Although the music is rather period dated, I think the musical score composed and conducted by several very talented people (Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner, Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan, George Duning, etc.) was spectacular for the time. The music is a key element of the series, the "finishing touch" as it were.
After the series ended, that was it. It took many years for soundtracks to finally appear and give some attention to the music (without the distraction of video). It's really quite an experience listening to it. Of course, it feels very familiar. But there's much of it that isn't... that's because only slices of music were taken and overlaid/mixed for specific scenes.
There were several volumes created, from selected episodes. Some of those arrangements were changed with different releases.
The first set of releases were:
Volume 1: The Cage | Where No Man Has Gone Before
Volume 2: The Doomsday Machine | Amok Time
Another set released:
Volume 1: Is There No Truth In Beauty | Paradise Syndrome
Volume 2: I, Mudd | The Enemy Within | Spectre Of The Gun | Conscience Of The King
And another remix:
Volume 1: Charlie X | The Corbomite Manuever | Mudd's Women | The Doomsday Machine
Volume 2: Mirror, Mirror | By Any Other Name | The Trouble With Tribbles | The Empath
But this not complete. Although music tracks for these episodes were reused in many other episodes that followed, there are still some original music tracks not covered here. I distinctly remember certain music passages from The Menagerie (not The Cage parts), The Galileo Seven, and Arena that aren't included. Those bellowing deep horns with banging kettle drums, used during intense scenes of conflict or danger, are curiously absent. The City on the Edge of Forever had it's own unique soundtrack, from what I understand. And there was never a release of that music.
Has anyone here heard of any other soundtrack releases? Maybe I missed one or two?
Btw, it would have been a great feature for the newly remastered epsiodes to have the complete music tracks included as a bonus.
After the series ended, that was it. It took many years for soundtracks to finally appear and give some attention to the music (without the distraction of video). It's really quite an experience listening to it. Of course, it feels very familiar. But there's much of it that isn't... that's because only slices of music were taken and overlaid/mixed for specific scenes.
There were several volumes created, from selected episodes. Some of those arrangements were changed with different releases.
The first set of releases were:
Volume 1: The Cage | Where No Man Has Gone Before
Volume 2: The Doomsday Machine | Amok Time
Another set released:
Volume 1: Is There No Truth In Beauty | Paradise Syndrome
Volume 2: I, Mudd | The Enemy Within | Spectre Of The Gun | Conscience Of The King
And another remix:
Volume 1: Charlie X | The Corbomite Manuever | Mudd's Women | The Doomsday Machine
Volume 2: Mirror, Mirror | By Any Other Name | The Trouble With Tribbles | The Empath
But this not complete. Although music tracks for these episodes were reused in many other episodes that followed, there are still some original music tracks not covered here. I distinctly remember certain music passages from The Menagerie (not The Cage parts), The Galileo Seven, and Arena that aren't included. Those bellowing deep horns with banging kettle drums, used during intense scenes of conflict or danger, are curiously absent. The City on the Edge of Forever had it's own unique soundtrack, from what I understand. And there was never a release of that music.
Has anyone here heard of any other soundtrack releases? Maybe I missed one or two?
Btw, it would have been a great feature for the newly remastered epsiodes to have the complete music tracks included as a bonus.
