Comments on: TMP@30: The Music of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

By: whitman stone

whitman stone — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:41:59 +0000

And before you mistake a quote for wit, let me beat you to the punch with a Double Dumbass On You.

By: whitman stone

whitman stone — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:40:53 +0000

Hey! Why take a dump on “A Little Romance”, a really lovely film that is UNDERVALUED because of shitty remarks like this writer’s. Yeah, it’s only got Laurence Olivier and 13 year old Diane Lane. Must be hardly worth watching. Dumbass. And the score’s great too.

By: Anthony Pascale

Anthony Pascale — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:04:59 +0000

i would have to say the TMP score is my favorite of the films, it certainly feels the most fully realized.

As for Giacchino’s score for ST09, Jeff is of course correct about how it would have been the wrong way to go to make it more like Horner/Goldsmith. I don’t think ‘it wasn’t enough Horner/Goldsmith/Courage/Fried/etc is a fair critique…as MG said, the Trek music had to be ‘earned’. That being said, I don’t think it is Giacchino enough. I like the music but i feel it wasnt his best work. There just isn’t enough variety and the album certainly doesn’t sell it well.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:23:31 +0000

loved this article, one of my favs ever on this site! thanks!

By: Cafe 5

Cafe 5 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:23:34 +0000

This is hands down my favorite Goldsmith score. This score is the best of all the Trek films. I even like its use for ST:TNG after all the adventure was continuing. If Jerry hadn’t been tied up with film scoring when Star Trek first aired he might have written the theme for the show instead of Courage. The next closest to knowing what music worked for Star Trek was Ron Jones and his many wonderful music for many TNG episodes.

By: David C. Fein

David C. Fein — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:58:00 +0000

I miss Bob and Jerry…

By: Bill Lutz

Bill Lutz — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:01:27 +0000

Klingon theme is still the best.

By: Al Hartman

Al Hartman — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:55:26 +0000

Jerry Goldsmith is my favorite composer. This soundtrack, the soundtrack to Supergirl, and several of the other Star Trek movies he composed are my favorites.

This soundtrack or Superman The Movie continuously inhabited my turntable or cassette player in the early 80’s.

Somewhere, I got a copy of an alternate (earlier) take of the drydock sequence. It’s wonderful! I hope an album of similar alternate takes is made someday.

I liked the score to the new movie, though I thought the main title just wasn’t memorable. I feel the same about the Generations main title, though it has grown on me over time.

Ibought the 25th Anniversary Soundtrack when it was first released. Really nice. Get it, if you don’t already have it.

By: blah

blah — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:03:06 +0000

An excellent article. ST:TMP has my favorite music from all the movies. Too bad the director’s cut DVD messed with it a bit – it seemed to bring the effects forward and push the music back a bit.

Man, did Ann-Margaret look hot in that first clip or what!

By: Anthony Thompson

Anthony Thompson — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:33:16 +0000

That film had great music, great sets, great special effects and a great cast. All it needed was a good story.