Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[V'Lias]

Yes! I noticed those cues in “Shuttle To Kenfori” as well, but there’s also lots of this in “Wedding Bell Blues”, especially in that early scene where Spock welcomes Chapel and Korby in the transporter room. I think they strike just the right balance of making you think of the original series but also at the same time they don’t stand out like they don’t belong. Nami Melumad, who’s scored all episodes this season, is doing an excellent job. I hope they’ll acknowledge her work at some point and release those season soundtracks after all.

Yes, the transporter room was another place i remembered it! I got to thinking afterward that the TOS fight music was in Spock Amok clear back in season 1. I was thinking it was more recent because my wife and I just watched all the episodes a week ago.

I have been enjoying the music in the show so far, I think she's been doing a very good job too. I wonder if being a Trekkie gives her extra inspiration on projects like this. From what I read, she was actually introduced to the franchise via the music.

I would of course prefer a physical soundtrack release like some of the other recent shows got, but I would settle for digital. I need something to put in with my Subspace Rhapsody vinyl!

Dang, just realized you were asking about the dance music from “A Space Adventure Hour”, not “Wedding Bell Blues”. I just checked and in this instance the subtitles don’t give any clue what the title of that track is. This could very well be something specifically composed for the show, or, as you mentioned, some kind of stock music.

I appreciate the effort anyway! I was even trying to use some of the music recognition apps and coming up empty, which makes me lean toward it being a non released track. Oh well!

 

[Michael]

I would of course prefer a physical soundtrack release like some of the other recent shows got, but I would settle for digital. I need something to put in with my Subspace Rhapsody vinyl!

Yup, I’m the same. Would definitely go for a vinyl release for all these seasons. They used to make them for every season of Discovery and Picard, but I guess they either didn’t sell as well as they needed to or Nami Melumad just hasn’t enough name recognition yet to release her work? One can only hope they reconsider, because I need those records, damnit!

I appreciate the effort anyway! I was even trying to use some of the music recognition apps and coming up empty, which makes me lean toward it being a non released track. Oh well!

Yeah, was trying the same, but it didn’t recognize anything. It vaguely sounds like a violin melody I know, but it doesn’t come to me.

 

[Tuskin38]

There's some very ST6 sounding music in Episode 3 as well.

You can also hear a few notes of the Klingon theme originally created for The Motion Picture. It's not the full motif, just the first few notes.

 

[UssGlenn]

Trek says TV is pretty much dead by 2040, just two years before the last World Series is played.

Being that Data said it, he most certainly was drawing a distinction between scheduled broadcast/cable and on demand streaming, which is a completely different animal. So that prediction may just be right on the money.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Being that Data said it, he most certainly was drawing a distinction between scheduled broadcast/cable and on demand streaming, which is a completely different animal. So that prediction may just be right on the money.

The Irish Unification didnt pan out.

 

[V'Lias]

Yup, I’m the same. Would definitely go for a vinyl release for all these seasons. They used to make them for every season of Discovery and Picard, but I guess they either didn’t sell as well as they needed to or Nami Melumad just hasn’t enough name recognition yet to release her work? One can only hope they reconsider, because I need those records, damnit!

We'll have to start a letter writing campaign to release each season on vinyl, or maybe a complete set once the show is over. I doubt there are many people that buy that type of thing anymore though. I still like them though! When I'm just relaxing in my "nerd cave", as my wife calls it, I find picking out a record and just playing it through to be more enjoyable than a playlist. And I'm too young to be nostalgic about records!

 

[Yistaan]

The more I think about Pelia, the less her longevity makes sense. She's immortal, but she's not invincible right? She can be killed, injured, get diseases, and so forth, I assume.

We've had long lived aliens before like Guinan or the Vulcans, but they always had access to advanced technology in case of injujries or disease.

If Pelia lived through 5,000 years, most of them on Earth, then she's not just long lived but extremely lucky. Earth is a very violent place (not just in the Trek world but in real life). The way she describes "we didn't have warp drive yet" indicates she had no more advanced tech than anyone else on Earth. Yet somehow she dodged infectious diseases, lived through the Black Plague, the Spanish Flu, COVID, countless wars (including multiple Earth World Wars), and who knows what else etc. She never had any accidents, despite hanging around "rougher" crowds like rock bands (where drugs and abuse are rampant) apparently (the trailer also indicated she used harmful drugs like LSD). No one's ever made a successful attempt to kill her. And so on. I can believe you can avoid that for a few centuries. A few millennia starts to stretch plausibility though.

 

[Michael]

@V'Lias, I found it after all! The piece used for the dance lesson scene in “A Space Adventure Hour” is apparently a stock music track titled “Midnight Tango 3”, created by someone named Paul Mottram in 2010! Here is the track. This makes me doubt it’ll show up on any official soundtrack anytime soon. It’s kinda curious they opted to use a stock piece for such a pivotal scene, but you know, it does work rather well.

