You know, other than the expanded score for TWOK, I think the four re-recordings of music from TOS (which include The Empath) are the only Star Trek CDs I do not own. How are they as far as re-recordings go?
They're not re-recordings. They're the same music that was in the episodes, and have been available for at least twenty years. I know of no re-recordings.
Star Trek Soundtracks indicates that they are in fact re-recordings, and it's a pretty accurate site. The original recordings from Star Trek that have been made available so far only include music from the following episodes:
"The Cage"
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"Amok Time"
"The Doomsday Machine"
"Balance of Terror" (partial)
"The Naked Time"
"Shore Leave"
"What Are Little Girls Made of?" (partial)
"The Trouble with Tribbles" (partial)
"The Corbomite Maneuver" (partial)
Actually, looking at the CD cover of the recording in question, it even states "Newly Recorded Music..." right below the title. Yeah, they're re-recordings. But if you weren't able to tell the difference from the originals, that speaks well to the quality.![]()
Yep. Those are the albums I was referring to. Didn't know they were re-recordings. I have them on twenty year old cassttes copied from a friends tapes. They sound EXACTLY like what was on screen.
I stand corrected.
And I know what my next CD purchases will be.