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The music compositions for the original Star Trek series are very artistic and more like first-rate movie scores. this symphonic re-recording with the melodic themes and subtelties emphasized, finally brings this music into a form that can be fully appreciated. highly recommended to any Star Trek or movie soundtrack fan. - Scriptor
I was happy with the cd because I contained some of the star trek music from the original series that I did not have before and thought was unavailable. Anyway, the arrangement I refer to is where spock first gets the alien manequin to come up on the viewer. It probably appears in other places, but the real star trek geeks ought to know the music I at referring to.The Charlie X portion of the soundtrack was quite the treat for me also. Kirk" I don't care much for the opening theme music and it is included on every soundtrack recording of the original series by default.I was particularly interested in the music from "The Corbormite Maneuver". On this soundtrack you only get a small portion of that episodes music.The Mudd's Women section also has music that I like alot. It had most of the music from that episode, but I was disappointed that one of the most important arrangements (in my mind) was missing. Other than the spoken word intro by "Capt. The music also appears in "City on the edge of Forever" when the guardian starts playing back earth history.
It makes me wonder who put the soundtrack together and what they were thinking. Maybe they had the "good enough for goverment work" attitude. Again, it included music that I really liked that later appeared in other episodes.The Doomsday Machine music was redundant because it appears on another soundtrack in full. However, It is one of my least favorite episodes even though I have always like the Harry Mudd character.
I just want to recomend this c.d.I am a big fan of the orginal Star Trek series and recently started buying the D.V.D.s and when I heard the music for the Corbomite Maneuver boy I just had to have it. All the peices are excellent and I would recomend this album to any classical music lover. Sadly these tv composers where not really accepted by the classical crowd but all to their loss not ours as because if these composers where obscure 19th centuary finds they would be climbing over each other to hear them. Trust me you will enjoy them.
When listening to this music you can almost see the episode unspooling in your mind. I don't think there is a Star Trek fan out there who wouldn't want these recording in their collections. Recommended.
You'd swear that The Corbomite Maneuver was from the original soundtrack, only with better audio quality. The most important thing to know about this CD is that, although it is newly recorded, it is extremely faithful to what you heard in the show. Fred Steiner re-created the original Star Trek orchestrations, especially for the tracks he composed back in 1966. He was less precise in duplicating The Doomsday Machine by Sol Kaplan, but Steiner's version is good in it's own right. A definite buy for fans of the classic music.
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