Speaking of Star Trek soundtracks…
While I think all the new Star Trek series failed miserably on their soundtracks (dull, uninteresting and completely understated) the original series soundtrack was really first class.
While looking to see if the re-mastered Trek series soundtracks were available, I discovered that 2 of my favorite CDs are still available through Amazon. (One is actually in stock, the other can be ordered through their associates program.) These were two re-recordings by Fred Steiner and the Royal Philharmonic in 1990 and feature music originally composed for the following episodes:
- V1 – Charlie X
- V1 – The Corbomite Maneuver
- V1 – Mudd’s Women
- V1 – The Doomsday Machine
- V2 – Mirror, Mirror
- V2 – By Any Other Name
- V2 – The Trouble with Tribbles
- V2 – The Empath
Relatively few episodes of Trek had original music, in most cases it was re-used from earlier episodes. Many of the prominent musical themes from the entire series had their origins in these scores.
They’re definitely “old school”, though. No contemporary 60’s music, these are more like scores from pre-60’s movies.
Unfortunately, I cannot put an Amazon link to the second one since they don’t have it in stock, but you can see it online and purchase it though the associate program. The full title is: Star Trek, Volume Two: Newly Recorded Music From Selected Episodes Of The Paramount TV Series (Mirror Mirror, By Any Other Name, The Trouble With Tribbles, The Empath) or search for Fred Steiner.