cohn@cad.UUCP (Ted Cohn) (03/08/86)
TITLE: STAR TREK, newly recorded music from selected episodes of the paramount tv series PERFORMED BY: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra COMPOSERS: Fred Steiner, A. Courage, and Sol Kaplan. MANUFACTURED BY: Varese Sarabande Records (VCD 47235) SELECTIONS: Charlie-X, The Corbomite Maneuver, Mudd's Women & The Doomsday Machine -------------------- A while ago I saw a passing mention of the new album in one of the audio magizines, Digital Audio or Stereo Review, I'm not sure which one. The author said it should be hot, but they would be very difficult to find. Well, I wasn't looking for it while browsing through Leopold's CD shelf in Berzerkely, but I came across this wonderful CD. I had purchased STAR TRACKS a few months ago, and was VERY dissappointed with the STAR TREK theme. It wasn't quite what I had expected. It was more of a hoaky ballad than a theme song. ANYWAY, THIS ALBUM IS FANTASTIC! I feared that the music might not reflect the episode's closely. But fear not. They seem to have been taken from the same score and are breathtaking in full digital stereo! I did have a few very minor qualms. They seemed to use a synthesizer in some parts to mantain a constant high-pitched note, which sticks out like a soar thumb when combined with the Royal Philharmonic. Also, having heard the music sooo much, I became uneasy when a few of the themes were not quite as fast or as slow in tempo as those in the episodes...But that's my problem I guess. It's hot! It's a MUST. And they say there are more to come. It's kind of funny, Gene Roddenberry gives a short introduction and says he told the composer not to give him electronic beep-beep-beep music, "give us Captain Blood!" Well, thank God for Gene's taste or we would have ended up with some bimbo robotic garbage like Lost In Space... END OF REVIEW! I'm sure Spock would agree that buying this album is quite logical. ;-) Ted Cohn cohn@ucbvax.Berkeley.ARPA