Do you agree Voyager had the best soundtrack/opening?
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RobertScorpio
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I'll go one further...not only does it have the best opening sequence, it also had, IMO, the best pilot episode of all the Modern Treks. This is both good and bad. It had the best pilot episode (best opening credits) and, well, seemed to meander around too much of the time after that. Ended up being too mediocre for me...to vanila. Too safe. (But at times very good). And thats why, more than any other Berman era show, this show, Voyager, just makes me want to pull my hair out.
But the opening credits are the best. Even I, a DSniner,have to admit that.
Rob
Scorpio
I wonder if they got that idea from the CD that was released of the sounds of Saturn several years back. The rings do indeed make a sort of eerie tinkling noise all on their own -- I think scientists have explained this a small particles impacting each other?
I've never really cared for DS9 or Voyager's themes.
I see them as too long and too subdued. They both could have been half as long to devote a little more time to the show.
I like the TOS and TNG themes. They are both very dynamic and exciting.
I see them as too long and too subdued. They both could have been half as long to devote a little more time to the show.
I like the TOS and TNG themes. They are both very dynamic and exciting.
RobertScorpio
Pariah
mmmm..I can see that. But TNG's theme (for me) is just TMP's theme (it is) which was meant for Phase Two (which it was) and comes off more as a march...
Voyager's theme, with its sweeping visuals, has more of an exploration feel to it which, I think, was the aim.
Rob
The music and the visuals were of the best in Trek openings!
I give it first prize for the visuals (which is saying something, considering I usually find the Cardassian aesthetic the most beautiful).
Music--DS9 still wins. But, the visuals on Voyager are so good that it almost ties with DS9.
And I say this as someone who by and large did not like Voyager--I'm still going to give credit where credit is due.
Music--DS9 still wins. But, the visuals on Voyager are so good that it almost ties with DS9.
And I say this as someone who by and large did not like Voyager--I'm still going to give credit where credit is due.
Not really... it does have good visuals though.
RobertScorpio
Pariah
Great..now I have to tinkle!!!
But yes..that is a great shot, and the music really goes with it quite well!!
Rob
I did not know the opening of DS9 (musically nor visually) and just watched it for the first time:
Star Trek Deep Space Nine Opening Intro (Season 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsOE73pxpys
Yes, Voyager had the best opening sequence soundtrack of TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT television series.
According to the Star Trek Voyager Companion (2003)---The theme song won the 94/95 emmy for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music.
I loved the VOY music, and would put it on par with the later DS9 opening music (after they added more instruments to reduce the sense of isolation on the station).
Don't flame me, but I also like the ENT opening music/song!
Don't flame me, but I also like the ENT opening music/song!
I love VOY's theme. I think it's the only modern Star Trek opening that didn't have some kind of change. (TNG's changed during s. 2 or so, and had the alternate titles in S6 I think; DS9 added the Defiant; ENT added "Star Trek" to the title in s. 3)
I would say Voy and DS9.
TNG's theme underwent a number of changes over the years. DS9 received its "remixed" theme in season 4, and ENT received its "remixed" (and awful) theme in season 3. VOY's visuals and music remained the same for all seven seasons.
Musically, I think the winner is the DS9 (seasons 1-3) theme. Visually, VOY takes the cake. I'm particularly fond of Voyager flying through the nebula (or whatever that blue gaseous stuff is), and the shot where the camera flies through the planet's rings to reveal the ship flying by. Great work.
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