the feel of the movie. Can’t say I recall much of the “Mission Impossible III” score or what Giacchino did differently to the classic theme. (I thought the movie was pretty good, a surprise after the first two misfires.)

If Giacchino emulates Goldsmith, he really can’t go wrong. Goldsmith did the two best Trek scores… TMP and First Contact, both completely original unlike the rehashes of Horner and Rosenman. TMP, with the Main Theme, Klingon Battle, and Ilia’s Theme, is a classic and Goldsmith was robbed of an Oscar. But “First Contact” is perfect in its own way. Much darker and action-oriented, about the only time we ever got great musical scoring in the Next Generation era (a few other attempts by Jones and Chattaway, otherwise nothing.)

I think Trek will be in good hands with Giacchino.