The second coming of Trek

[xortex]

I'll tell you right now. It ain't gonna happen without good music. That was the key to the believability of TOS. And it better not be just alot of talk like Superman returns was. I couldn't see it because of that.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I could see it happening without good music. Not that I think the music will be bad, just that it might be the sort we don't notice. And why should music influence believability? The music isn't literally part of the story. What makes a story believable is if the plotline has its own internal logic and the characters behave in ways that are true to their motivations. Music enhances the audience's emotional response, which is entirely distinct from whether the story and characters are plausible.

So far, they seem to be doing the right thing with the casting. Uhura, Chekov and especially Spock. The latest rumors about Sulu and Scotty casting at TrekToday also sound good. So music or no music, I'm still pretty hopeful this will turn out well.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Michael Giacchino's work on Alias, Lost, Mission: Impossible 3 and The Incredibles is really excellent. Since he's doing the music for Star Trek XI it'll be good. Unless you don't care for his music at all.

 

[Ronald Held]

Is the music going to be the style and form as TOS or just a running music track?

 

[igrokbok]

Yeah, Giacchino's scores are fabtastic. He totally got the spy-vibe in Alias...His Incredibles was an incredible mix of Bond and Jonny Quest and his MI3 was modern with nice pieces of music from the acutal TV show..and not just the theme, but other themes as well, laced throughout. I think his score for Trek will be brash and in your face just like TOS and very reminiscent of the TOS in instrumentation and arrangment. He seems to adapt very well to what he is scoring. Can't wait.

 

[xortex]

I just hope it is overly dramatic, because in a way that was how ST really didn't take itself too seriously - by just that - taking itself too seriously. I think the realism ironically comes from the surrealism. Ie. bright lights on set where they shouldn't be - a brightly lit star ship that shouldn't be - sound in space - you get the idea. It's a vision, not reality - more like hyper-reality. Oh yea, and it must be super intense and passionate conseptually. They have the entire TOS to play and set it against so they already have established characters on their way to becoming legends. Anything they do will be meaningful as it is built in to the premise. Preserving the universe is the only thing that counts - it's the legacy that's important - ie what they go to do and become.

 

[number6]

The legacy isn't that important. TOS has endured because of the story and the characters. If one is true to trying to tell a good story with believable characters, the legacy takes care of itself.

 

[Tactical Drone]

music is very important in any kind of movies/shows/etc... For example, on the Psycho dvd, it has the shower scene with the music and the shower scene without the music in the special features. The one without the music changes the entire feel of the scene without the music.

 

[Ronald Held]

TOS music was an integral part of the show, with a theme for the main characters, the ship, etc.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I'm sure, based on his track record, that the music will be great.

 

[Sulu_Love_child]

I'd like to see some of the old music from TOS revisited such as the main theme, some of the fight music for fight scenes etc... TOS music helped set the feel of the show.