My vote would be season 1, but season 3 is close behind. I think the music got lost in season 2 for some reason.
The best Trek music season
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Well, this is kind of like picking your favorite child; an impossible task. There are the good and bad with each; I love most of all of the seasons. The only ones I don't like are "I Mudd" and "The Trouble with Tribbles" but all of the others are quite good. Strangely enough I am appreciating the music from "The Way to Eden" more than ever, lol. Maybe it's time to quit listening.
The music from "Amok Time" and "The Doomsday Machine" goes through my mind the most. So I went with season 2. Tho I can easily remember stuff from "The Corbomite Maneuver," "The Menagerie," "Shore Leave," "The Enterprise Incident," "The Paradise Syndrome," "The Empath," and so on.
This is hard, but I would rank them as S1, S3, S2. It's not really a meaningful way to rank anything, though, because the episode scores are all individuals. And I would never in my life part with S2 music; it came in "last" for me among three fantastic treasure troves. Within each season, I can't get over how much I love certain scores.
S3 music suffered no drop in quality despite the budget cuts and (some) lesser scripts. That proved very fortunate for us.
S3 music suffered no drop in quality despite the budget cuts and (some) lesser scripts. That proved very fortunate for us.
Two. 
I voted Season One. That said, it was really close for me between One and Three.
I've always really enjoyed season three's music, particularly the scores for "The Empath" and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?", and having the CD set for the past two plus years, being able to enjoy those scores without the actors talking over them has only increased my enjoyment.
That being said, all three seasons have good to excellent music, so it's had to just pick one.
That being said, all three seasons have good to excellent music, so it's had to just pick one.
Close race between seasons 1 and 2, but I give the latter the nod. The scores for "Catspaw," "Friday's Child," "Amok Time" and "The Doomsday Machine" are four of the very best in the series, and tip the balance in that direction. And why I favor action rather than romantic scores, the score for "Metamorphosis" also is superbly beautiful.
Conversely, only the score for "Elaan of Troyus" really stands out to me for season three. Like the storylines of that season, the scores seam to be more pale pastel rather than bold color.
Conversely, only the score for "Elaan of Troyus" really stands out to me for season three. Like the storylines of that season, the scores seam to be more pale pastel rather than bold color.
Season 3 scores seem 'weird' to me and I have no idea why. It almost seems like music written for another show. Although the scores for The Paradise Syndrome and Enterprise Incident and Elaan are superb!
Well, there were alot of budget reductions in season three, which is well known by now, so I'm sure that had an impact on the music.
It's too bad you have no idea why. I'd be interested to hear your take on "weird".
There is a darker, less warm feeling to the music in the third season. It's spookier in some ways. There is a "weirdness" to some of it, especially "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" and "And the Children Shall Lead." This isn't the same for all of it, but the majority of the music tracked toward the end of the season was of the "space is cold and dangerous," leaving out a lot of the more adventurous stuff. Probably because, thanks to the budget cuts and cuts in violent content, there were more talky episodes. The "Spock's Brain" score gets a real workout in the last third. Even rerecorded library cues seem colder. It's hard for me to describe, I don't have the musical vocabulary, but it just feels "spookier." "Lights of Zetar" at 2 am is chilling.
Something about the recording just sounds cheaper in S3. This might be totally subjective on my part. But even the re-recordings of the season 1 and 2 music just sound smaller.
I'm actively trying to get into the Steiner and Courage season 3 music. I'm getting to like it a little better. If I listen to it as "Star Trek music" rather than "Oh, remember this episode?" music.
I'm actively trying to get into the Steiner and Courage season 3 music. I'm getting to like it a little better. If I listen to it as "Star Trek music" rather than "Oh, remember this episode?" music.
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