I was recently reminded that the Short Trek "Q&A" used "Enterprising Young Men" from the Kelvin Universe movies. Since that and "Ask Not" act as kinda pilots/setups for Strange New Worlds, I wonder if the series proper will recycle "Enterprising Young Men" as TNG reused the Motion Picture theme. I think they could do a lot worse.
Barely. Had to go back and check. When the turbolift is going to the bridge, you hear the "DA-DA-DA-DA!! DA-DA-DA-DA!!" riff. But I don't hear the rest of it. Anyway, that being said: I agree. That would be a great theme song for the series, and an appropriate nod to ST'09 and Pike's alternate universe adventures!
I'd actually like to hear the WNMHGB theme and font being used, at least in the pilot or final episode XD
Eh, I'd rather they didn't. Granted, Enterprising Young Men is a catchy tune, but it get reused so often throughout the Kelvin Timeline movies, especially in Trek XI and STID that I've definitely gotten sick of it. Regardless, I should think it'll all come down to who is doing the music for the series. If it's Jeff Russo doing the music, it'll likely be something original used. Remember, those Short Treks actually had Michael Giacchino doing the music for them.
Rather not have 1 composer do everything. If they can get Michael to do some set themes that would be awesome
Since the series is based on the TOS pilot episode they may use TOS Alexander Courage music, kind of like they did in the end of season 1 Discovery end credits ,or Kelvin movies end credits.
I've always been a bit disappointed that TNG reused the theme from TMP, so it didn't really have a unique musical identity. I'd prefer that not happen again.
While the Goldsmith piece is associated with one movie (TMP)... ugh... two movies.... it is more prominently associated with 178 TNG episodes (whose origins stem directly as a reboot of TMP / Star Trek 2). I'm OK to have it be both. Also, the incidental music in TNG is iconic and gives it an identity (but also gives the Ovrille the same identity!).
Agreed, it is distracting in its presence. It makes TNG try to feel grander than it really ends up being.
I'm looking forward to see what the intro sequence will be like. I wouldn't mind thematic hints and winks at the Kelvin timeline.
I'm using iconic as "strongly associated with an icon (TNG)" -- i.e. you hear the music, you think of TNG. I didn't say it was a masterpiece.
As for opening titles music...has anyone seen the "Kyrie" fan-made version of opening titles? Yes, it uses "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister as the music, but the rationale for it given Pike's through-line arc as we know it thus far makes sense...