Should "Discovery" embrace "TOS" style music?

[Refuge]

Theme and score music seemed to be more iconic. It takes repetition and time I guess. I don't know when the last time an instrumental hit Number One either. I thought LOST had a good moody theme and score throughout.

 

[CaptainMurdock]

Should we get some nice ship porn of the Discoprise, I wouldn't mind hearing a new arrangement of "Kirk's command."

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[Kor]

Should we get some nice ship porn of the Discoprise, I wouldn't mind hearing a new arrangement of "Kirk's command."

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I've always loved that piece. The orchestration at the beginning gives a feeling of being out in space.

Modern music would play into that. Trek has never used pop or modern era songs to help tell stories. Which is funny because "Magic Carpet Ride" in "First Contact" is kind of a cool moment.

Jason

Perhaps they could use something from the Beastie Boys.

Kor

 

[Ronald Held]

Have a seance to talk to Alexander Courage?

 

[BillJ]

Have a seance to talk to Alexander Courage?

Ghost Roddenberry wants a piece of those royalties!

 

[CaptainMurdock]

Last time a seance was held for Star Trek, Piglett killed some women. Not a good idea.

 

[Jayson1]

I've always loved that piece. The orchestration at the beginning gives a feeling of being out in space.



Perhaps they could use something from the Beastie Boys.

Kor

Already got one lined up. Saru visits his home planet to help his fellow Calpeions over throw the other Predator style aliens on their planet who are throwing some fancy royal party. Soon as the Calpeians bust in during the party to finally stick it the predator species you hear "You have to Fight for the right to Party" by the Beastie Boys.

Jason

 

[johnjm22]

STD can't get much of anything right. You can add the forgettable uninspired music to the list of problems that it has.

A few call backs to TOS music here and there is okay, but they need to do their own thing.

They tried give the show a dark, visually atmospheric look, but the music doesn't really correspond to it.

 

[mdtauk]

The first few series of TNG, and TOS feel more dated in part because of the music choices, compared to later TNG, Voyager, and DS9. I am all for some memorable pieces, and not all ambient/moody sounds - but try to avoid the TOS melodramatic and OTT approach I say!

 

[The Wormhole]

The first few series of TNG, and TOS feel more dated in part because of the music choices,

I still prefer the music of TOS and even TNG's first three seasons over the auditory wallpaper that became bog standard once Berman assumed authority. And yes, I do know the music really emphasizes early TNG is from the 80s, but at least it's noticeable.

 

[Ronald Held]

Ghost Roddenberry wants a piece of those royalties!

Sorry only talking to Sandy about straighten out DSC music.

 

[mdtauk]

I still prefer the music of TOS and even TNG's first three seasons over the auditory wallpaper that became bog standard once Berman assumed authority. And yes, I do know the music really emphasizes early TNG is from the 80s, but at least it's noticeable.

I get that, but there are stand out musical episodes too. The Visitor, Inner Light, The Siege of AR-558, Heart of Glory, Archer's Theme

 

[Mudd]

Should we get some nice ship porn of the Discoprise, I wouldn't mind hearing a new arrangement of "Kirk's command."

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God that stuff is brilliant.

 

[Herbert]

I have never heard a single TNG-era track which sounded like "elevator music". True, much of it wasn't particularly memorable (except, for some reason, DS9--maybe that's just because it's my favorite show). The composers they employed were no Goldsmith or Doctor Who's Murray Gold, but none of the tracks sounded like "elevator music".

Some of it sounds more like New Age Muzak to me.

 

[Jayson1]

Some of the Ron Jones stuff during the Berman years was kind of good. From what I understand that was why he was fired. It was a insane policy.


Jason

 

[KirkusOveractus]

While I wouldn't want a straight up copy of TOS music, I would like music that's inspired by TOS.

From watching DSC on a regular TV with no surround sound speakers, the music is hardly there in the mix, and when it is, it's hardly memorable. The only cue I can clearly remember is when the Enterprise appears in the finale, and that's because it stood out beautifully and was well-done.

Part of any cinematic experience includes a well-done score. That helps convey the emotion in any scene, helps to underscore the impact and drives some other scenes. If DSC is supposed to be cinematic, the score needs to be ramped up a bit and not just sit in the background to satisfy the requirement to have some music composed for the series.

If you put that beautiful "Kirk's Command" segment into the Burnham and Tilly jogging sequence, it would make all the difference, because the music is composed well, mixed well, and drives the beginning of the episode. It conveys that we're going back to see what's going on on the Enterprise after seeing her a week ago, along with driving the possibility that this ordinary rendezvous may end up anything but that!