David
2018-02-12 14:38:25 UTC
http://variety.com/2018/music/news/original-star-trek-enterprise-theme-discovery-finale-1202694515/
How the Original Star Trek Theme Landed in the Discovery Finale
"It just seemed like the right thing to do," says composer Jeff Russo.
By Jon Burlingame
(Note: Spoilers ahead.) The season-finale cliffhanger of Star Trek:
Discovery, which aired Sunday on CBS All Access, contained a
startling revelation: the first sight of the USS Enterprise and a
reference to Captain Pike the immediate predecessor of the more
famous Captain James T. Kirk of the original Star Trek series.
Whats more, it was accompanied by the right music: Alexander
Courages original Star Trek fanfare, followed by a stunning new
recording of Courages theme for the 1966-69 series, whetting audience
appetites for more of the Enterprise in season 2 of Discovery.
It just seemed like the right thing to do, says composer Jeff Russo
of invoking the famous eight-note Trek fanfare (which he also
excerpts in his own Discovery series theme). It is the Enterprise,
so I must play the Enterprises theme.
The bigger surprise was the fresh take on Courages 60s Trek theme
that played under the end credits, performed by a 74-piece orchestra
more than twice the 29 musicians that Courage had when he first
recorded the Star Trek theme in 1965.
How the Original Star Trek Theme Landed in the Discovery Finale
"It just seemed like the right thing to do," says composer Jeff Russo.
By Jon Burlingame
(Note: Spoilers ahead.) The season-finale cliffhanger of Star Trek:
Discovery, which aired Sunday on CBS All Access, contained a
startling revelation: the first sight of the USS Enterprise and a
reference to Captain Pike the immediate predecessor of the more
famous Captain James T. Kirk of the original Star Trek series.
Whats more, it was accompanied by the right music: Alexander
Courages original Star Trek fanfare, followed by a stunning new
recording of Courages theme for the 1966-69 series, whetting audience
appetites for more of the Enterprise in season 2 of Discovery.
It just seemed like the right thing to do, says composer Jeff Russo
of invoking the famous eight-note Trek fanfare (which he also
excerpts in his own Discovery series theme). It is the Enterprise,
so I must play the Enterprises theme.
The bigger surprise was the fresh take on Courages 60s Trek theme
that played under the end credits, performed by a 74-piece orchestra
more than twice the 29 musicians that Courage had when he first
recorded the Star Trek theme in 1965.