To much plucking!!!

[RobertScorpio]

Of all the STAR TREK soundtrack scores, which one do you think was just over-the-top and over bearing. I know we all love the music to star trek, and bitch all the time about TNG/DS9's lack of good music.

But sometimes the music can just crowd out the rest of what is going on? I think Voyage Home almost does this...the scene when the Federation President is telling them not to come back to earth, and then Kirk gives his expressions..the music just, I think, gets in the way.

Where as when his son dies, and kirk stumbled backward, there was no music. Just the bitter stinch of reality.

Rob

 

[Karnbeln]

Unlike those who miss the stirring music of TOS and early TNG, I grew up on the sterile audio wallpaper that filled the scenes of later TNG and Voyager. When I first started to see the early seasons of TNG, the music that would cut in with every dramatic development or scene end would seem over the top and distract me, because, compared to what I was used to, the musical score seemed to be jumping up and down wearing orange spandex while shouting and waving sparklers around.

A bit more removed and familiar with more productions than I once was, I'd probably be fine with it now. But back then, listening to the dramatic horns while watching Picard and beardless Riker in their first season pajamas and waving dustbusters around, the music was one more thing that seemed like the height of cheese.

 

[cardinal biggles]

I didn't think the music crowded it out at all. There was no music during the President's distress call (and the reaction shots from the bridge crew while he spoke), and the music stopped again as soon as Uhura piped in the probe's transmission. While it might have been a little loud, it was certainly more subtle than, say, Fred Steiner's old "DA-dahhhh! DA-dahhhh!" sting they'd play at various dramatic moments during TOS (as well as after V'Ger vapes the Epsilon IX station).

 

[RobertScorpio]

I didn't think the music crowded it out at all. There was no music during the President's distress call (and the reaction shots from the bridge crew while he spoke), and the music stopped again as soon as Uhura piped in the probe's transmission. While it might have been a little loud, it was certainly more subtle than, say, Fred Steiner's old "DA-dahhhh! DA-dahhhh!" sting they'd play at various dramatic moments during TOS (as well as after V'Ger vapes the Epsilon IX station).

Well..I'll take doomsday's DA DAAAHH DA-DAHHH any day of the week over the bland TNG music that droned on for seven years..

Rob

 

[cardinal biggles]

I would too, but I thought we were discussing Leonard Rosenman's score for The Voyage Home.

If you want to rip on Dennis McCarthy and Jay Chattaway, and mourn the firing of Ron Jones, I'm up for that. Hell, I'll even buy the first round.

 

[Basil]

Well, no offense to the late Leonard Rosenman, but I thought his Star Trek IV was distracting more because it sucked than because of when or how it was used. Too discordant, which was fine for Fantastic Voyage but just plain awful for Star Trek.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Well, no offense to the late Leonard Rosenman, but I thought his Star Trek IV was distracting more because it sucked than because of when or how it was used. Too discordant, which was fine for Fantastic Voyage but just plain awful for Star Trek.

agreed..and I agree, no offense at the late Mr. Rosenman.

Rob