It was actually the YouTube copyright protection algorithm that found it for me. I created a cleaned up recording from the episode without the dialog using LALAL.AI. And while uploading it to YouTube to show it here, the algorithm found it.

 

[V'Lias]

@V'Lias, I found it after all! The piece used for the dance lesson scene in “A Space Adventure Hour” is apparently a stock music track titled “Midnight Tango 3”, created by someone named Paul Mottram in 2010! Here is the track. This makes me doubt it’ll show up on any official soundtrack anytime soon. It’s kinda curious they opted to use a stock piece for such a pivotal scene, but you know, it does work rather well.

It was actually the YouTube copyright protection algorithm that found it for me. I created a cleaned up recording from the episode without the dialog using LALAL.AI. And while uploading it to YouTube to show it here, the algorithm found it.

That's hilarious that YouTube found it right away while actual music recognition services couldn't! Thanks for letting me know about it!

I had noticed two other bits of stock music used so far this season as well. I had found the song playing while La'an was talking with Spock during the wedding in a production library, and the song that plays during the Four and a Half Vulcans preview scene is as well.

 

[MarcKyle1964]

The more I think about Pelia, the less her longevity makes sense. She's immortal, but she's not invincible right? She can be killed, injured, get diseases, and so forth, I assume.

We've had long lived aliens before like Guinan or the Vulcans, but they always had access to advanced technology in case of injujries or disease.

If Pelia lived through 5,000 years, most of them on Earth, then she's not just long lived but extremely lucky. Earth is a very violent place (not just in the Trek world but in real life). The way she describes "we didn't have warp drive yet" indicates she had no more advanced tech than anyone else on Earth. Yet somehow she dodged infectious diseases, lived through the Black Plague, the Spanish Flu, COVID, countless wars (including multiple Earth World Wars), and who knows what else etc. She never had any accidents, despite hanging around "rougher" crowds like rock bands (where drugs and abuse are rampant) apparently (the trailer also indicated she used harmful drugs like LSD). No one's ever made a successful attempt to kill her. And so on. I can believe you can avoid that for a few centuries. A few millennia starts to stretch plausibility though.

And no idea why she didn't do some very long term investing. She could own a continent by now with the proceeds from investments in the Royal East India Company and suchlike.

 

[eschaton]

One of the issues I have with Pelia's supposed immortality is we saw she was essentially the same age in the 21st Century of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Yet at the same time, the latest episode seem to imply she was young (or at least, young-appearing) in the 1960s.

 

[Yistaan]

One of the issues I have with Pelia's supposed immortality is we saw she was essentially the same age in the 21st Century of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Yet at the same time, the latest episode seem to imply she was young (or at least, young-appearing) in the 1960s.

Carol Kane is circa 70, while Pelia is circa 5000. The math means Pelia ages appearance wise 1 year for every 71.42 actual years. So when La'an traveled back in time by circa 240 years, Pelia's appearance would only be younger by about 3.3 years, meaning she should look 67 around 2022.

So you're right, she'd look about 66 in the 1960s and thus not young looking at all.

None of this math is accounting whether Pelia/Lanthanites had a normal growth to adulthood or was a Grogu/Baby Yoda who's still a kid after decades, as we have no info on that yet

 

[cooleddie74]

The Flint conundrum in TOS. 6,000 or so years old yet cannot die despite being wounded in the heat of bloody battle. Except Flint was a near-immortal human born on Earth whereas Pellia is Lanthanite.

 

[137th Gebirg]

There can be only... a lot.

 

[Noname Given]

Carol Kane is circa 70, while Pelia is circa 5000. The math means Pelia ages appearance wise 1 year for every 71.42 actual years. So when La'an traveled back in time by circa 240 years, Pelia's appearance would only be younger by about 3.3 years, meaning she should look 67 around 2022.

So you're right, she'd look about 66 in the 1960s and thus not young looking at all.

None of this math is accounting whether Pelia/Lanthanites had a normal growth to adulthood or was a Grogu/Baby Yoda who's still a kid after decades, as we have no info on that yet

Artistic license by Andy Warhol.

 

[Yistaan]

Pike: Pelia, meet James T. Kirk, the rising young hotshot of Starfleet.

Pelia (punches Kirk): You ****ing jerk! This is for letting Edith Keeler die! I know, I was there!

Kirk: What? What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Donald G]

The Irish Unification didnt pan out.

Those damned time travelling Romulans set Irish Unification back 40-50 years, too, dang it!

 

[Firebird]

I’d imagine any soundtrack releases have been placed on the back burner until the dust settles from the Skydance merger. It’s been a while since we got the Lower Decks soundtrack volume release, as well.

I wonder if the profit margins weren’t panning out with licensing?