Sandy Courage, RIP

[Filmakr1]

Besides the main title theme, one of the very best pieces of character motif music Courage wrote was what I've always referred to as "Kirk's theme" from "The Naked Time" and used constantly throughout the series in some of Kirk's best command moments. It's called "Captain's Wig" - as in "wigging out" on the Naked Time sountrack album. It's a noble, yet slightly sad sounding piece echoing his being torn about his command responsibilities. Check it out, it's used throughout this Kirk Tribute clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS1B2Ofd_J4

I think it is hands down one of Sandy's best pieces of Trek music. It really is Kirk's theme.

 

[Esteban]

It's called "Captain's Wig"

That's the one I meant in an earlier post, but are you sure Sandy wasn't referring to something, er, more obvious? See my avatar.

 

[EnsignHarper]

Yes, definitely an icon....however....he really only did a couple of regular episodes, most of the classic cues we know were the work of Fred Steiner...

 

[Christopher]

^^And Gerald Fried, and Sol Kaplan, and George Duning, and Jerry Fielding. Arguably Fried's "Amok Time" and Kaplan's "Doomsday Machine" are the sources of the best-known Trek music cues aside from the Courage fanfare.

All in all, Steiner did 11 episode scores (with brief contributions to a couple of other episodes), Duning did 6, Fried did 5, Kaplan and Fielding 2 each. Plus Joseph Mullendore did "Conscience of the King" and Samuel Matlovsky did "I, Mudd."

 

[NickintheATL]

May you rest in peace in music heaven, Mr. Courage.

Courage did five scores. The pilots, The Man Trap, The Naked Time and The Enterprise Incident. His style is wonderful in each and every one of these episodes. Half of them have been issued on CD. But if there's one I would love to hear on CD, it would have to be The Man Trap. God, so much music just collecting dust in a vault somewhere that I would love to hear in the clear... <sigh>

 

[Ronald Held]

There was an obituary in the Saturday NYT.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/arts/television/31courage-1.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin