The incidental music for Discovery?

[KirkusOveractus]

I was paging back but couldn't find the thread about Jeff Russo being named Composer for the music for DSC, which is probably in a thread about the theme music.

However, now that we have 3 episodes out, what do you think of the incidental music for Discovery?

For me, I really find not much remarkable about it. The theme is there (and can hear it in certain sequences during the episodes), but nothing else is sticking out for me as far as certain scenes and the music to go along with them.

What do you think?

 

[Roald]

It's been adequate thus far, and I do love it how he incorporates the theme in the episodes. Like when T'Kuvma brings the bodies on board, that's genius... hoping for more like that!

 

[BillJ]

I can't recall any of it. Hell, I can't even remember hearing any music and I have a fairly decent setup.

Take that for whatever its worth.

 

[Psion]

The music is just atmospheric ... practically part of the ambient noise. But the bit that played as Disco One approached the Glenn was strongly reminiscent of some of the "sneaking-around-at-night" music from the original series.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

There’s incidental music in DIS?

 

[Michael]

It's been adequate thus far, and I do love it how he incorporates the theme in the episodes. Like when T'Kuvma brings the bodies on board, that's genius... hoping for more like that!

Yup, that one stood out me as well. Mind you, I couldn't whistle it or anything, but it was definitely a moment where I noticed and appreciated the score. With only three episodes in I couldn't say there was much more I noticed.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

The music was anything but "ambient" in tonight's episode ("The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"). The muscular score as Discovery leapt to Corvan 2 was some of the most energetic and exciting I've heard on Star Trek since Ron Jones' work in the early years of TNG.

 

[BeatleJWOL]

I can't recall any of it.

Honestly I have the same issue. Ditto for most of the Marvel films, actually.

 

[starmike]

It's so well done. Sorry that nobody else can hear it. Today's episode was exceptional, especially the very last scene.

 

[CorporalClegg]

It's the same measure and a half repeated over and over.

 

[starmike]

It's the same measure and a half repeated over and over.

You're right, that's exactly what it is. Over and over for 4 hours.

 

[jb1234]

It tends to be mixed pretty low and when it is noticeable, it's written in that contemporary Hans Zimmer-ish style (low string ostinati, simplistic harmonies, lack of counterpoint, limited or no woodwinds) that has pervaded film scores in the last decade and a half.

When the main theme comes in, it's alright but then I just notice how bland that theme actually is.

 

[Noname Given]

Honestly, it's been disappointing. It's almost to the level of being 'sonic wallpaper' again; but this time it IS the Composer and not the Producers mandating it.

 

[The Wormhole]

Yeah, it's pretty sad that Star Trek shows had more memorable incidental music back in the days when the man at the top thought music was evil.

 

[Tesophius]

I don't recall hearing any music.

 

[Snarfies]

Talking about music. Wondering how they party on Discovery. An atempt https://www.mixcloud.com/Snarf/deep-black-alert/

 

[Unimatrix Q]

I really liked the music in the klingon scenes of "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars" like the funeral or when T'Kuvma brings the bodies of the dead Klingons into his ship. After that there was no remarkable or memorable music until now imo.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

Are there any shows these days that has music that's NOT ambient? That's just the style Hollywood has adopted. The days of distinctive cues from TOS are loooooooong gone.

 

[Noname Given]

Are there any shows these days that has music that's NOT ambient? That's just the style Hollywood has adopted. The days of distinctive cues from TOS are loooooooong gone.

It's the 'sonic wallpaper' motif that Berman era Star Trek had in spades (and it IMO sucked). That changed a bit with ENT (probably thanks to Manny Coto) - but I don't think the days of distinctive cues are totally gone from TV either. It's a production staff choice.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

I'd say earlier than ENT, the Berman era music started to improve sometime after TNG ended, I'm thinking particularly of Chattaway's music for the finales during the 1996-1997 season "Scorpion" and "Call to Arms".

Manny Coto was just a showrunner, he wouldn't have had input on musical scores. That department was overlooked by Berman and Lauritson.