Best movie score/soundtrack?

[Basill]

I have all ten, and I guess I've been spoiled by those special releases of music from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings where they have close to every second of the film's soundtrack, because the Trek soundtracks all feel woefully inadequate.

As far as the music itself, I like The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan the best.

While I hate to bite the hand that feeds me, I too am spoiled and agree with you woeful assessment.

(Not to mention your choices! )

 

[Timby]

The Final Frontier.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

To each his/her own.

 

[Ah Forgive!]

"The Mountain" from Star Trek V was fantastic.

 

[Rico]

"The Mountain" from Star Trek V was fantastic.

Yeah, I like that part too. All the Trek movies have certain parts of the soundtracks that I really love. I'm very partial to the music during Kirk's horseback ride in Generations. But, for overall music if I could only have one soundtrack it would be from "Wrath of Khan." Followed very closely by TMP. Both are great!

 

[CaptainJon]

It's hard for me to say which score is the best, because I like just about all of them.

The Motion Picture - Introduces the great Enterprise/TNG theme which is my favorite theme of the franchise; great epic score overall

The Wrath of Khan - A great follow-up score; Battle in the Mutara Nebula & Genesis Countdown are especially phenomenal

The Search for Spock - Weaker than TWoK, but still really good; love Stealing the Enterprise (one of Trek's best music cues)

The Voyage Home - like the theme, although it is a little misplaced for a Trek film; the score is the weakest, though; it doesn't match a Trek film

The Final Frontier - Goldsmith returns in force with a great score; not a weak spot to be found

The Undiscovered Country - probably one of my favorite if not my favorite Trek score

Generations - it has good moments, but it's not "big" enough to be a Trek score, especially since a lot of it sounds a lot like what you hear in the series

First Contact - love the FC theme, as well as the music at the climax

Insurrection - a great action score with a nice touching theme for a Trek film

Nemesis - a bit of a mixed bag in the first half, but the last half of the score (once the action kicks in) is phenomenal, especially the Battle Stations cue

 

[cardinal biggles]

The Voyage Home - like the theme, although it is a little misplaced for a Trek film; the score is the weakest, though; it doesn't match a Trek film

Well, The Voyage Home isn't your typical Trek movie. I felt like the score was a good fit for the decidedly lighter fare the film provides.

 

[SeanMcC]

Very hard to pick just one.

I loved Horner's scores for II & III. And Goldsmith's for V and FC. Eidelman's score for VI is also good to listen to.

 

[James Wright]

I liked Voyage Home & Undiscovered Country!

JDW

 

[HRHTheKING]

The Wrath Of Khan has the best score

 

[AxelFoley]

This poll was created only a month ago and it's already been closed? Is there a time-limit to these things or something?

 

[cardinal biggles]

Any polls created on the old board were lost in the transfer. Sorry.

 

[AxelFoley]

Any polls transferred over from the old board were lost. Sorry.

Oh ok, too bad

 

[CaptainJon]

As I said before, I love enjoy of the Trek scores and feel that each has some wonderful highlights and cues, so here's my list of favorites from each soundtrack. On First Contact, Insurrection and Nemesis, I hve the complete scores so I've got some favorites not on the official soundtracks.

The Motion Picture
Ilia's Theme; Main Title; Klingon Battle; The Enterprise; The Cloud; The Meld; A Good Start; End Title

The Wrath of Khan
Main Title; Enterprise Clears Moorings; Surprise Attack; Kirk's Explosive Reply; Battle in the Mutara Nebula; Genesis Countdown; Epilogue/End Title

The Search for Spock
Prologue and Main Title; Stealing the Enterprise; Return to Vulcan

The Voyage Home
Main Title; Hospital Chase; Home Again: End Credits

The Final Frontier
The Mountain; The Barrier; Without Help; A Busy Man; Let's Get Out of Here; Life Is a Dream

The Undiscovered Country
Overture; Escape from Rura Penthe; Dining on Ashes; The Battle for Peace; Sign Off; Star Trek VI Suite

Generations
Star Trek: Generations Overture; To Live Forever

First Contact
Main Title/Locutus; Red Alert; Approaching Engineering; Retreat; Assimilation; A Quest for Vengeance; The Starship Chase; Resistance Is Futile!; First Contact; End Credits

Insurrection
Ba'Ku Village; The Hidden Ship; New Sight; Admiral Dougherty; Lock and Load; The Riker Maneuver; The Collector; The Healing Process/End Credits

Nemesis
My Right Arm; Enterprise Flyover; The Argo; The Scorpion; Preparing for Battle; The Battle Begins; Team Work; Final Flight; "It's Been An Honor"